Rapper Dave Blunts condemns man who ‘filmed him asleep in hospital bed’
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Controversial rapper said he felt like he was experiencing a ‘setback’. Rapper Dave Blunts has condemned a man he claims took photos of him while he was asleep in a hospital bed and shared them online. The 23-year-old artist, who went viral in 2024 after he began uploading videos to TikTok, confirmed he had been admitted to hospital but had wanted to keep this information private.
“I didn’t want you guys to think I wasn’t taking my health journey seriously,” he wrote in a statement on Instagram, alongside photos of himself in the hospital bed. Blunts, real name Davion Blessing, said he had contracted flu while meeting fans at one of his concerts and had initially been advised by doctors to “just let the cold run its course”.
However, his condition continued to deteriorate and so he was admitted to hospital. “I promise I am 100 per cent focused on bettering my health in 2025 and this setback is making I feel like I can’t do it because every time I try something like this happens,” he wrote.
“I had been doing so good by walking and standing up at my shows instead of sitting down and showing people that I’m actually making progress but I guess it was all for nothing. “I’m not giving up as long as you guys don’t give up on me but this s*** is hard.”.
Blunts, who has almost half a million followers on TikTok, sparked concerns for his health in November last year after footage of him performing at a concert while using an oxygen tank went viral. In a September 2024 interview, Blunts said he weighed 600 pounds (270kg) and that he’d previously been in hospital for heart failure.
