--- description: The hip-hop artist was rushed to a hospital in Melbourne for an unknown health scare on Wednesday afternoon title: Kayne West Rushed to a Hospital in Australia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57041d5df3c80109/6986a2bde8524b7321604a07/455103676.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kanye West Got Rushed to a Hospital During His Australia Tour by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2014 4:26 AM CUT  Kanye West leaves his Yeezus pop-up shop in Melbourne on Sept. 9, 2014 Kanye West leaves his Yeezus pop-up shop in Melbourne on Sept. 9, 2014Newspix—Newspix/Getty Images by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2014 4:26 AM CUT Kanye West was reportedly rushed to a hospital in Melbourne for unknown reasons on Wednesday afternoon — but was able to perform a scheduled show that evening. _Woman’s Day_ said that the hip-hop artist visited a Melbourne hospital for an [emergency MRI](http://www.womansday.com.au/celebrity/celebrity-headlines/2014/9/health-scare-kanye-west-rushed-to-hospital-in-australia/?utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=facebook&utm%5Fcampaign=soc.fb.140911.Kanye%20rushed%20to%20hospital "undefined"). Nurses at the hospital had to clear the MRI waiting room so that the superstar rapper could get private treatment, _Woman’s Day_ reported, but a woman who saw West there said the singer had either experienced a seizure or was believed to be on the verge of experiencing one. “We were shocked because it looked so serious,” Loraine Terry told the magazine. West, who has yet to comment on the incident, left the hospital within about two hours and performed that night at the 15,000-seat Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. He will conclude his September tour of Australia with two more concerts in Sydney and a final show in Brisbane. \[[_Woman’s Day_](http://www.womansday.com.au/celebrity/celebrity-headlines/2014/9/health-scare-kanye-west-rushed-to-hospital-in-australia/?utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=facebook&utm%5Fcampaign=soc.fb.140911.Kanye%20rushed%20to%20hospital "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3321517/kanye-west-hospital-australia-mri/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3321517/kanye-west-hospital-australia-mri/"},"headline":"Kanye West Got Rushed to a Hospital During His Australia Tour","datePublished":"2014-09-11T04:26:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:07:20.944Z","description":"But he performed as scheduled in Melbourne the same night","url":"https://time.com/3321517/kanye-west-hospital-australia-mri/","keywords":["celebrities","Australia","Music","Kanye West","Pop Culture","Melbourne"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57041d5df3c80109/6986a2bde8524b7321604a07/455103676.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57041d5df3c80109/6986a2bde8524b7321604a07/455103676.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kanye West And Kim Kardashian At Yeezus Pop-up Store In Melbourne","caption":"Kanye West And Kim Kardashian At Yeezus Pop-up Store In Melbourne","creditText":"Newspix—Newspix/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3321517/kanye-west-hospital-australia-mri/","name":"Kanye West Got Rushed to a Hospital During His Australia Tour"}}]}] ```