MediaTakeout.com is reporting that Albany rapper Shawn Jay, from the group Field Mob, is facing a cancer scare. Read their exclusive report.

Field Mob: Shawn Jay (left) and Smoke.

On his Twitter account, Shawn Jay confirms: “april isnt my month…car wreck…now they wanna admit me to see if i have terminal cancer.bout 2 smoke n talk to god #NoFear”

Field Mob is considered to be influential in the southern hip hop scene as it developed in the early 2000’s. Ludacris took note of the duo and signed them to his Disturbing the Peace label. Their hits include the Jazze Pha-produced single “Sick of Being Lonely” as well as “Georgia” and “So What.”