By Mark Gray
1:36pm PST, Jan 19, 2024
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"I had a severe stroke this [morning]. I started breaking down crying when they told me," Cori Broadus wrote across a POV shot of a hospital bed that she shared on her Instagram Story on Jan. 18.
The 24-year-old singer — she performs under the name Choc — also shared a photo of herself wearing a face mask and a pink hoodie.
"I'm only 24 what did I do in my past to deserve all of this," she wrote across the photo of herself.
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Cori Broadus was diagnosed with lupus — a disease that can cause "inflammation and pain in any part of the body including the joints, kidneys, skin, blood cells, brain, lungs and heart" — when she was just 6 years old.
Lupus is known to increase the risk of stroke due to its harsh effect on many of the body's organs.
Last fall, Snoop Dogg's little girl told People magazine that she was taking a holistic approach to managing her lupus.
"I stopped taking all of my medication like five months ago," she said. "I'm just doing everything natural, all types of herbs, sea moss, teas. I started working out, drinking lots of water. So now I think my body's like, 'OK, this is the new program, and she's getting used to it.'"
"I've had medication since I was 6 years old, depending on these drugs all my life. So I wanted better for myself. I wanted to change because it just became a lot. I'm only 24 years old, taking 10 to 12 pills every single day," she continued, adding that she "kind of just went cold turkey."
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Cori Broadus went on to detail how her new physical fitness routine impacted her wellbeing amid her lupus battle: "My body is not achy," she told People magazine. "When you have lupus, that's one of the number one things. You have achy joints, you have arthritis. And now I'm like, damn, I'm not complaining about my knees, my feet, my hands, my back."
"It's continuously a learning process because there's so much more I could be doing. If I can do a whole 360 change and just get healthy all around, I think I would be so good. But I tell people all the time, it's a day-by-day process. Things are going to take time. Nothing is going to happen overnight," she continued.
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In addition to lupus, Cori Broadus has also battled mental health issues.
"I've always been sad. I've always been depressed. I feel like I've been through a lot," she said on Instagram in 2021. "I've been sick, I am sick. It's a lot. Body hurting, you're just in pain, and you're so young you're like, 'What is happening to me? What is going on?' And then you look at your brothers and your other family members like, 'Why me?' Not saying I wish they had it, but why me? Why am I going through this? Why did God choose me?"
