{"id":469255,"date":"2026-02-15T01:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/469255\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T01:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T01:49:12","slug":"rapper-tone-loc-hospitalized-after-flight-emergency-misses-mardi-gras-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/469255\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Tone Loc Hospitalized After Flight Emergency, Misses Mardi Gras Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Rapper Tone Loc<br \/>\n                          Hospitalized in Georgia &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Suffered Medical Crisis on Way to Alabama Parade<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              February 14, 2026<br \/>\n                            4:00 PM PST<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  February 14, 2026<br \/>\n                                5:12 PM PST\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260214_fd53ab833e9f47cba0f0713537f181c4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c0cf25e3-1de4-4ca1-95e8-f6f2dd99421c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fd53ab833e9f47cba0f0713537f181c4_md.png\" alt=\"tone loc main getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>4:49 PM PT &#8212; A rep for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tone-loc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tone Loc<\/a> tells TMZ &#8230; he&#8217;s fine, and he&#8217;s on his way back to Los Angeles. The rep neither confirmed nor denied the medical incident announced by The Krewe of Kolosse.<\/p>\n<p>Tone Loc &#8212; the popular rapper best known for the hit songs &#8220;Wild Thing&#8221; and &#8220;Funky Cold Medina&#8221; &#8212; is recovering in a Georgia hospital after a medical incident<\/p>\n<p>The Krewe Of Kolosse &#8212; a men&#8217;s Mardi Gras society &#8212; announced the news because the rapper was supposed to serve as the Grand Marshal of a parade in Dothan, Alabama Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260214_1313f1b68f3a437ca85a55605b35df3f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c0cf25e3-1de4-4ca1-95e8-f6f2dd99421c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1313f1b68f3a437ca85a55605b35df3f_md.png\" alt=\"tone loc statement sub facebook\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, while flying to Dothan, the Krewe of Kolosse says Tone Loc experienced a medical emergency. The organization did not provide additional information.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve kept you informed about Tone Loc&#8217;s health issues over the years &#8230; including in 2012 when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2012\/06\/16\/tone-loc-collapses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">collapsed<\/a> multiples times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2012\/08\/14\/tone-loc-seizure\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260214_28a267ef1aac4cb3a97de9ff2499a02b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:c0cf25e3-1de4-4ca1-95e8-f6f2dd99421c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28a267ef1aac4cb3a97de9ff2499a02b_md.png\" alt=\"tone loc sub getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Tone Loc <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2013\/03\/17\/tone-loc-collapsed-seizures\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suffered an apparent seizure<\/a> while performing in Iowa. Medical professionals attended the rapper on stage for five minutes before the audience was asked to leave.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to Tone Loc and his team &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rapper Tone Loc Hospitalized in Georgia &#8230; Suffered Medical Crisis on Way to Alabama Parade Published February 14,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216,3,99,2415,2525],"class_list":["post-469255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}