Houston rapper Slim Thug says he tested positive for coronavirus
By
Matt Young, Houston Chronicle
Updated 1:46 pm CDT, Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Rapper Slim Thug tested positive for coronavirus after suffering a fever and a cough. He says he's feeling better now.
Legendary Houston rapper Slim Thug says he tested positive for coronavirus in a video
he posted on Instagram on Tuesday.
The 39-year-old Slim Thug said he had been cautious and mostly stayed home recently, but that didn't stop him from catching the virus.
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"As careful as I’ve been self-quarantining, staying home, I might have went and got something to eat or something, simple stuff like that, nothing crazy," Slim Thug said in the video. "Stayed in my truck, had masks, gloves, everything on and my test came back positive."
On Tuesday morning, Harris County Judge
Lina Hidalgo issued a stay-at-home order, closing most business and directing residents to stay put. The order takes effect at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday and will expire April 3.
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"Y’all gotta take this stuff serious," Slim Thug said. "Sit home, self-quarantine, do not come outside for however long they’re saying. If you have symptoms, you need to go get checked out or whatever."
The rapper said he got tested because he had a fever and a cough, but those symptoms have subsided.
"I feel better now," Slim Thug said. "I don’t have a fever or nothing like that, so I feel like I’m good, but y’all better take this serious. It’s real out here."
The rapper has been preaching social distancing on Instagram, but earlier in the month,
he posted photos from his trip to Cancun from March 2-4.
