According to a source inside rapper Shawty Lo’s camp, the former D4L member was hospitalized Tuesday night with a serious infection.

The 33-year-old trap star, whose real name is Carlos Walker, is a brittle type I diabetic, according to friends. Shawty Lo Atlanta rap group D4L in 2003 with Fabo. He has struggled with rumors that he had AIDS for years. But according to friends, Shawty Lo does not have HIV.