Rapper Chika has been hospitalized following a medical scare that left her in intensive care.
On Sunday, the Truth or Dare artist shared that she was stationed at the Intensive Care Unit of a Los Angeles Hospital to be treated for kidney failure.
In a picture posted on Instagram, she is seen in a medical gown with what appears to be bandages used to inject IV needles into her arms.
“Been in the ICU twice in the past month and it’s so friggin boring that i have resorted to taking prison photos. enjoy. album in a couple- a weekz,” she wrote.
“But how are you still fine in a hospital gown?” one commenter asked while showing support. “Like, I hope you feel better.” Another person said, “Hope you start feeling better. ICU no joke, kidney failure is tough. You got this!!!!”
Rather than focus on the positive comments, the Alabama native chose to stoop to troll levels by adding in the comment section: “before any stupid a** clingons start yapping about karma, I hope you know you’re saying chronically ill people did something to *deserve* getting sick. shut the f**k up.”
Shen responded to a commenter who accused her of lying about being in the hospital.
“You know you can spend 3 days in ICU and then get moved to the regular floor right, Please shut the f*ck up, i had kidney failure,” she replied.
Chika says she’s back home now and doing well, but that didn’t stop others from bringing up a melee she was caught up in back in June.
“Get the help u need. Cuz [the] way u talked about them babies on the plane further let me know……,” one person said in the comments.
The reference comes from the backlash she faced after taking to Twitter to rant about “screaming toddlers” while she was seated first-class on a red-eye flight. Little did she know that one of the children was Hunter, Zonnique Pullins’ daughter and T.I. and Tiny’s grandchild.
In June, Chika posted that she was frustrated that two toddlers had interrupted her beauty rest because they began crying while on the flight.
“[The] lady next to me who thought it would be a good idea to buy yourself and your twin infants first class seats on a red-eye flight, who just woke me up by bringing your screaming bastard to OUR seats to soothe her,” she tweeted, which has since been deleted. “I just bought $34 WiFi at 4am to call you a stupid bi**h. [P.S.], I hate you and I hope you get a paper cut between each finger tomorrow, you senseless wench.”
She went on to inquire about the mental health of the mother, stating “what makes you think a 1 y/o will shut their bit*h a*s up?” She then proceeded to call the mom a h*e and wished that she would choke.
When the backlash began to ensue after her tweet, the Can’t Explain It rapper took to Instagram to rub more salt on the wound she caused.
“Stay mad,” she said. “Being upset at a person ranting about an annoying baby that woke them up at 4 am is a cute way to make you feel like you’re morally superior to someone. you’re literally not. like I been saying, I wasn’t rude to her and that’s what I’m good with.”
The 26-year-old continued: “I have the decency to be mad externally somewhere else. my only mistake was doing it on Twitter. I don’t feel bad cuz the response is disproportionate to the mistake. but like… do ur thing, internet. y’all already ain’t like me this ain’t nothing new.”
But it appears she came back to reality shortly after when she apologized to those she offended, stating in a video that she had experienced a manic episode when she went off the rails, adding that she just wanted to sleep after a long day.
“Posting because I think it’s important & because I understand that people who actually do want to support me were also offended by my inflammatory thread yesterday,” the mental health advocate wrote. “[I’m] sorry cuz it was triggering/infuriating to many. I just don’t like being seen as someone [I’m] not.”
It was too late, though. Enter Zonnique, who got wind of the melee and decided to chime in.
“[Wait] I’m in tearssss not chika boo was mad my child was cutting up in first class. You should of just sat there and been mad babe..she sky priority af,” she tweeted.
