American singer, spoken word artist, and political activist Jello Biafra has been hospitalized after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure on Saturday, March 7.

Biafra, the former lead singer and songwriter for the San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys, fell while trying to get out of bed due to his left leg collapsing under him.

Biafra recalled thinking he was having a stroke at the time, but fortunately, he is currently stable and undergoing rehabilitation.

Despite being unable to take interviews currently, Jello Biafra has expressed that he still has much great material to create in the future.

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