Reba McEntire has broken her silence. The country music legend paid tribute to her late former stepson, Brandon Blackstock, on Monday, Aug. 11, for the first time following his shocking death last week at 48.

In the wake of Brandon Blackstock's death, Reba McEntire—who was married to the music manager's dad Narvel Blackstock from 1989 to 2015—honored her former stepson.

Reba McEntire broke her silence on the death of her stepson Brandon Blackstock after his private battle with cancer