A Hip-Hop Producer Is Shot During a Robbery

The hip-hop producer AraabMuzik was shot in the chest during a a robbery in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday and remains hospitalized, the police said.

The producer, whose real name is Abraham Orellana, was riding with a friend in a black Nissan Infiniti when someone opened the rear door, got in the back seat and brandished a revolver, according to a Providence Police incident report. It was shortly after midnight. Alarmed, Mr. Orellana and his friend got out of the car. The robber fired a shot then fled. The bullet entered Mr. Orellana’s left chest and exited his lower back, the police report said.

The friend, who was not identified, drove Mr. Orellana to Rhode Island Hospital, breaking down a wooden gate to reach the emergency room. In a statement released to Billboard late Thursday, a publicist for the producer said Mr. Orellana was “currently alive and well” and attributed the shooting to “being in the wrong place at the wrong time” while he was socializing with friends.

The producer’s manager, George Moore, a record label executive known as DukeDaGod, posted on Instagram a picture of Mr. Orellana in a hospital bed on Thursday with the words: “Everyone wish my brother @araabmuzik a healthy & pleasant recovery!!!!”

“Araab is looking forward to a speedy recovery and returning to the stage as soon as he can,” Mr. Moore wrote.

It remained unclear if the incident would keep Mr. Orellana, a favorite at electronic dance music events, from touring. He was scheduled to play Saturday at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., followed by performances in Dallas and Houston later this month. He is also expected to perform at the Electric Daisy Carnival festival in Las Vegas, which runs from June 18 to June 25.