My friend is friends with a Virgil who lives in my city. He's also Black. Apparently, he had owed some money or caused trouble in some other circles, so he was called "N***** Virgil" by someone he was on bad terms with.
I think racial epithets are loathsome. So I then started referring to him as "NV".
I was not familiar with the NV in the OP. He looked pretty young, or at least...not old.
May he RIP.