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===Health issues=== Tone Lōc has collapsed onstage multiple times since 1995; some if not all of these collapses have been due to [[seizure]]s, according to at least one report.<ref name= watch>{{cite news| url= http://guardianlv.com/2013/03/lil-wayne-tone-loc-and-morrissey-all-under-the-doctors-watch/| website= Guardian Liberty Voice| date= March 17, 2013 | title= Lil Wayne, Tone Loc and Morrissey all under the doctor's watch| first= Kelly| last= Newson | access-date= January 24, 2017}}</ref> On May 29, 2009, he was rushed to a hospital<ref name= sohh /> after collapsing during a concert in [[Pensacola, Florida]].<ref name= watch /> The rapper cut his elbow when he fell and was released the same day.<ref name=sohh>{{cite web| title= Update: Tone Loc Recovering After Concert Seizure, Released From Hospital| first= Cyrus| last= Langhorne| date= May 29, 2009| website= sohh.com| url= http://www.sohh.com/2009/05/breaking_tone_loc_collaps.html| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131212045936/http://www.sohh.com/2009/05/breaking_tone_loc_collaps.html| archive-date= December 12, 2013}}</ref> On October 15, 2011, Lōc was hospitalized for exhaustion after collapsing onstage during a concert in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. He was taken to a local hospital and intravenously rehydrated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tone Loc collapses after playing 'Funky Cold Medina'| first= Josh |last= Grossberg|date=October 17, 2011|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44932025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020202819/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44932025/ns/today-entertainment/t/tone-loc-collapses-after-playing-funky-cold-medina/ |url-status=live |archive-date=October 20, 2011 | website= MSN.com}}</ref> Another similar incident occurred in 2012.<ref name="bridge" /> On March 16, 2013, he collapsed onstage at a performance at the Bridge Bash in [[Des Moines, Iowa]],<ref name="bridge">{{cite news|title=Tone Loc collapses onstage at Bridge Bash| url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/03/17/tone-loc-rap-iowa/1993935/ |work= Des Moines Register; USA Today|access-date=17 March 2013|date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> but refused hospital care.<ref name="watch" /> Lōc collapsed onstage on December 6, 2013, during a performance in [[San Francisco, California]], and collapsed again on November 26, 2016, during a performance in [[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]], but he later returned to the stage.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.argusleader.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/11/26/tone-loc-collapses-stage-premier-center/94494872/| title= Tone Loc collapses on stage at Premier Center, later returns | first1= Christopher | last1= Dexter | first2= Danielle| last2= Ferguson | work= [[Argus Leader]] | date= November 26, 2016| access-date= January 24, 2017}}</ref> Lōc wears his signature sunglasses at every performance to help reduce the likelihood of a seizure.
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