New York radio personality Funkmaster Flex has weighed-in on the death of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez. Funk Flex went to social media this week with a meme surrounding his suicide.
Flex jumped on Instagram Wednesday (April 19) to share his thoughts on Aaron’s passing.
Yesterday, West Coast rappers Snoop Dogg and Game reacted to Hernandez’s death.
Reports emerged Wednesday about Aaron’s apparent jail cell suicide.
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for a murder conviction and just days ago was acquitted of a double murder, died after hanging himself in his prison cell early Wednesday, Massachusetts prisons officials said. Hernandez, 27, was found by guards in his cell at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley just after 3 a.m., Department of Correction spokesman Christopher Fallon said in a statement. (ESPN)
Additional reporting claimed Aaron took his life by hanging himself.
The 27-year-old former New England Patriots tight end hanged himself with a bed sheet attached to a window in his cell at the Souza Baranowski prison in Shirley, the Massachusetts Department of Correction said. His body was discovered at 3:05 a.m. “Lifesaving techniques were attempted on Mr. Hernandez, and he was transported to UMass Leominster, where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 a.m.,” the correction department’s statement reads. (CNN)