{"id":451345,"date":"2026-02-05T22:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451345\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:46:08","slug":"lil-jons-missing-son-last-posted-happy-photos-with-bow-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/451345\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Jon&#8217;s missing son last posted happy photos with Bow Wow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Jon\u2019s missing DJ son last posted happy photos of himself yukking it up with rapper\u00a0Bow Wow in Atlanta \u2014 just weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/04\/us-news\/lil-jons-rapper-son-nathan-smith-missing-in-georgia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">before he vanished<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Smith, known professionally as DJ Young Slade, hasn\u2019t been seen or heard from since he was spotted fleeing his home near Milton, just north of Atlanta, first thing Tuesday morning, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old musician, who disappeared without his phone, has been dark on social media since he shared photos and videos of himself smiling alongside his manager Lil Will and Bow Wow at Atlanta\u2019s State Farm Arena back on Jan. 6. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.796875;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38398272\" width=\"470\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lil-jons-missing-son-last-120471562.jpg\" alt=\"Three men, including Lil Bow Wow, pose for a photo.\" class=\"wp-image-38398272\"  \/>Lil Jon\u2019s missing DJ son, Nathan Smith, shared this photo of himself with Bow Wow and Lil Will just weeks before he vanished. Instagram\/whoislilwill<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree generations. One culture. Legacy isn\u2019t a moment, it\u2019s a continuum. Young Slade. Bow Wow. Lil Will. Real lineage. Real respect,\u201d he wrote alongside the Instagram photo. <\/p>\n<p>The post came just weeks before authorities blasted out a missing person\u2019s poster in an effort to track him down. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubject left on foot and does not possess a phone,\u201d the poster read. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe may be disoriented and in need of assistance. Family and friends are concerned for his safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathan, whose latest single \u201cFeels\u201d dropped last March, is one of Lil Jon\u2019s two kids. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family is asking for privacy at this time,\u201d a rep for Lil Jon said. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38385831\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/120398726.jpg\" alt=\"A young man wearing a black cap and an orange MCM t-shirt makes a peace sign to the camera.\" class=\"wp-image-38385831\"  \/>Lil Jon\u2019s son has been missing since Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\">\u201cWe are also asking for continued prayers for Nathan to come home safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathan is 5 feet 9 and about 150 pounds, according to authorities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lil Jon\u2019s missing DJ son last posted happy photos of himself yukking it up with rapper\u00a0Bow Wow in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,681,82707,216,14735,194],"class_list":["post-451345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-georgia","tag-lil-jon","tag-music","tag-rappers","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}