Biz Markie hasn’t been on social media nor has he appeared on his Sirius XM Rock The Bells radio show in over six months.

In July, it was reported he’d actually been hospitalized for weeks with a “serious illness” unrelated to the coronavirus but possibly linked to his Type II diabetes. As the weeks dragged on, rumors started to swirl on social media suggesting he’d slipped into a coma.

HipHopDX reached out to Biz’s management team in September and was told he was absolutely “not in a coma” yet here it is December and the 56-year-old MC still hasn’t resurfaced. In the meantime, friends of Biz in the Hip Hop community grew increasingly concerned about his radio silence and began to think something nefarious was going on behind the scenes. Some even thought he could’ve quietly passed away.

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