New Jack Swing legend Al B. Sure! had a substantial music career in the ’80s and ’90s, with more than three million records sold and several hits reaching Billboard’s Top 100 Charts. And now, the 53-year-old is currently hospitalized for unknown reasons.
The Boston native, born Albert Joseph Brown III, took to Instagram on Wednesday and posted a photo of him at a Mount Vernon, New York hospital, lying in bed as a nurse drew vials of blood from his arm.
“#albeez 🐝 around the 🌎. Just getting it right. Love & Light! #AllPraiseisDuetoAllah 🙏,” he wrote in the caption.
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In follow-up posts, the “Nite and Day” artist’s team announced that he was having surgery, with no additional details provided. However, in another post, Al B. was captured lying in a hospital bed with multiple tubes inserted into his body with two medical staffers in the room.
“#AlBeez 🐝 around the 🌎 Kings & Queens The #HealthandWellnes journey is almost complete and back #InEffectMode! Note, Al B! says please forgive the graphic nature of the image(s) for those with weak stomachs,” the caption read.
It continued, “His #TrueOnes #Family and #LoveOnes requested that we keep them abreast of his progress so that we are doing with pleasure. He will share more with you directly from the horse’s mouth when he’s able to do so! #HellBeRightBack BETTER THAN EVER and ready to fight @celebrityboxing1 #InRecovery. He’s one of the #OG Ambassadors of the #MountVernonWolves.”
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On Thursday, Al B. provided an update after his surgery while referencing Drake’s 2013 single “Started From the Bottom.” “Grand Rising #AlBeez 🐝 around the 🌎 We Started in #MtVernon Nah We Hea… The #OG Ambassador of the #MountVernonWolves made it through. 💯 Lives #LetsGetBacktoIT,” he captioned the photo.
He added, “I’m elated knowing who reached out and who couldn’t be bothered. My team is on top of it. You are forgiven, but now you are forgotten. L❤️ve & Light #AlBSure #HarlemAmerican but #MtVernon4Life #AllPraiseisDuetoAllah.”
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Fans and several of Al B.’s celebrity friends flooded the comment section, offering prayers and well wishes to the producer. He also said he plans to share why he was hospitalized sometime soon.
