Beyoncé Honors Dancer O'Shae Sibley, Death Investigated As Hate Crime

BROOKLYN, NY — Beyoncé joined the long list of Americans mourning O'Shae Sibley, the dancer slain after vogueing to the icon's music. His death, according to police, is being investigated as a hate crime.

"REST IN POWER O'SHAE SIBLEY," Beyoncé's website read on Wednesday.

The white text sits on an all black background at the top of Beyoncé's website, above photos from the superstar's ongoing Renaissance tour.

"Brother the Queen has spoken on your behalf !!!" said friend Darius Hollywood Moss in a Facebook post. "You would be smiling sooo hard right now."

The city continued to mourn days after Sibley, 28, was fatally stabbed at a gas station in Midwood on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue P — an incident being investigated as a suspected hate crime, police said.

Sibley — a professional dancer — was vogueing at the station when a group of onlookers began harassing him and his friends, witnesses told the Daily News.

“They were saying, ‘Oh, we’re Muslim,'" Summy Ullah, 32, told the Daily News. "'So don’t do this in front of me.’”

One of the onlookers stabbed Sibley in the torso, according to witnesses and police.

Sibley later died at a nearby hospital, according to the NYPD.

"They killed my brother right in front of me," said Otis Pena, who was with Sibley that night, in a Facebook post.

O'Shae is remembered by loved ones as a bright spirit and a phenomenal dancer.

"O'Shae not only was the glue to this family, he was a great dancer and performer for the majority of his life. His spirit lit up every room he stepped in. His smile was contagious!" said Jake Kelly, Sibley's father, on a GoFundMe page.

"He was a bright eyed and goofy young man who had talent beyond anything I’d seen before," said his family member, Kamar Jewel, in a Facebook post. "Anyone who ever met O’Shae was very blessed to know him. He was funny, unique, charismatic and always knew how to have a good time. Most importantly, he loved HARD!!!

Memorials and rallies were expected throughout the weekend in New York City, including a rally at Stonewall on Thursday.

On Friday, New Yorkers were expected to gather outside the Mobil Gas station where Sibley had once danced, where they would "vogue as an act as resistance."

A candle light memorial was planned for Saturday at The LGBT Community Center on West 13th Street, where Sibley's ballroom house, House of Old Navy, rehearsed, according to a representative of The Center.

"Black, queer people deserve to live freely and have the right to experience joy in all spaces," The Center said in a statement to Patch."Sibley’s murder is one in a dangerous pattern of targeted, hate-fueled acts of violence against LGBTQ people happening across the country, which Black LGBTQ people disproportionately experience."

Electeds shared in their constituents' grief and called for swift justice.

"This type of violent action is the product of violent rhetoric. It is the result of reactionary bigots scapegoating LGBTQIA+ people; it is a call back to the myriad legislative attacks on our bodies and our treasured spaces," City Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus said in a statement.