New Delhi, April 7 -- Atlanta rapper Offset of defunct hip-hop group Migos was reportedly hospitalised after he was shot near a casino in Florida.

A spokesperson for the 34-year-old musician told celebrity news outlet TMZ he was "stable" and being closely monitored at a hospital in Hollywood, Florida.

A Seminole Police Department spokesman confirmed a shooting in the vicinity Monday evening to AFP but declined to identity the victim.

The shooting happened Monday evening at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, just outside Miami, police in Seminole, Florida, said in a statement to CBS News.

His representative told CBS News late Monday that Offset "was shot and is currently at the hospital receiving medical care. He is st...