BABY DRIVER. The Baby Driver influencer, Yacine of his first name, died on May 23. At 25, he was very active on social networks, especially on Snapchat. Since the mourning messages posted by his family, his community of fans pays tribute to him.
[Mis à jour le 24 mai à 15h02] He had been battling the disease for months. At only 25 years old, the influencer Baby Driver died of cancer. A well-followed sports bettor on social networks, he regularly traveled to Dubai, the favorite city of French influencers. The announcement of his death was made by his bereaved family on his Instagram account. From his first name Yacine, was followed by more than 145,000 fans on Instagram. He was known for his activity on Snapchat, where he showed off his very risque sports shots and exposed his luxurious lifestyle. Having unearthed his pseudonym in Edgar Wright’s film of the same name, in which Ansel Elgort played, he was passionate about cars and regularly filmed himself behind the wheel. Recently, he had received a one-year suspended sentence, but also a fine of 3000 euros for one of his videos. He also had a number of detractors whom he liked to provoke in his publications. Yacine’s relatives ask his community of fans to respect this period of mourning.
On Monday, May 23, we learned of the death of influencer Baby Driver. Aged 25, Yacine had already been suffering from incurable cancer for several months. It was the relatives of the influencer who informed his followers of his death on social networks, in particular via several publications on his Instagram account. They had already posted messages last week: we learned that the influencer’s condition was gradually deteriorating.
Already on May 19, his relatives had deleted all his publications to be able to communicate about his illness: “Hello everyone, Yacine’s family here. He has decided to give us his networks so that we can speak about him”, they had first posted. They wanted to thank his community for the “messages of support and love for Yacine”, but also for all the prayers. They then revealed the cause of his absence: “He has a very aggressive cancer which has been gradually winning him over the past few months in the hospital. We thank you for respecting the privacy of Yacine and his family in these extremely difficult times. painful and difficult”.
Finally, on May 23, his family announced the sad news on Instagram: “Hello everyone, it’s still Yacine’s family. Yacine left us…”. They insisted that their mourning and their privacy be respected: “Thank you for continuing to respect his privacy and that of his family at this time of mourning”, specifying that “the intrusive questions and searching for details'” were “unwelcome”. Scrolling through the publication, one can read prayers in Arabic, accompanied by the phrase: “We do not wish any controversy or intrusion, just prayers that Yacine rests in peace in paradise”. Internet users still wanted to comment to express their pain, their shock and their condolences.