Hip-hop pays homage to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Krayzie Bone as reports of hospitalization spread
The 50-year-old rapper was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease, in 2012.
On Friday (September 22), Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was admitted to the hospital in critical condition and underwent surgery to repair a leaking artery, according to a report from AllHipHop on September 24. The 50-year-old rapper was diagnosed with an inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis in 2012.
When reached by the Huffington Post’s Philip Lewis, Krayzie Bone’s management did not confirm or deny the reports, asking instead for “privacy.”
As the news spread, tributes to Krayzie and acknowledgments of his outsized influence on rap and pop began to spread on social media. Posts came from his bandmate Bizzie Bone, who shared “Pray 4 Kray” on his Instagram Story, as well as LeBron James, Ice-T, Juicy J, and John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.
Krayzie Bone described his diagnosis in a 2018 video. “I was going on stage and I was coughing,” he said. “It had gotten to the point where I was coughing in the middle of my verses and I was fatigued. And I was like ‘something ain’t right.’” Sarcoidosis can target different organs of the body, including the lungs, where Krayzie says he has been affected.