New York rapper Fred the Godson died Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19, his manager confirmed to USA TODAY. He was 35.

"New York City, Hip-Hop and the world lost a really good one yesterday," the rapper's manager, David Evans, said in an emailed statement. "Fred left this world better than he found it."

The "Armageddon" artist revealed that he had contracted coronavirus in a social media post earlier this month.

"I’m in here with this Covid-19 (expletive)! Please keep me in y’all prayers!!!" Fred wrote on April 6 alongside a photo that showed him in a hospital bed wearing an oxygen mask.

A few days after Fred's post, his wife LeeAnn Jemmott told XXL Magazine that her husband was in the intensive-care unit but that she hoped he was going to make it.

"He is Cov-19 positive on a ventilator. However, he is progressing! He went in having difficulty breathing on Monday evening," Jemmott told the outlet in an interview published April 9. "Tuesday morning, I received a call he was not going to make it because his lungs were not working. He was then put on a ventilator, and as of today, the doctors already weaned him down from 100 percent support to 40 percent support of ventilation."

Fellow musicians took to social media to pay their respects to the Bronx rapper.

"Rest in peace Fred the Godson," former G-Unit band member Lloyd Banks tweeted.

Long Beach rapper Crook's Corner reflected on the time he spent with the late artist.

"Today is a sad one.. My guy Fred.. I thank God I was able to spend a few days in the lab with him in February hangin out..talkin music and life with our brother Joell.. Fred The Godson rest in poetry, power and paradise," he tweeted.

"Weeds" actor Page Kennedy, wrote that he will always love Fred.

"You will forever be The God MC. Thank you for all the words and inspiration bro. Good night king," Kennedy wrote on Instagram.

"Love & Hip Hop" star Erica Mena also paid her respects: "Rest In Peace," she wrote to Instagram.

Fellow Bronx rapper Kemba reflected on how he used to look up to Fred.

"RIP Fred The Godson man," he tweeted. "When I was growing up in Hunts Point, he would pull up like a superstar. Everyone thought he was the best. I was trying to be as good as he was. Him and my older brother friends. I was the little homie. This (expletive) hurts."

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