A YouTube video posted by Texas teen Ben Breedlove days before he died has gone viral and touched the heart of Ben’s Favourite rapper, Kid Cudi.
Breedlove, 18, suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He died of a heart attack on Christmas Day.
On December 18, he posted the video, in which he tells the story of the three times he “cheated death” by holding up handwritten cards, while an instrumental of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” plays in the background (lyrics: “I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, the dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had”).
"It is a very serious and dangerous condition," one of the cards says of his illness. "As I grew older I learned more that it is dangerous. It has scared me a lot, and I hate that feeling."
The first time he cheated death, he says, he was four and he suffered a life threatening seizure. He describes a "big bright light above me," and says, “I couldn't take my eyes off of it. And I couldn't help but smile. I had no worries at all, like nothing else in the world mattered."
The second time was in 2007 and the third was December 6 of this year.
Breedlove describes more of his near death experiences, including visions of a white room and an encounter with Kid Cudi during the most recent:
“While I was still unconscious, I was in this white room. No walls. It just went on and on. There was no sound [but peace]. It I was wearing a really nice suit. And so was my favorite rapper, Kid Cudi. Why he was the only one there with me, I’m still trying to figure out. But I was looking at this mirror that was in front of me. The first thing I thought was damn we look good… I couldn’t stop smiling."
Breedlove goes on to say he felt proud of his life and what he has accomplished, before adding “I wish I never woke up.”
After Breedlove died, Kid Cudi, a.k.a. Scott Mescudi, took to his TUMBLR account to write:
“I am so sad about Ben Breedlove. I watched the video he left for the world to see, and him seeing me in detail, in his vision really warmed my heart. I broke down, I am to tears because I hate how life is so unfair. This has really touched my heart in a way I cant describe, this is why I do what I do. Why I write my life, and why I love you all so much. Life is really f---ed up sometimes, but I know Ben is at Peace, and I hope he gets a chance to sit and talk with my Dad. We love you Ben. Forever. Thank you for loving me. To Ben’s family, you raised a real hero, he’s definately mine. You have my love.
