MUSICIAN and disability activist, Cola Boyy, posted a gut-wrenching birthday post just a month before his death.
The singer, whose real name was Matthew Urango, died on Sunday.
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To celebrate his recent 34th birthday, he posted a photo and shared a motivating caption with his followers.
“Today’s my MF BIRTHDAY! Feels good to be alive and with new music on the horizon!!” he wrote in the caption of his February 14 post.
“Bday shoutout to my twin brother Marcus who moved up to damn Tacoma and I miss very much!”
His celebratory birthday post was the last one he shared with his fans.
Cola Boyy’s record label Record Makers announced his death on social media on Monday.
“The one and only Cola Boyy a.k.a Matthew Urango died passed peacefully last Sunday,” the post read.
“He was quite a soul, a man with no age, a childlike spirit with the musicality of an old legend.
“His lyrics, his melodies, the sound of his voice: every side of his music was unique and timeless.
“We loved him at Record Makers. We are sending all possible love to Matthew’s family and to his numerous friends. His music and power will remain.”
His cause of death is still unknown.
Urango, who described himself as the “disabled disco innovator,” had been born with spinal bifida, scoliosis, and kyphosis.
He started releasing music in 2018 and put out his EP Black Boogie Enon that same year.
The EP featured the hit singles Penny Girl and Buggy Tip.
NME described his sound as “a disco ball melting or the after-effects of some particularly potent hallucinogenics.”