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Today Rick Ross suffered a seizure while on a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Memphis and the flight had to be grounds…the big rapper is ‘ok’ now according to Rapper Wale!
Rick Ross is unconscious and paramedics are desperately trying to resuscitate him.
Rick was on a flight going from Ft. Lauderdale to Memphis today, when the rapper lost consciousness. The plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Emergency workers tell us the call came in at 12:55 PM ET … the caller reported a seizure.
Ross is currently on a gurney at the airport, and an eyewitness tells us EMT workers are administering CPR. Members of Rick’s entourage are standing by, some of them extremely emotionally upset.
Updates
10:50 AM PST: Rapper Wale — one of Rick’s closest friends — just tweeted, “I just talked to Ross…he’s 100 pct ok..” Another member of Rick’s entourage DJ Sam Sneaker also says the rapper is okay.
10:36 AM PST: A witness tells TMZ, Rick fell unconscious right after take-off.
We’re told his entourage jumped out of their seats to alert plane personnel — at which point a doctor on board administered CPR on the rapper.
The plane made an emergency landing right away — and we’re told, as Rick was being wheeled off the aircraft, he appeared to show signs of life.
Via TMZ
Update: Rick Ross has second seizure this time on a private plane!
E! News has learned that Maybach Music Group rapper Rick Ross has suffered his second seizure today, after reporting that Ross had an episode on a flight from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. to Memphis this afternoon.
The performer was reportedly “100 percent OK,” after the first medical scare and ready to proceed with his flight to Tennessee.
Apparently not.
Just two hours ago, Ross tweeted, “#Memphis here I come… http://www.twitvid.com/L5EHL,” with a twit video of him boarding the private jet and a message to fans promoting his latest album that’s soon-to-be released.
But shortly after, the plane was diverted and landed in Alabama after Rick had a seizure on board.
A representative for Birmingham Shuttlesworth Airport confirms, “There was a private plane that was routed here for medical purposes. This plane didn’t go through our main terminal. We have a fixed based operator called Atlantic Aviation that handles our general aviation (private planes).”
Atlantic Aviation tells E! News, “No one is at liberty to discuss this.”
