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Young M.A has responded to fans’ concerns over her health after a viral video showed the Brooklyn rapper seemingly looking gaunt and exhausted.
The video in question was shared by celebrity barber and Wild ‘N Out star Aaron “Fats Da Barber” Turk on Instagram, which showed Young M.A getting a shape-up and her dreadlocks retwisted.
However, fans were concerned by Young M.A’s apparent exhausted demeanor and thin appearance, and raised concerns on Twitter about whether or not the rapper was experiencing some health issues.
Fats Da Barber caught wind of fans’ worries and took a moment to call out the critics who said he shouldn’t have posted the video of Young M.A because of her disinterested look while being filmed.
“Y’all got so much to say as if I’m trying to embarrass my dawg she reposted my video if she didn’t want me to record she would have told me,” Fats said on his Instagram Story. “Y’all don’t know our bond nor our friendship what y’all need to do is just send your prayers for her and that’s that.
“She didn’t have a haircut in a month and she wanted me to bring her haircut back to life which I did!!! thank you sis for coming and rocking with me like always love ya.”
The “OOOUUU” rapper echoed her barber’s sentiment and said on her own Instagram Story post: “We blessed don’t let that get to you blooda…and I told you it’s was like 4 months.”
While Young M.A didn’t directly address her rumored health issues, this is not the first time she’s made headlines for potentially worrying news. In 2021, the 30-year-old was noticeably confused when she was forced to address a rumor that she had been involved in some kind of shooting.
“Listen, listen, I don’t know what the fuck going on,” she said on Instagram Live at the time. “I don’t know what’s going on, but bro … I don’t know what’s going on, but they tweakin’. I don’t got nothing to do with nothing. I don’t know where this rumor, this crazy shit coming from. I don’t got nothing to do with nothing.
“I’m very unproblematic, I’m clean, I have no drama with me. I don’t know what is going on, what they talkin’ about. All these rumors out here not true. It’s cap.”
On the music side of things, Young M.A’s last full-length arrived in 2021 with Off The Yak. The project featured appearances from Fivio Foreign, Rubi Rose and others.
10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced that he is leaving the band because the demands of touring have become too much for him.
The 75-year-old musician, who also spent time performing with Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works, has chosen to walk away from the legendary rock group after more than five decades.
He shared: “After so many wonderful years with 10cc, I must admit that the rigours of touring are no longer manageable for me as I get older, and I feel it’s time to let go of the long hours in airports and endless travel on buses.
“I’m not planning to stop playing altogether. I will still perform but at a pace that feels right, working alongside old friends and a new group of fellow musicians called The Guilty Men.”
Frontman Graham Gouldman confessed that it will feel unusual to perform without his “longest-running musical associate.”
He explained: “When Paul and I first joined forces in 10cc, we never could have imagined that we’d still be at it after 30 years, let alone 52.
“Paul has been my longest musical partner and it will feel different to turn around and see another drummer, but I completely understand why he no longer wants to sit on a plane for 14 hours or wake up in a new hotel every day for weeks at a time.”
Ben Stone, who has previously played with Mike and The Mechanics and Bonnie Tyler, will be taking over on drums.
Paul, who had several runs with 10cc after joining in 1973, performed his final show with the I’m Not In Love band in Alexandria, Virginia this past September.
The group is set to continue their And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour in the UK next year.
