What happened to Dr Dre?
FANS of Dr Dre have anxiously kept up with his health updates after he was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital on January 5.
The 55-year-old rapper vowed he'd be home soon after his hospital stay for a brain aneurysm, and he's now on the road to recovery.
What happened to Dr Dre?
On January 5, 2021, it was reported that Dre had been rushed to the hospital and put in intensive care after suffering a "brain aneurysm".
said that Dre was taken to the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in .
Sources close to the music producer told the outlet that he suffered the aneurysm on January 4, 2021.
He was then taken by ambulance to the hospital, where .
Dre was reportedly on January 15, a week and a half after his health scare.
The rapper's close friend and fellow hip-hop artist ICE T took to Twitter and to share the news of Dr. Dre's recovery.
The rapper wrote: "Update: Just facetimed with @drdre. He just made it home. Safe and looking good."
What has Dr Dre said about his brain aneurysm?
Dr. Dre assured his fans he would be "back home soon".
Alongside a snap of himself in the studio on , Dre said: “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!!”
What is Dr Dre's condition now?
An insider gave TMZ an update on Dre's condtiion.
He told them that the music mogul is stable and lucid.
Doctors still don't know what caused the bleeding and therefore they are conducting a battery of tests to determine the cause.
Brain aneurysm facts
A brain aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel in your brain
- An aneurysm can be very serious if it bursts.
- Symptoms of a brain aneurysm can include headaches or changes in vision.
- If it bursts, it can cause a sudden and very severe headache.
- Brain aneurysms are usually treated with surgery if they have burst or there's a risk they will burst.
- It's not clear what causes brain aneurysms.
- You're more likely to get them if you smoke, have high blood pressure or have family members with them.
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Has the rapper ever had any health scares before?
Dre is not known to have had any other serious health scares quite like this before.
However, this scary medical emergency comes as he battles his ex Nicole in court during their nasty divorce battle.
The former couple, who married in 1995, revealed they were divorcing in June 2020 with Nicole citing irreconcilable differences as the reason behind the split.