Rick Ross reportedly hospitalized after being found unconscious

Rick Ross was rushed to a Miami hospital on Thursday after being found unconscious in his home, according to TMZ, who also report he’s been “been hooked up to a machine that’s taking over the function of his heart and lungs” according to a source close to the music mogul.

The machine TMZ reports he’s hooked up to is an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) which is an “advanced life support technique used for patients with life-threatening heart and/or lung problems. ECMO provides long-term breathing and heart support and is used only when all of the standard treatments for those problems have already been tried.”

UPDATE: Rick Ross’s family denies that he is on life support, and Fat Trel posted to Instagram, saying, “JUS TALKED 2 MY BIG HOMIE… HE GOOD… HE IN DA HOSPITAL BUT HE IS NOT ON “LIFE SUPPORT” … HE GOOD.”