Being the son of a larger-than-life personality while naturally being shy… Slade speaks on finding confidence in his own way. 🖤
This week on Heir Time, Lil Jon’s son, DJ Young Slade.
This was 10 years ago today. We were celebrating you turning 18 at home for fun (very Nicole & Porscha coded 😂), before your big birthday & graduation celebration week… Happy Heavenly Birthday Nate. We love you & miss you dearly.🙏🏾🎉🕊️🎂🤍✨
Two years ago, I asked Slade what he wanted to do for his birthday. He said, “ go to Japan.”
I had no idea that trip would become our final father-and-son trip… or his favorite one ever.
I gave him options for everything, and he chose it all himself. We did everything—from museums and food tours to Michelin-star sushi spots. We even watched samurai swords being forged… and got to use them.
He was a big anime fan, so we took an anime drawing class together with an anime book author. And he even got to learn how to drift and drive on the streets where the drift culture began.
This is just a glimpse into that trip.
It was expensive, but I didn’t care—I saw how happy it made him. He told me it was the most fun he’d ever had on any trip.
It hits different now, knowing we won’t get to make memories like that again.
To anyone reading this—don’t put your family off. Don’t say “I’ll see them later” or “We can do that later.”Don’t skip the long hugs dont be frugal. Make long lasting memories when you can.
We all think we have time… but we don’t know Allah’s plan.
Love your people hard. You never know when it’s the last hug.
Love you, son.
Dad
Happy Birthday my son. Forever my king! Not a day goes by I don’t think of you and miss you. I carry you with me every day. Today is heavy and it hurts but I have to be all right and I will be all right and I’ll keep moving forward for you. 🤲🏽 💔
THIS IS MY 1st TATTOO AND I DID IT TO HONOR MY SON @yoitsslade I GOT THE SAME TATTOO ARTIST THAT DID HIS TATTOO OF MY AUTOGRAPH @blubandittattoos TO DO IT. HE SURPRISED ME WITH IT AND HE DID IT TO SHOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED ME, HOW MUCH HE APPRECIATED ME AND FOR ALL I HAD DONE FOR HIM AND MY LEGACY. YOU ARE FOREVER WITH ME SON WHEREVER I GO. ALSO I AM WEARING YOU ON MY BACK EVERY SHOW OF THE PITBULL TOUR. MISSING YOU EVERYDAY
LOVE YOU
💔 💔💔
