Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Midi Mafia Producer Dirty Swift Seriously Injured After Motorbike Accident

Midi Mafia's Dirty Swift, born Kevin Risto, was hospitalized on Wednesday July 19 after a severe bike accident.
The chart-topping producer suffered a fractured vertebrae in his lower back after crashing during an off-road biking practice at the Piru Motocross track in Los Angeles.Dirty Swift has been in Los Angeles finishing up songs for Fantasia and Interscope
recording artist Hayes, while his Midi Mafia and Family Ties Entertainment partner Bruce Waynne has been in New York finalizing the release of Soundtrack of My Life from their artist Deemi."I'm feeling a little stiff, but everything is cool," Dirty Swift told AllHipHop.com. "I'll pull through it - it could have been worse."Dirty Swift is being cared for at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, CA and will be able to return home to New York in August.
A full recovery is expected within a couple of months.
Midi Mafia has produced tracks for Nelly, Miri Ben-Ari, Nore and G-Unit and
50 Cent, including the rapper's hit single "21 Questions."