10 Rappers with Severe Illness What many people wrote off as just another fad has rapidly grown into the most popular hip-hop music that continues to this day. Rap music’s humble beginnings focused on bringing people together and supporting each other’s spirits in times of poverty and pain. What many people don’t know is their perception that rappers look as though they have everything that fame and good fortune can buy, underneath the facade, 10 rappers with severe illness face the same issues many of us face in our daily lives. 10 Rappers with Severe Illness 1. Ghostface Killah Dennis Coles, better known as the Mighty Ghostface Killah was born May 9, 1970, in Richmond (Stain Island), New York City, New York. Unfortunately for Ghostface, he learned was suffering from Type-1 diabetes in 1996, at the age of 26. Ghostface has been very public about …show more content…
Prodigy, a member of the duo Mobb Deep, created lyrics that communicated the darker side of New York's urban landscape. He was diagnosed with sickle cell anemia at the age of three months old and has been suffering with the disease all his life. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder where red blood cells deform into a sickle shape. The cells quickly die, resulting with a shortage of healthy red blood cells, and the dead cells can block blood flow that causes extreme pain. 5. Lil Wayne Lil Wayne, who’s birth name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was born on September 27, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lil Wayne, creating music since early childhood, is considered one of the most talented rappers today. Unfortunately, he also suffers from debilitating epilepsy seizures. Epilepsy is a chronic disorder, and is the fourth most common neurological disorder that affects people of all ages. According to Lil Wayne, he doesn’t remember any of the events and is usually told about them afterward by those around him. 6. Boosie