Lil Wayne accepted the 2018 I Am Hip Hop honor on the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards, which was televised final evening. During his acceptance speech, the rapper thanked his family and friends earlier than shouting out the person who saved his life following his suicide try at age 12. Referring to the previous New Orleans murder detective as “Uncle Bob,” Wayne informed the story of how “a bunch of police hopped over me, but he refused to do so,” dashing the younger Wayne to the hospital. Watch the speech under.
Wayne has spoken publicly about Uncle Bob earlier than. In 2016, when requested to make clear his remark that there was “no such thing as racism,” Wayne cited the example of the white cop who saved his life. It wasn’t till just lately, on his newest album Tha Carter V, that Lil Wayne confirmed that his self-inflicted gunshot wound was a suicide try.
Read “Lil Wayne’s Long Road to Tha Carter V” over on the Pitch.
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