23-year-old Rapper Davion Blessing recently got his big break – breaking into the scene and gaining fans from around the world.
But fans and doctors have been raising concerns about the health of the performer, whose stage name is Dave Blunt, who is estimated to weigh 500kg.
He said he had been drinking regularly for the past seven years – an illegal mixture of cough syrup, soda and candy.
On drugs, he says he ‘eats everything’, and shared his attempts to diet online, including eating fruit for a month. He said that he often lies down to rest after eating.
That’s compounded by his lack of activity, and he shares that he’s currently getting more exercise than at any other time in his life.
Bereket was recently hospitalized before a concert. Chicago For some unknown reason, it leads to one On the stage of the oxygen tank for the performance.
He shared that he struggled to walk up stairs and was hospitalized many times, mostly for asthma-related complications, throughout his life.
Dr. Stuart Fisher, MD New York CityAs he told DailyMail.com, at his rate, a blessing could lead to an early death.
“We know there’s something wrong with a person’s need for oxygen as they age,” Dr. Fisher said. This cannot go on forever.’
A photo of 500lbs rapper Dave Blunts and his girlfriend has gone viral after the 23-year-old star showed up on stage with an oxygen tank, sparking a health scare.
Blunts was among those who performed in Chicago for the fourth annual Juice WRLD Day to remember the late rapper — but the focus quickly turned to his health as he sat down with his tank and joined his co-star Isabella.
Excess weight is making it harder to breathe, as the extra pounds press on the rib cage and belly fat releases chemicals that inflame the lungs, exacerbating asthma.
Obesity, says Dr. Fisher, is a disease linked to about 60 different health conditions. This includes heart disease, diabetes, cancer and respiratory problems.
Dr. Fisher said he suspected that his insulin levels would change because of Blessing’s weight. Insulin is a hormone that controls how the body processes and uses sugar, and it can affect energy. He told this website: ‘It’s automatic diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol because this condition is strongly linked to insulin resistance.’
Blessing isn’t alone—about 22 million American adults are morbidly obese, and the condition kills an estimated 500,000 people a year, according to a Harvard study.
Amid widespread health concerns, the Iowa rapper shared that he’s trying to take action. Weight loss.
Although he has always been ‘big’, his diet and exercise habits have combined to contribute to his current weight. “I’m definitely the one doing it for myself,” he said.
It’s something I struggle with, but I’m working on it, you know what I’m saying.
“After this album drops, you know what I’m saying, I can sign a contract and then get money to get a personal trainer.
This leads to continuous feeding. In late September, he shared that he would try to eat nothing but fruit for a month — apples and watermelon being among his favorites.
There is no one food that Bereket prefers over others and in a recent interview he said ‘I’m eating everything’.
According to Dr. Fisher, the type of food a person eats to gain more weight is less than the amount they eat: “To gain that much weight, you have to eat a lot more calories every day.” It doesn’t matter.’
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Apart from his meals, Blessing is never seen without a plastic cup in his hand which is marked with his personal brand ‘Dave Blunt’s Purple Stuff’.
The design of the cup mimics two stacked styrofoam cups, a nod to a popular medicine recipe called a lean.
Lean refers to a combination of cough syrup, soda, and hard candy, which is typically served in stacks of styrofoam cups. It was popular in the early 2000s Rapper like Little Lil Wayne.
Cough syrup contains two drugs, codeine and promethazine, which together make a person feel sedated.
Also known as ‘Purple Drink’, ‘Drink’, ‘Sizzurp’ and ‘Mud’.
Blessing has previously told investigators that he has been drinking semi-regularly since he was sixteen.
It’s unclear what Merkuz puts into the concoction, but if it’s sprite, the most popular option is eating up 130 calories and 38 grams of added sugar per 10-ounce can.
A blessing cup seems to hold about 20 ounces – so eat twice as much with each serving.
On top of that, if Blessing adds six hard candies, such as Jolly Bears, to the mix, it adds another 35 calories and 6.5 grams of sugar.
Cough syrup itself is often sweetened — and contains an average of 20 calories and 3 grams of sugar per teaspoon. People often don’t measure their syrup before sipping, which means there can be more calories and drugs in each serving.
The rapper said on his podcast No Jumper that he used other drugs like Percocet, ecstasy and Xanax.
Bereket talked about it more than the meal. Podcast no jumper That the weight is related to the levels of activity: ‘It’s like laziness. Like I eat and then I’m like chills or sleepy or some stuff like that.’
Ato Bereket said that he has been trying to walk a lot, but he has to rest often because of his asthma and leg pain.
Bulling revealed he’s been trying to exercise a lot, but it’s hard: ‘Because I like to have a blast, you know this is the most exercise I’ve ever had in my life. These airports man.
Bereket shares that he is often uncomfortable when exercising or walking around and has to stop and use his breather or sit down.
Dr. Fisher said this problem can be multifaceted. For starters, the rapper has asthma, which can cause the fat cells in the abdomen to become irritated by hormones released, causing asthma.
He said: ‘The inflammation that obesity creates can exacerbate inflammatory chemicals and even trigger an asthma attack – the weight itself can cause people to have difficulty breathing and other conditions such as sleep apnoea.’
This is why diseases that can cause inflammation in the lungs, such as Covid, are very dangerous for people who are overweight because their lungs may already be weakened.
Second, carrying more fat can be taxing. Dr. Fisher says it feels like carrying around 80-pound dumbbells all day — and your ankles, wrists and spine can hurt.
This is where a person who is very fat does not want to move and the pain is painful, but the more they move, the more difficult it is to lose weight.
In order to get his health back to normal, Dr. Fisher said, Bereket needs to make drastic changes to his diet and exercise routine, and to take medication to control his blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar.
