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Lil Wayne Opens Up About Mental Health & Past Suicide Attempt
Lil Wayne Opens Up About Mental Health & Past Suicide Attempt
In a new interview with Emmanuel Acho for his mental health-focused Uncomfortable Conversations series, Lil Wayne talked candidly about his mental health and his past suicide attempt.
The rap star previously shared this on both his track “Let It All Work Out” and Solange’s “Mad.” In the sit-down, he opened up more about it, revealing he was 12 and that it took place on a half-day from school after he almost got in trouble with his mother.
Wayne explained,
“I picked up the phone, I called the police. Yes, I knew where she put her gun and it was in her bedroom. And so I went into her bedroom, grabbed the gun. I already made the phone call… looked in the mirror.” Wayne went on to share that that he pointed the gun to his head before he “got a little too scared.” Then he aimed it at his chest. “Then I said ‘F*CK it.’ “Biggie was on. I’m looking in the mirror, so you could look through the mirror and the television was behind me. So I was watching the video through the mirror. ‘One More Chance’ was on. And Biggie was already gone or something.
He continued,
“So I was looking, I was like, ‘You know what?’ Start thinking I had to get myself mad and noticed that I didn’t have to. that’s what scared me. How I knew I had a mental health problem was when I pulled the trigger.”
Sharing what was going through his mind at the time, the Grammy winner said that he aimed for his heart but “didn’t feel a thing.” After going into shock, he woke up to the police knocking as he was staring around. After police managed to get inside his apartment, officers stepped over him looking for drugs and weapons. However, one officer named “Uncle Bob” refused to step over him, and picked him up, then transported him to a local hospital. Wayne told hosts Acho that he believes God kept him alive that day.
During the interview, Wayne also digs deep about his mental health issues and shares how it has changed over the years.
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