Rickey Smiley Gives An Update

ATLANTA, GA - MAY 04: Rapper Da Brat, Brandon Smiley, and comedian Rickey Smiley appear on stage during TV One's "Rickey Smiley For Real" season 2 Q&A session at SCADshow on May 4, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Rickey Smiley's son Brandon dead at 32 ATLANTA, GA - MAY 04: Rapper Da Brat, Brandon Smiley, and comedian Rickey Smiley appear on stage during TV One's "Rickey Smiley For Real" season 2 Q&A session at SCADshow on May 4, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Marcus Ingram/Getty Images for TV One/Getty Images for TV One)

Sunday afternoon the news broke that Rickey Smiley’s son, Brandon Smiley, had passed away at the age of 32.

Rickey had been updating his followers with videos he has been uploading to YouTube.

On Monday he uploaded this video with the following caption:

Losing your child is a terrible nightmare. Yesterday was the shock of losing my son #BrandonSmiley, but today reality is setting in. Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, kind words, text messages and calls. I really appreciate it.