Pregnant YouTube star Nicole Thea dies at 24

Youtuber Nicole Thea has died at the age of 24, along with her unborn son Reign.

Nicole was famous for her street dancing and had been documenting her pregnancy on her YouTube channel.

The dancer’s death was announced in a statement shared to her Instagram page confirming Nicole and her baby had died on Saturday morning.

The cause of death is yet to be revealed, however, it appears to have been sudden.

The Youtuber’s family has asked that her fans “give us privacy because our hearts are truly broken and we are struggling to cope with what has happened”.

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“RIP My beautiful baby girl Nicnac and my grandson Reign, I will miss you for the rest of my life until we meet again in eternal heaven,” the post, written by Nicole’s mum, added.

Nicole had prescheduled several YouTube videos before her death and her partner Global Boga, real name Jeffery Frimpong, has “made the decision to allow them to be aired”, the post also revealed.

Nicole was eight months pregnant when she died this weekend and had previously said she was experiencing a “good pregnancy”.

“The worst thing about my pregnancy is I’m so out of breath 24/7,” she said in one video.

“I could walk from here to the end of the room and I feel like I’m dying. I went to my midwife and I was like, ‘oh my God is this normal?’ She was like, ‘yeah you’re carrying a child’.”

Boga had posted a video of him dancing with a pram to Instagram early on Saturday, writing in the caption that he “can’t wait to be taking my son to the parks & playground”.

Nicole announced her pregnancy in April, saying that God had given her “the biggest blessing yet” with a “little miracle baby”.
 

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“I’m finally creating a beautiful little human inside of me,” she wrote, praising Boga for being the “best support EVER”.

“We are already obsessed with you our little miracle baby. Thank you for choosing us to be your parents and best friend,” Nicole added.
 

Boga had also shared his excitement over their pregnancy in multiple posts on his Instagram account.

In late June he had written that his son was expected to “arrive soon” and days later added in another post that “I have good faith baby Boga will come on a Monday”.

Nicole’s most recent YouTube video was posted eight hours ago, in line with her partner’s decision to post pre-scheduled content, and shows behind-the-scenes clips of her photo shoot in a milk bath which she posted on Instagram.