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A resurfaced interview clip of Oliver Tree<\/strong> is going viral after his unexpected death.<\/p>\n The musician, whose legal name was Oliver Tree Nickell, died at the age of 32 on\u00a0Sunday<\/a>, June 14 following a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<\/p>\n In an April appearance on the Zach Sang Show<\/a> podcast back in April, Tree revealed that he planned to donate all his money after he died.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t believe that any of the wealth or the things that get made from [music<\/a>] is mine,\u201d Tree said. \u201cAnd so when I die, my will is set up that when I pass, my family, no one\u2019s gonna get a penny. If I have a wife or kids or anything, they\u2019re not getting a f—ing penny. I\u2019ll get my kids through college\u2014that\u2019s the agreement\u2014but they\u2019re not gonna be a silver spoon. They\u2019re taken care of, because my dad worked on some stuff in the 2000s.\u201d<\/p>\n Tree then said his plan was to redirect his money toward supporting artists through his foundation, the Dr. Oliver Trees Art Grants for Baby Geniuses.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s set up so that basically the interest generated from my music will take mostly that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s also room for other money, because when I die, my art will continue to have residuals and probably be worth more than it is now. People will finally appreciate my stupid f—ing videos and my stupid f—ing songs. That\u2019s when people appreciate you, when you\u2019re not there anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI want it to go to the actual physical making of art,\u201d he continued. \u201cYou\u2019re allowed to physically hire people to help produce stuff, you\u2019re allowed to rent gear and equipment to make things. You\u2019re allowed to use the budget to physically produce stuff. But that\u2019s the belief for me. And I have a basically a committee that I\u2019ve set up when I pass it\u2014and I plan to do it while I\u2019m alive\u2014where basically everyone will vote on who the money goes to each year, and a few different people, and it will be in the spirit of the Oliver Tree Project. So collaborators I made music or film or art with when I was alive will get to make the decision of where the money goes.”<\/p>\n RELATED: Melanie Martinez Remembers Late Ex-Boyfriend Oliver Tree in Heartfelt Tribute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Tree was best known for his hit songs like \u201cLife Goes On\u201d and \u201cMiss You.\u201d His 2020 album\u00a0Ugly Is Beautiful\u00a0reached No. 1 on Billboard\u2019s Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts, and he received Kids\u2019 Choice Award nominations for Favorite Social Music Star in both 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n Tree is survived by his parents, Jesse Louis Nickell III<\/strong> and Christine Marie Begin<\/strong>, and older brother Caleb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Jun 15, 2026, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n