Cori Broadus, the 24-year-old daughter of rapper Snoop Dogg, revealed that she suffered a stroke on Thursday.
“This morning I had a severe stroke,” Broadus wrote in an Instagram story. “I started crying when they told me.”
In a later story, she added, “Like I'm only 24, what did I do in my past to deserve all this?”
Broadus, the youngest of the famous rapper's four children, did not reveal what her doctors told her about the cause of the stroke.
According to the Mayo Clinic, there are two types of strokes: ischemic and hemorrhagic. The first occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is blocked or reduced. The latter occurs when a blood vessel in the brain leaks or bursts and causes bleeding in the brain.
It is unclear what type of stroke Broadus suffered.
Representatives for Snoop Dogg did not immediately respond Thursday to The Times' request for comment.
In 2010, Snoop Dogg shared that Broadus, whose mother is the wife of “Gin and Juice” rapper Shante Broadus, was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease, when she was 6 years old.
“She's the toughest little thing I've ever met,” the famed Long Beach emcee told People. “She's on the honor roll, she plays volleyball and softball, she lives life. She has all this joy. At first the lupus was winning. But now Cori is.”
According to the Mayo Clinic, lupus is an autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation in many different body systems, including the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and lungs.
Lupus is known to increase the risk of stroke, according to the National Institutes of Health. “Stroke is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in systemic lupus erythematosus,” stated a research paper reviewed by the NIH. “Patients with SLE have a two-fold increased risk of stroke, and younger patients (i.e., under 50 years of age) have an increasing risk (up to 10 times).”
However, Broadus did not link her stroke to her lupus diagnosis.
In a September profile with People, Broadus opened up about her experience living with lupus and how she's been able to manage her symptoms.
“I stopped taking all my medications about five months ago. I just do everything natural, all kinds of herbs, sea moss, teas,” Broadus said of his health regimen. “I started exercising, drinking a lot of water. So now I think my body is saying, okay, this is the new program and she's getting used to it.”
She added that there are still days when she is sick, but she feels “blessed and capable” of doing what she loves to do and telling her story.
“But then there are days when I think, 'Wow, I wish I wasn't sick.' What would my life be like if I were a normal girl?'” she said. “She is part of being human. “You're going to have bad days, you're not always going to have good days.”
