Key Takeaways:

• A viral video allegedly confirmed Saucy Santana being wheeled out of a Waffle House in a stretcher, elevating questions on his well being.
• Hours later, he posted a TikTook from a hospital mattress to advertise his forthcoming album, Haute Sauce.
• Online reactions are break up as many followers suspect the incident was a part of a calculated promo technique.

Saucy Santana may need some explaining to do. Fans skilled emotional whiplash after viral footage of the rapper seemingly going by a well being disaster was adopted up by a video of him performing new music and saying his forthcoming album.

On Sunday (Sept. 21), an alleged video of Saucy Santana being wheeled out of an Atlanta-area Waffle House went viral. “This Saucy Santana y’all,” mentioned a voice within the clip whereas a person was wheeled out of the restaurant in a stretcher.

However, what ailment the “Love & hip hop: Atlanta” star was affected by was by no means disclosed. On Monday (Sept. 22), Bossip reported that “hours later” Saucy Santana dropped a TikTook saying “B**ch I’m back.” In the video, the “Bad to the Bone” artist wears a hospital robe, with hair flowing, performing “Comin’ In Haute (Intro),” which options Mitch and Big Sexy. The caption of the clip declares that his new album, Haute Sauce, is dropping Wednesday (Sept. 24).

Whether or not Saucy Santana really had a medical emergency or pulled a PR stunt to advertise his new album turned a subject of debate on-line. A fast perusal exhibits that the overall consensus lands on the latter opinion.

“Girl what you was doin’ in that Waffle House?” one commenter requested plainly. Another fan wrote, “Oh, so this was a setup by Todd” whereas another person mentioned, “Santana!!! You had people worried and [the] whole time it was a roll out.”

Saucy Santana initially got here to fame because the makeup artist of the City Girls earlier than launching his personal rap profession. He has since dropped quite a few, well-received mixtapes and turn out to be an LGBTQ+ icon. Clearly, the alleged hospital keep didn’t have any sick impact on his self-promotion.