Lil Rel Howery mourns the loss of fellow Rel co-creator Kevin Barnett

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"I was trying to figure out what to say but I can’t I’m truly heartbroken by this and just really hurt as the hours pass," the Rel star wrote on Instagram last night. "So gifted and so dope and a true friend!!!! I don’t know what else to say this is crazy to me!!!!" In another Instagram post this morning, Howery wrote that Barnett "was brilliant and was a very hard worker...Kevin was somebody I would always give sh*t to because it was fun and funny plus he had the same crazy sense of humor... Over the years we would have some hysterical dope convos and exchange crazy stories... I can’t stop crying on this plane it’s really starting to hit me that he is actually gone... At 32 he accomplished so much in this business and was respected by many... Rest In Peace my brother and my friend... Thank you for the last 6 years of helping make my dreams come true man."