“Just The Way” singer Blanco Brown has been hospitalized after 12 hours of surgery to repair injuries sustained in a head-on car collision Monday near his Atlanta home.

The BBR Music Group artist is in an ICU at an Atlanta hospital where he is resting. Additional surgeries are expected. Blanco, his family and his friends ask for your prayers during this time.

An Atlanta native, Brown turned to country music after working as a hip-hop songwriter and producer. He scored a #1 single last year with "The Git Up," and his first full-length album is Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs.