TikTok star Marquay the Goat, best known for sharing hilarious scenes and challenges, has died at the age of 24.
His mother, Sonja Collins, said in an Instagram post on Wednesday (Nov. 26) that her son, real name Marcoy Collins, “is no longer here with me.”
“My heart is broken. My baby, my last child, my SnuggaBug, my Marco is no longer here with me,” she wrote. “I needed him more than God had ever let me.”
She added that her son was “the sweetest person and didn’t have a mean bone in his body.”
He added: “He spoiled me and his father Elsie, he always said because we spoiled him.”
In another post, she wrote: “I love him and miss him. My heart is broken, one day it will get better but I still miss my son Marcoy.” The cause of death was not mentioned.
Collins’ brother, Michael Fraser, also posted on Facebook and TikTok about his death: “I lost my little brother today…and it’s an emotional feeling I’ve never felt before.”
“But from the bottom of my soul I appreciate the love you all give my brother and show me, my mom, my dad and my family… I’ll get to the messages as soon as I can.”
Collins, also known as Helicopter Man to his fans, was a popular content creator with nearly 7 million followers on the platform, often posting food reviews, challenges and talking about his love of fast cars.
He also created content with his parents, his father Elzi and his mother Sonja. In one video posted on TikTok, she went for a manicure on her mother’s birthday and played the viral game “Guess the Object” in another.
Her latest TikTok video, posted on Tuesday (November 25), was a humorous one where she reviewed different body lotions for her feet.
“Rest in peace big brother, we love you,” one fan wrote under the post.
A native of Columbus, Ohio, Collins graduated from Shaw High School and attended Georgia State University in Atlanta, according to Fox5 Atlanta.
She started posting on TikTok in March 2019 and has been successfully building her following ever since.
