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Doctors are more likely to incorrectly associate Black patients with diagnoses of HIV, hypertension, obesity, sarcoidosis, sickle cell anemia and stroke.

The 50-year-old rapper, whose real name is Anthony Henderson, has for several years battled sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that can cause respiratory problems if it reaches the lungs.

It’s unclear whether the producer’s hospitalization is related to his sarcoidosis.

Ms Doyle said her father developed a rare condition, cardiac sarcoidosis, had a heart attack at the age of 48, and lived with heart disease until he died aged 67.

The immunocompromised 69-year-old ensconces herself in her SUV for the half-hour ferry ride across Puget Sound from her home on Bainbridge Island to Seattle, where she undergoes treatment for the rare inflammatory condition sarcoidosis.