Who is Tyrese Gibson’s father? Fast and Furious star sobs in viral video over dad’s death

The Fast and Furious actor Tyrese Gibson has shared a video of him crying over his father’s death.

Gibson posted a 26-minute-long clip on X on August 30, 2025, captioned:

“Another crying video.”

In the video, he remembered his father, who passed away on August 29, 2025, following his battle with cancer, as per an Instagram post.

The actor’s father, Tyrone Gibson, left the family when Tyrese was young. He was raised primarily by his mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson, as a single parent. Tyrese Gibson grew up in Watts, Los Angeles, California, according to Fandom.

According to a report in The St. Louis American, Tyrese Gibson paid a visit to his father in June 2025 on Father’s Day, months before his death. He documented it on Facebook Live where he shared,

“I just popped up in St. Louis – where my father and my mother was raised.”

Here are more details of Tyrese Gibson with his father.

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Tyrese Gibson visited his father in St. Louis before his death

Tyrese Gibson’s father was Tyrone Gibson. He was the son of the late Bishop Willie Ellis, the pastor of New Northside Missionary Baptist Church.

Tyrese recently paid a visit to his father in St. Louis. He documented the visit in a Facebook Live session, where he shared with his followers that his father has stage four cancer, adding that he was about to pay him a surprise visit. Tyrese said that he has shared a strained relationship with his father over the years. On his relationship with his dad, Tyrese Gibson said in the clip:

“My father does not know I’m here. My father is dealing with stage four cancer - and I’m about to surprise him. I’ve had a strained relationship with my father over the years. But you’ve got to put all that stuff to the side.”

In an Instagram tribute to his late father, Tyrese Gibson shared that his musical talent came from his father. He mentioned that he is now “a motherless and fatherless child.”

He added:

“Timing is incredible because I just released an instrumental album with no vocals for beautiful pain now I’m sitting over here alone. Sad. Just wanna isolate and just listen to the music. REST IN PEACE TO MY FATHER KING GIBSON!!!!!!! When Beautiful pain released. “

Gibson concluded his message by saying:

“I lost my father when I dropped beautiful pain, now the instrumental release and my father transitions. I’m in bad place. Just make my father happy and just listen to the music. He instilled all of this music in my soul. Jesus this is just too much…”

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Tyrese Gibson shares emotional video about his child

Tyrese Gibson shared an emotional video about his 10-year-old daughter Shayla in November 2017, amid a contentious custody battle with his ex-wife.

In the video, he pleaded with his wife, Norma Mitchell Gibson, not to have his daughter taken away from him and expressed deep pain. He said in the video, crying:

“Don’t take my baby. This is all I got. Don’t take my baby, okay? I’ve been away from my baby for two months. I just want my baby and no one’s listening cause no one’s in the courtroom.”

In the court documents, his wife accused him of allegedly abusing their daughter. She said the actor,

“pushed our daughter to the ground, pinned her face down, put his knees on her back, grabbed her hands with one arm and beat her with the other,” according to a People magazine report.