revealed during an interview with his fellow Geto Boy member, Willie D, that he’s currently on dialysis due to kidney failure after suffering from health complications as a result of coronavirus. Ever since , Scarface has been keeping fairly quiet about his health status. The Houston MC has hopped onto a few close friends’ live streams to give brief updates on his medical condition, but on Wednesday (April 22nd), he went into great detail about how coronavirus has severely affected his health.
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Hooked up to a blood stint to help regulate his kidneys, Scarface told Willie that the same day that , he was also battling various other health problems, as well. “I fought the COVID, double bilateral pneumonia and kidney failure, all in my house,” he revealed. “This my new lifeline,” he continued, referring to dialysis. “I gotta change my entire diet. I gotta do dialysis four times a week, three hours a day. That’s taking all of my blood out, cleaning it, and putting it back in my body. Before the COVID, I never had kidney problems before.”
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Along with Scarface, COVID-19 has impacted several players in the hip hop scene. This week, to coronavirus, less than a month after was also among the rappers that tested positive for coronavirus, but on Wednesday, he updated his fans that Here’s hoping that Scarface’s medical condition improves soon. Watch his full conversation with Willie D below: