Despite what friends and supporters are tweeting, Gang Starr’s Guru - a.k.a. Keith Elam - is still in a coma and his condition is “touch and go.’’ So says Harry Elam, the 88-year-old father of the hip-hop pioneer who grew up in Dorchester. We reached the elder Elam in Buzzards Bay, where the retired Massachusetts judge lives alone. (His wife, Barbara, is in a nursing home.) Elam told us he’s upset about the “misinformation’’ tweeted by Guru’s former musical partner, DJ Premier. “Why is someone who has not spoken to my son in 10 years talking about his medical condition?’’ said Guru’s dad. Harry Elam said his son was originally hospitalized for complications from back surgery and, as far as he knows, his son has not had heart surgery. (DJ Premier tweeted that Guru had successful surgery.) “Keith is seriously ill,’’ said his father, who is relying on reports from his other children. “You never think this is going to happen to you.’’
- The Boston Globe (boston.com)
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