The magazine Istoe informs that the musician Marcelo Yuka, founder of the group O Rappa, is hospitalized in a serious condition after having suffered a stroke. He is being treated at the Quinta D'Or Hospital, in the northern area of Rio. In the middle of the afternoon of this Friday (4), internet portals have even announced the death of the drummer and composer, who was later denied.
According to the publication, Yuka has been president since 2000, when she took nine bullets, after intervening in an badault on a woman, who left him paraplegic.
In 2012, he sat on the Board of Marcelo Freixo (PSOL) at the prefecture of Rio de Janeiro. suffered another stroke last August. According to the report, he had been informed that the family would not receive more detailed information about his condition.