Lil Jon's son Nathan Smith, who performed as DJ Young Slade, is found dead in Georgia

The assemblage of Lil Jon’s lad Nathan Smith, who performed arsenic DJ Young Slade and went missing Tuesday night, was recovered Friday from a pond adjacent his location successful Milton, Ga., according to section police. The rapper’s lad was 27.

“I americium highly heartbroken for the tragic nonaccomplishment of our son, Nathan Smith. His parent [Nicole Smith] and I are devastated,” Lil Jon and his ex-wife wrote Friday connected societal media.

“Nathan was the kindest quality being you would ever meet. He was immensely caring, thoughtful, polite, passionate, and warmhearted — helium loved his household and the friends successful his beingness to the fullest.”

They said their lad was “amazingly talented” arsenic a euphony producer, creator and engineer. Nathan Smith was a postgraduate of New York University, his parents said.

Nathan Smith, a.k.a. DJ Young Slade, performs with his father, Lil Jon, astatine the Hollywood Palladium successful March 2014.

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“We loved Nathan with each of our hearts and are incredibly arrogant of him. He was loved and appreciated, and successful our past times unneurotic we’re comforted successful knowing that we expressed that precise sentiment to him,” the parents concluded earlier thanking the galore section authorities and rescuers who helped hunt for their son.

The Milton Police Department said Tuesday connected societal media that Nathan Smith hadn’t been seen since helium “ran retired of his house” astatine 6 a.m. that day.

“Subject near connected ft and does not person a phone. He whitethorn beryllium disoriented and successful request of assistance,” the connection said. “Family and friends are acrophobic for his safety.”

On Friday, Milton constabulary said successful a connection that teams had expanded the hunt to see the pond successful a adjacent parkland aft failing to find Smith elsewhere. Divers with the Cherokee County Fire Department recovered a assemblage from the h2o soon earlier noon section clip Friday, the connection said.

“The idiosyncratic is believed to beryllium Nathan Smith, pending authoritative confirmation by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office,” constabulary wrote, adding determination was nary denotation of foul play. However, the authoritative origin and mode of decease were inactive to beryllium determined.

“We widen our deepest condolences to the Smith household during this hard time. The section respectfully asks the assemblage and members of the media to grant the family’s petition for privateness arsenic they grieve and navigate this tragedy,” the connection concluded.

Lil Jon and Nicole Smith expressed gratitude successful their station confirming their son’s death. The 2 joined successful 2004 aft welcoming Nathan successful 1998 but divided up amicably successful 2022.

“Thank you for each of the prayers and enactment successful trying to find him implicit the past respective days,” they wrote Friday.