August Alsina was recently hospitalized after losing feeling in his legs and unable to walk. The singer took to Instagram and shared with his fans the reasoning behind missing Essence Fest. He stated in the video,
“I woke up one day and wasn’t able to walk. I couldn’t feel my legs. My doctor ended up admitting me into the hospital.”
He continued on explaining that his doctor said that he has nerve damage throughout his body.
“He said I have some nerve damage going on throughout my whole body that I have to go into a recovery process for. It’s like my immune system just went on vacation.”
In the video’s caption, he also stated,
“I’m man down right now, & figured I should share.. that My auto immune disease is raging, but im fighting this thing & on my mission to shake back & be able to make it up to you!”
August Alsina revealed to Jada Pinkett-Smith in 2017 that he has liver disease. He stated, “I have a liver disease where my autoimmune system is fighting against itself.”
