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August Alsina says he's struggling with a liver disease. The 24-year-old hip-hop star says in an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith that he posted on Instagram that he has an autoimmune disorder affecting his liver. He says in the caption of the post that he's "sicker than ever" and he's having a hard time accepting what his doctors are telling him. He says his relatives have explained to him that "sickness & illness" runs in his family. He says his father and grandfather both died of "severe illness."Alsina tells Smith that he doesn't like to talk about his struggles because he's "not looking for anybody's sympathy."Alsina won the Best New Artist at the BET Awards in 2014.

Hip-hop star August Alsina reveals he's battling liver disease

Hip-hop artist August Alsina revealed Tuesday that he's battling an autoimmune disease that's affecting his liver. That's really the inspiration behind it. In 2014, Alsina, a New Orleans native, collapsed on stage in New York and spent three days in a coma. Alsina, whose father and stepfather struggled with crack cocaine addictions, left New Orleans with his mother after Hurricane Katrina hit. I'm sicker than ever & having a hard time accepting what I feel & what the Doctors are saying is most true," Alsina, who won Best New Artist at the 2014 BET Awards, wrote on Instagram.


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