Tributes are pouring in for late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, who died Friday (Aug. 28) after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43.
In the hours after his passing, music stars like John Legend, Mariah Carey, The Weeknd and Stevie Wonder honored Boseman, who also starred in roles portraying funk legend James Brown in 2014's Get On Up and baseball icon Jackie Robinson in 2013's 42.
"A great human being, who while silently suffering with terminal cancer, still used his talent to be a vessel, which he would with that God given gift, inspire, encourage and motivate a people and the entire world to be better someones, a better place for everyone, to get us all to a higher ground," Wonder wrote in a statement on Saturday. "Please let us love on his Dear Wife and Family. Wakanda Forever!!!”