“You Told Me Don’t Go to the Hood”: Jailed South Dallas Rapper Pens Touching Message to Deion Sanders’ Son

“Thinking about when you tried to save me,” wrote jailed South Dallas rapper Zettie Wayne, as he posted an Instagram message, specifically to thank Coach Prime’s first-born, Deion Sanders Jr.

Wayne, who had been charged with a shooting at Town East Mall, has been incarcerated for over a year. In his Instagram message, Wayne expressed his regret at not taking Deion Jr.’s advice. He also thanked Sanders Jr. for offering him help and a place to stay, and wished he could have acted differently.

“Dear Deion Sanders Jr.,” he wrote. “I remember when I was trinna change my life, and you told me don’t go to the hood come hang at your house & that I wouldn’t need my (toy gun emoji), but you got a job at Colorado state & I went back to the slums now I’m laying in my jail sail (cell) thinking about when you tried to save me. I just want you to know that was the first time I felt like my life mattered to some one.”

 

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Deion Jr. was quick to respond to Wayne’s message on Instagram, inviting him to Colorado. “We building up a dynasty out here,” he wrote, adding that there will be plenty of opportunities when Wayne gets out. “Delayed, not denied,” he concluded.

This Instagram exchange certainly offered a different perspective on Sanders Jr.’s personality.

The world knows him as Coach Prime’s son, who, after losing his chance to go pro in football, reinvented himself as a content creator, putting the spotlight on the Colorado Buffaloes through his YouTube vlogs and other social media activities. But there is also a human side to him, one where he is ready to offer help to people who are navigating tough situations in their lives. Coach Prime has raised his sons well.