Rapper Rick Ross 'hospitalised after being found unresponsive at home'

    

Rapper Rick Ross has been hospitalised with a mystery medical condition, according to TMZ.

The Aston Martin Music musician has been the subject of multiple reports about his health after he was found unresponsive at home in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The news site reports that Rick was taken to a Miami hospital after someone called the emergency services at around 3.30am on Thursday when they found him 'in distress' and "slobbing out the mouth".


According to a call for service report seen by local media, cops from the Davie Police Department arrived at Rick's home near Tree Tops Park in Miami to respond to a "combative patient with seizures", but the log doesn't confirm whether he was taken to hospital.

"They were trying to wake him up and he was slobbing out the mouth ... He is just nodding his head now and sat up still," the report states, adding that he was breathing heavily.

TMZ reports that Rick is receiving treatment at a local hospital's cardiac unit, which may be a sign he suffered from a heart attack or similar, and that he is hooked up to a form of life support known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - which pumps much-needed oxygen back into the blood outside the body, before it's sent back in to the patient's system.



It essentially takes over the function of the heart and lungs when a patient is unable to do so themselves.

However, TMZ claims Rick's family has denied he is having that treatment, and previously denied he was even hospitalised.

Mirror Online has contacted Rick's reps for comment.

Rick has previously suffered from seizures, having experienced two on separate private jet flights in October 2011, which required hospital treatment.

He said after recovering that the seizures were caused by a lack of sleep, then went on a health kick losing over 100lbs.

His celebrity friends are clearly worried for the star this time around, with many of them urging fans to pray for Rick.

Snoop Dogg tweeted: "Prayers up for my guy Rick Ross. Hope you pull thru my brotha."

Missy Elliott wrote: "I BELIEVE in the Power of Prayer Sending Prayers up for Rick Ross."

Tallia Storm added: Prayers for Rick Ross. A huge inspiration. His music is legendary x."


And Rick's friend and fellow rapper Martrel Reeves, better known as Fat Trel, made a series of Instagram posts documenting Rick's progress.

"Jus talking 2 my big homie... he good. He in da hospital but he is not on life support," Trel wrote on Friday.