{"id":2435024,"date":"2026-05-28T02:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2435024"},"modified":"2026-05-28T02:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T02:54:10","slug":"monica-shares-moving-tribute-after-her-fathers-death-im-happy-you-are-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/monica-shares-moving-tribute-after-her-fathers-death-im-happy-you-are-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Monica shares moving tribute after her father&#8217;s death: \u201cI\u2019m happy you are free\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Trending<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Monica confirmed the passing of her father, M.C. \u201cBilly\u201d Arnold Jr., in an Instagram tribute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She shared childhood memories and footage of him reflecting on his favorite songs from her catalog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Celebrities including La La Anthony, Kelly Rowland, and Gabrielle Union offered public condolences in the comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/article\/best-throwback-photos-of-monica\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Monica;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Monica&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Monica<\/a> is mourning the loss of her father, M.C. Arnold Jr. On Wednesday (May 27), the \u201cSo Gone\u201d singer shared a moving Instagram tribute accompanied by several throwback photos of them together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cDad, I love you, and letting you go I honestly wasn\u2019t prepared for, but I\u2019m happy you are free\u2026 No more pain, no more suffering. I understand, as your daughter, that I have to release you,\u201d she captioned the post. \u201cYou said, \u2018If God see fit for us to keep living, then we keep living\u2019 \u2026 I know that to be true. I love you. Still your only girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The carousel included a number of touching memories, like her father helping her learn to ride a tricycle and a baby photo of Monica lying on his stomach. She also shared footage of herself asking what his favorite songs of hers were, to which he answered \u201cAngel of Mine\u201d from her sophomore album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/article\/brandy-monica-new-music-boy-is-mine-tour\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:The Boy Is Mine;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Boy Is Mine&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Boy Is Mine<\/a>, as well as \u201cUntil It\u2019s Gone\u201d and \u201cTime to Move On.\u201d The final two slides included footage of him in a hospital bed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>Monica receives condolences from La La Anthony, Kelly Rowland, and more after her father\u2019s passing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Many of Monica\u2019s peers, former collaborators, and fans shared their condolences underneath the post. \u201cAwwww, Mo, my heart is with you. I\u2019m so, so sorry for your loss. Love you and here for you if you need anything. Holding you close in prayer and love,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/article\/la-la-anthony-best-fashion-moments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:La La Anthony;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;La La Anthony&quot;}\" class=\"link \">La La Anthony<\/a> wrote. Tina Knowles added, \u201cThis is beautiful, Monica. Now he\u2019s watching over you and your kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m so sorry, Mo. You and your family are in my prayers,\u201d Gabrielle Union penned in the comments section, while Kelly Rowland said, \u201cMO!!! Praying for you all!\u201d Teddy Riley also shared, \u201cMay his soul rest in paradise. All of his blessings and rewards will all [pour] on you for the rising and raising of a princess to a Queen!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Big Boi, Michelle Williams, Lady London, Rapsody, Monaleo, Tommie Lee, Ludacris, and Jeannie Mai were among the other celebrities who left heartfelt messages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">REVOLT extends its deepest condolences to Monica\u2019s family and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>You Might Also Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Trending Monica confirmed the passing of her father, M.C. \u201cBilly\u201d Arnold Jr., in an Instagram tribute. She shared childhood memories and footage of him reflecting on his favorite songs from her catalog. Celebrities including La La Anthony, Kelly Rowland, and Gabrielle Union offered public condolences in the comments. Monica is mourning the loss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2435025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[28525,369018,394576,477906,477907,374493],"class_list":["post-2435024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-gabrielle-union","tag-kelly-rowland","tag-la-la-anthony","tag-m-c-billy-arnold-jr","tag-m-c-arnold-jr","tag-monica"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Monica-shares-moving-tribute-after-her-fathers-death-Im-happy.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2435026,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435024\/revisions\/2435026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2435025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}