Legendary music producer and rapper Dr. Dre set the alarms on Tuesday night when it was revealed he was taken to the ICU after suffering a brain aneurysm. The former N.W.A member was taken to a medical center in Los Angeles, where he was fine, but doctors were doing tests to see what was wrong with him at the moment.
TMZ reported that Dre, whose real name is Andre Romelle Young, was placed under intensive care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to try to fix whatever caused the aneurysm.
Dr. Dre is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a brain aneurysm … TMZ has learned.
Sources connected to Dre and with direct knowledge tell us, Dre suffered the aneurysm Monday and was rushed by ambulance to Cedars and was taken directly to ICU, where he remains Tuesday.
Our sources say the 55-year-old music mogul is stable and lucid, but doctors don’t know what caused the bleeding and they are doing a battery of tests.
Dre is a Hip Hop legend, and his situation didn’t go unnoticed. Several NBA players took to social media to express their support and send prayers for the 55-year-old. Players like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Magic Johnson sent messages of support to Young.
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🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Sending Love and protection to Dr. Dre https://t.co/gX35w21dfd
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) January 6, 2021
Praying for Dr. Dre and his family
— Marcus Morris (@MookMorris2) January 6, 2021
Dr DRE 🙏🏽🔮
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) January 6, 2021
Cookie and I are praying for our friend Dr. Dre to make a full recovery!🙏🏾 get well soon my friend!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) January 6, 2021
Prayers up for Dr Dre 🙏🏾
— Isaiah Thomas (@isaiahthomas) January 6, 2021
🙏🏾#Dr.Dre https://t.co/AiaSsiEVZe
— Caron Butler (@realtuffjuice) January 6, 2021
🙏🏾 up for Dre.
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) January 6, 2021
A couple of hours ago, Dre updated the public on his situation, explaining he was doing fine and thanking everybody for the shows of support.
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“Thanks to my family, friends and fans for their interest and well wishes. I’m doing great and getting excellent care from my medical team. I will be out of the hospital and back home soon. Shout out to all the great medical professionals at Cedars. One Love!!”
Good thing he’s doing great and this didn’t become a bigger story. Now he has to recover before going home again to live a happy life. After a tumultuous 2020 that saw a lot of cultural icons leave this world, the last thing we wanted to see was Dr. Dre joining that infamous list.
