Fetty Wap has inspired a boy with retinoblasma to embrace his condition and go without a prosthetic eye.

The “Trap Queen” rapper, who lost his left eye to glaucoma as a child, has always refused to wear one himself – which inspired bullied 10-year-old Jayden Vaden to do the same.

Posting on Instagram, Brenda Vaden from Denver revealed a picture of her son, who was diagnosed with the condition when he was a year old. “In result of that he had his right eye removed 2 weeks after his 1st bday. He's worn a prosthetic eye since then,” she wrote in a heartfelt caption alongside it. “He has always been terrified of taking it out and would not be caught without it…and then comes along Fetty Wap.”

“This young rapper unknowingly gave Jayden something we weren’t able to give him – the confidence to be different – and I am grateful to him. Thanks to Fetty Wap for saying F the world this is me, and for helping make our baby boy just a little more remarkable than he already is. And we’ll be purchasing his album, a small thank you to him for changing Jayden’s life forever.”

After Vaden shared the story and thanked Fetty, comments began to pour in with people expressing their support – including from the rapper himself.

“All I wanna do is show ppl that it’s not how you look or what you see it’s how you see it and what your looking for from yourself”, he wrote. “I appreciate his confidence I appreciate you taking the time out for me and thank you for being a fan of me as a person and thank lil man for being a fan of Fetty Wap.” 

And, to make it all the more disturbingly cute, Jaden was so excited by getting a response from his idol that “he kept reading it and would just stare at the comment.” I don't know about you, but my heart just feels SO WARM right now. 

The Vaden family hope the story will spread awareness about retinoblastoma. “It's a great opportunity for people to become aware of the common signs and symptoms, given that it most commonly affects young children”,  Brenda told The Huffington Post yesterday.