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Lil Xan hospitalised after gorging on spicy snacks
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 26 September 2018
With a US tour scheduled to begin tonight, now is not the greatest time for rapper Lil Xan to reveal he’s been hospitalised. Everything’s still on track though, even though he was apparently vomiting blood at one point. But it’s not as serious as it possibly looked, the rapper apparently having been diagnosed with eating too many spicy snacks.
“I just wanna let everybody know, I was in the hospital”, he said in a video on Instagram yesterday. “Not due to any drugs but, I guess I ate too many Hot Cheetos and it ripped something in my stomach a little bit, so I puked a little blood. [But] we good”.
In the caption on the post, he added: “Just wanna let everyone know that I’m good, healthier than I’ve ever been and ready to kick of my third tour in NY … Also be careful, Hot Cheetos are one hell of a drug”.
As unlikely as this sounds, the spicy version of Cheetos have apparently been causing doctors concern for a number of years.
In 2012, CBS reported on the high number of children being taken to hospital over concerns relating to eating the snack. A doctor explained that while most cases were not serious, “a number of patients who have consumed these Cheetos in excess have complained of pain in their upper abdomen”.
The Chicago Tribune also reported on the potential addictive quality of the snack, causing children to overeat them. One convenience store owner told the newspaper that they were his “number one seller”. “Kids get em for breakfast too”, he said. “They’re crazy about them”.
The company that makes Cheetos, Frito-Lay, has said that it is “committed to responsible and ethical marketing practices, which includes not marketing our products to children ages twelve and under”. Maybe this policy should also include SoundCloud rappers of all ages.
