{"id":43122,"date":"2011-11-13T21:08:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T20:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=43122"},"modified":"2011-11-13T21:08:06","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T20:08:06","slug":"erick-sermon-suffers-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/erick-sermon-suffers-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Erick Sermon suffers heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Erick Sermon of the legendary group EPMD has suffered a heart attack.
\nDJ Scratch, the long time DJ for the group, confirmed the news.
\n\u201cErick Sermon had a heart attack today. He\u2019s ok, but still send your prayers. He is not on Twitter.\u201d
\nThe rapper is in a Long Island hospital recuperating, sources told AllHipHop.com.
\nWhile the circumstances of the heart attack are attributed to high blood pressure, according to sources close to the matter.
\nKim Wingate, a close friend of Sermon and owner of justshuddup.com, said that she talked to the rapper. He nearly died.
\n\u201cOn the heals of suffering the loss of Heavy D, we almost lost another HipHop Legend last night. Erick Sermon is in the hospital after suffering a heart attack last night. I just got off the phone with E and he said the doctor told him his blood pressure was so high he was minutes from death. He wanted me to let everyone know he\u2019s okay.\u201d
\nWingate also told AllHipHop that Sermon will be in the hospital for a few days to undergo testing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Via AllHipHop.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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