Country rap performer Colt Ford suffered a heart attack Thursday night (April 4) after a show at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row in Gilbert, Arizona, and is currently at Banner Desert Medical in Mesa, Arizona. He is in the center’s intensive care unit. . At the time of writing, Ford’s team had no further updates on his condition.

The Georgia native first rose to fame with his 2008 album Let’s run through the countryside, pioneered the blend of country and hip-hop that has become extremely popular in recent years. He co-wrote and also recorded the original “Dirt Road Anthem” with Brantley Gilbert in 2008. The song was a No. 1 hit on Billboard Country Airplay for Jason Aldean in 2011.

Colt Ford made his fifth consecutive top-10 debut. signboard Top Country Albums Chart (2012) declaration of independence Two years later, his Thank you for listening It debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Rap & Independent chart.

Ford has also been open about his health struggles over the past few years, including battling eye cancer and the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis. He revealed that three years ago, she underwent surgery for eye cancer.

“The doctors told me I was a week to 10 days away from needing full chemotherapy,” he said. people at that time. After surgery, Ford was able to get back on the road and have the cancerous spot treated with an intravenous chemotherapy drip.released an album last year Must be a countryincluded collaborations with Gilbert, Tracy Lawrence, Tracy Byrd, Dillon Carmichael, and more.