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Artist News
Rick Ross hospitalised
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 5 March 2018
Rapper Rick Ross is in hospital, and possibly on life support, after reportedly having been found unconscious and having toruble breathing last week. Although there is some confusion about the nature of his condition.
TMZ first broke the news of the rapper’s ill health last week, saying that he may have pneumonia and posting what it said was audio from the paramedics sent to treat him. The gossip website later speculated that he’d had a heart attack claimed that he was being kept alive by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a type of life support that oxygenates the blood outside the body.
A family member initially denied reports that Ross had been hospitalised. But later the family reportedly confirmed that he was indeed in hospital, but they denied that he was on ECMO. Fellow rapper Fat Trel, who is signed to Ross’s record label, then said via Instagram on Saturday that he had spoken to Ross in hospital, adding that he was “good” and “not on life support”.
No official statement has yet been published, and Ross himself, usually a prolific Twitter user, has not posted anything since 28 Feb.
Ross’s health was in the news back in 2011, when he received medical treatment for seizures twice in one day. He was taken ill on two separate flights as he travelled to a show in Memphis. He later said that he was “totally healthy” and blamed the seizures on a lack of sleep.
As news of Ross being admitted to hospital spread over the weekend, numerous other rappers and associates called on fans to pray for him. Meanwhile, 50 Cent, who has been feuding with Ross for years, posted a picture of Ivan Drago in ‘Rocky IV’. Specifically, the picture is taken from a scene where Drago says, “If he dies, he dies”.
