Veteran dancehall artiste Future Fambo reportedly had a mild heart attack on Sunday in New York which triggered a response from FDNY ambulance personnel.
He posted a 28-second video of himself on Instagram where he was lying on a sofa clad in only his underpants, hooked up to wires while FDNY medical personnel worked feverishly to stabilise his vitals.
The deejay, who has been diagnosed with diabetes, said he had complained of “washing with cold sweat” after eating cornmeal porridge, and his friend called an ambulance to assist.
“I hadn’t eaten for two days because I had been travelling from Sacramento on Thursday and I delayed five hours in Vegas, so I didn’t get to New York until early in the morning, so I didn’t eat,” the artiste, whose real name is Warren Gladstone Williams, told Observer Online.
He added: “So when I drank the porridge, cold sweat start wash me, vision blurry, and yu caan help yourself, so my friend called the ambulance so the medical personnel coulda assess me.”
Future Fambo, who is now recovering at home, said the ordeal was a big scare but assured his fans and friends that he was “alright now”.
“They said to come to the hospital, but I told them no. It look like mi blood sugar drop and when I eat the cornmeal porridge with the milk, it overload my system. Mi feel a cramp inna mi hand, dem say mi arthritis up but mi blood pressure good,” Fambo said.
He said he received calls from his dancehall colleagues such as Sean Paul, Flexx and Mavado who were concerned about him.
The Rum and Red Bull singer said that he is considering becoming a Christian in January next year.
“Mi ah gi dem a last run and leave this life behind. Mi tired of the hypocrisy, the lying, the clout-chasing, it is mind-boggling sometimes,” he said.
Recently, Future Fambo released a gospel-influenced single, Amazing Song on the World Blast Records.
“My song was not for clout so it come in like mi caan sing it and nah live the life. You know say is half an hour mi pray to the Lord fah before this heart attack happen, is a good thing too, because yu have to talk to Him before,” Fambo said.
