Jamal Edwards, the music mogul, died of a heart attack after using narcotics, his distraught mother disclosed today.
Brenda Edwards said she is still in shock after learning the cause of her only son’s death, which occurred four months ago.
After DJing the night before, the music mogul died in February at the age of 31 from a’sudden heart attack’ in the Acton house he lived with his mother.
Brenda, a panelist on Loose Women who came fourth in the second series of The X Factor, is mourning Jamal’s loss alongside his sister Tanisha. Ed Sheeran and Stormzy were close friends of the 31-year-old YouTube star.
‘We have been so profoundly affected by the outpouring of love and support, and you are all helping us attempt to get through the unspeakable,’ she said in a statement.
‘I have sadly learned that the cause of Jamal’s devastating passing was due to cardiac arrhythmia caused by having taken recreational drugs and I wanted to address this myself to everyone who loved, admired and respected my son’.
The singer previously described her son’s untimely death as ‘sudden and unexpected’, explaining that he ‘went into a cardiac arrest and then he passed with me holding his hand.’
She spoke out as the inquest into his death opened in west London, which heard he ‘came home late one evening, after which he became increasingly agitated and suffered a cardiac arrest’. He died on February 20. The case has been adjourned for eight weeks.