Divers recovered a body from an Atlanta-area pond Thursday that authorities believe the deceased is the missing son of rapper Lil Jon.

Nathan Smith, 27, first went missing from his residence in Milton, Georgia, about 28 miles north of Atlanta on Tuesday. After being unable to find him in the days following his disappearance, law enforcement checked out a pond in Milton’s Mayfield Park, the Milton Police Department said.

At around 11:53 a.m. Thursday Cherokee County Fire Department divers recovered the body from the pond, police said. No foul play is suspected, and police believe the body recovered Thursday is Mr. Smith’s.

Official identification and cause of death are still pending from the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office Milton is located in Fulton County, while Cherokee County borders it to the north.

In a statement to TMZ, Lil Jon said, “I am extremely heartbroken for the tragic loss of our son, Nathan Smith. His mother, Nicole Smith, and I are devastated. Nathan was the kindest human being you would ever meet. He was immensely caring, thoughtful, polite, passionate, and warmhearted — he loved his family and the friends in his life to the fullest.”

Lil Jon added that Mr. Smith, known artistically as DJ Young Slade, “was an amazingly talented young man; a music producer, an artist and engineer, and graduate of NYU. We loved Nathan with all of our hearts and are incredibly proud of him. He was loved and appreciated, and in our last times together we’re comforted in knowing that we expressed that very sentiment to him.”

The aforementioned Ms. Smith split amicably from Lil Jon, whose birth name is Jonathan Smith, in 2022, the rapper’s representatives told People in 2024.