Beyonce’s official website, a simple message read ‘Rest in power, O’Shae Sibley.’Sibley, 28, was a professional dancer and choreographer based in Brooklyn.
According to CNN, on Saturday night, at around 11pm, “Sibley was dancing – vogueing – to a Beyoncé song with friends at the gas station when a group of men approached them and started to shout gay slurs at them.”The men were dancing to a track from Beyoncé’s Renaissance album.
The record was inspired by classic house music and ballroom culture.A post shared by Sage O. Sibley (@mr__sibz)A close friend of Sibley’s, Otis Pena, posted an emotional Facebook live video after his friend’s death to explain what happened.
He said they’d stopped for gas in the Midwood section of the borough, just a couple of blocks from Pena’s house. They’d been out that day to the beach to celebrate Pena’s birthday.“They murdered him because he was gay.