The good news for 80s fans who love corny sexual metaphors is that apparently “Wild Thing” rapper Tone Lōc is still around and performing. The bad news is he made headlines last week on account of a seizure, supposedly onstage, during a performance in Atlanta, Georgia on October 15.
Tone Lōc, 45, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, was taken to a nearby hospital where he was given an IV and eventually released. Concert-goers said that the rapper had the fit on stage; however, Terrell’s manager told TMZ he was merely suffering from exhaustion after a grueling tour schedule.
Tone Lōc apparently has a history of seizures, having collapsed onstage once before in 2009, and suffering another seizure just last year, while driving in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, after the news of Tone Lōc’s collapse on stage broke, sales of Funky Cold Medina rose 30%. (Okay, we’re just kidding. We still have no idea what that is, but it’s fun to say.)
• Tone Lōc: http://www.nndb.com/people/905/000087644