Rapper Lil Durk says he is taking time off to recover after being injured by a pyrotechnic at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

The 29-year-old was playing to a crowd of thousands when a smoke bomb went off in his face on Saturday night.

In fan-captured video, he was seen staggering backwards from the device and wiping his eyes with a t-shirt.

Although he finished the performance, Lil Durk later posted a photo from hospital with a patch over one eye.

Lil Durk has more than 20 US tour dates scheduled before the end of the year. It is not yet clear how many of those concerts will be affected.
[Mark Savage/BBC News – original article]
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