Trigger Warning: This story contains instances of suicidal ideation.
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โAre you mad โcause the judge ainโt give me more time? And when I attempted suicide, I didnโt die. I remember how mad I was on that day. Man, you gotta let it go before it get up in the way.โ
Lil Wayne told us back in 2016 that he had โa lot to be mad aboutโ; but now in a new interview with Emmanuel Acho, it seems he has a lot to be glad about, too.
Complex reports that the โSomething Differentโ rapper recently opened up about his mental health struggles on Emmanuel Achoโs Uncomfortable Conversations YouTube series. During the nearly 18-minute long video, Lil Wayne revealed that he first noticed he was experiencing mental health issues when he was 10 years old. He went on to describe the time when, at age 12, he attempted suicide on half day at school as a way to get back at his mother.
โWhen I was 12 years old, the school year was kinda ending. So what the school was doing was they was giving us half days on a Thursday and a Friday. May have been Wednesday as well. But what I would do was just tell my Moms that I only had a half day on one of those days. So therefore I stayed out the rest of the whole day just like it was a full day. She found out, so when I got home, I got a phone call from my aunt and she was like: โshe found out, boy you about to get your ass kicked. All that rapping and all that, she about to take that rap folder and she about to throw all that shit away.โโ
He later added, โHow I knew I had mental health problems was I pulled the trigger. I pulled the trigger, [I shot] in my chest, aimed for my heart. Didnโt feel a thing though. So I wasnโt going through any pain, it was just the shock.โ
He went on to explain how that conversation led him to grab the gun that was held in his motherโs bedroom, call the police, and attempt to end his life. After realizing that he was still alive, he recounted how the police took him to the hospital for the gunshot wound and how that day changed the dynamic of the relationship he had with his mother and his family overall.
โSo the mom I knew before that day, on my life and everyoneโs life in hereโ I have never met or seen or heard that lady again in my life. So I didnโt die that day but somebody was gone. [That incident] changed life for her, I and our whole family.โ
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