Kevin Gates reflects on late father’s lessons and legacy

Kevin Gates candidly voiced his relationship with late father, who died when he was just 14 years old.

The Louisiana-born rapper appeared on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay and opened up about fathers complicated death.

The 39-year-old lost contact with his Moroccan father and later reconnected with him during his teens.

The host asked the Luca Brasi 4 crooner details of how he contracted AIDS, to which he replied that his father shared needles during drug use.

Nevertheless, the rapper talked highly about his late father by saying that he had never lied to him about anything.

While explaining his father’s battle the star punched that this sparked his interest in holistic medicine. 

“That’s what made me get into holistic medicine, and he was so beautiful,” adding, “If you could’ve seen my daddy, he was beautiful. It’s crazy you asked me that."

He went on to emphasis how he had spent time with the deceased, "Nobody ever asks me this. I was with him. I was with him for a long time up until he passed.”

Moreover, he marked that his father taught him a lot of beautiful lessons, “If I could go back in time — it’s sad what I’m about to say — but I could’ve cured him.

Continuing, "I ain’t [late Hondruan herbalist] Dr. Sebi or no sh– like that. I ain’t trying to act like that, but I could have cured him. He’s the one who made me take health so serious.”