Lil Boosie announces successful cancer surgery

Lil Boosie’s cancer surgery has been successful.

The Baton Rouge rapper underwent an operation yesterday at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, to remove cancerous tissue from his kidney. He later posted an update on the procedure via Instagram.

Boosie, who also has diabetes, was diagnosed with cancer in November, just 18 months after being released from jail.

I want to thank each and everyone for all the support and love! Surgery went well..God is good! Next step recovery! Cancer has been removed from Boosie kidney… Thanks to all Boosie family and friends and all my real Boosie fans for all the prayers from #badazzmusicsyndicate… I am a #cancersurvivor 🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀

A photo posted by Boosie BadAzz (@officialboosieig) on Dec 8, 2015 at 8:37am PST