I was MIA this weekend. I owe y'all that explanation.

My boy Ian passed away Friday 3/13/2026

He was my first friend. Kindergarten. Day one. Literal day one.

My first friend ever on this Earth outside my immediate family.

And the thing about Ian that most people will never understand is this. He didn't care that I owned a business. He didn't care about the money. He didn't care about any of that.

He just wanted to be my friend.

Do you know how rare that is? When you start building something and everybody around you becomes transactional. Everybody wants something. Everybody's keeping score.

Ian never kept score.

That's the kind of person you can't replace.

So here's what I'll say to you. Call your people. Not the ones who want something from you. The ones who just want you. The ones who were there before the business, before the money, before any of this.

Call them today. Not tomorrow. Not when you get around to it. Today.

Because Friday taught me that "I'll hit them up later" is a lie we tell ourselves until we can't anymore.

I'm back and I'm locked in.

But I needed y'all to know why I went quiet and I needed y'all to know about Ian.

Rest easy brother.

"Smile today. Give a stranger a compliment. Love like there’s no such thing as a broken heart. Remember you woke up today so you’re winning." - Ian Armbruster

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