Brian McKnight Allegedly Rejected Dying Son Niko’s Plea For Love

Earlier this yr, Brian McKnight’s estranged son Niko handed away. He was 32 years outdated, and had been battling colon most cancers for 2 years. Throughout a latest interview with Marc Lamont Hill, Niko’s brother Brian McKnight Jr. revealed that shortly earlier than his passing, he contacted his father. Sadly, nevertheless, the dialog did not go the best way he’d hoped.

“One of many darkest and coldest and most disheartening reminiscences of my life is the day my brother [Niko] calls me sobbing — with all he’s going by means of — wanting loss of life within the eye, to inform me I’m proper about telling him to not name my father as a result of I knew what was going to occur,” McKnight Jr. recalled, as seen in a clip shared by The Shade Room.

“As a result of I knew the place my dad was, I instructed [Niko], ‘Dad is gone,'” he continued. “All my brother needed, wanted, requested for was my father to inform him he loves him,” he added. “My father responds to my brother, ‘I can’t arbitrarily say that I like you.’ However that is the person that needed to assist him?”

Whereas McKnight refused to supply Niko love and help, the identical cannot be stated for his mom, Julie. Following his loss of life, she took to social media to share a heartfelt tribute to him, reflecting on his life and promising to honor his legacy.

“He’s the purest, sweetest human we’ve been blessed to have,” she wrote. “He’s a loving husband… Caring and playful uncle… The opposite half to his brother and a fierce protector of his two sisters… a pal and point out to many… A proficient photographer and gifted musician… a son that I used to be gifted that I’ll perpetually be happy with. His legacy of kindness, laughter, generosity and power will love on. That’s MY boy and I couldn’t be prouder.”