'The Git Up' singer Blanco Brown in ICU after head-on collision

Blanco Brown, a rising artist known for viral 2019 country-rap song "The Git Up," suffered severe injuries after a head-on collision near his Atlanta home, according to the singer's record label. 

Following the Monday wreck, Brown was transported to a hospital and underwent a 12-hour surgery for unspecified injuries, Nashville-based BBR Music Group said Thursday. 

Additional surgeries "are expected" the label said, and he remains in intensive care. 

Brown, age 35, released his twangy "The Git Up" in summer 2019, during the peak of a country-rap crossroads anchored by another genre-bending hit, "Old Town Road." Brown's breakout tune ascended to No. 1 on Billboard's 'Hot Country Songs' chart and earned Platinum certification last October. 

"The Git Up" featured a social media dance challenge that aided in its snowballing success. 

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“This song, I feel like can change your moment and that's what music does,” he told Billboard last year. “It has the power of changing your moment even for three minutes and thirty seconds. It's what you do after that that determines your moment and your mood for the rest of the day." 

Brown released the song and his debut album "Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs" last year via BBR Music Group, label home to Jason Aldean, Jimmie Allen, Lindsay Ell and more. A writer, producer and artist, Brown has worked with the likes of 2 Chainz, Pitbull, Parmalee and Diplo.