Chicago rapper Cupcakke hospitalized after tweeting about suicide
Note: This post discusses suicide and abuse.
Chicago-based rapper Cupcakke (neé Elizabeth Harris)—who we’ve praised in our coverage of her Red Bull Music Festival show and her most recent album, Eden—is recovering today after being hospitalized following an unsettling message posted to her Twitter and Instagram accounts last night saying that she was planning to die by suicide.
Immediately after the alarming post, thousands of people chimed in with messages of love and support, including fellow artists Iggy Azalea—who booked Harris to open for her on a tour that was later canceled—Charli XCX, and Lizzo: