Saturday, March 16, 2013

Reports Rapper Lil Wayne Near Death Spark Twitter Frenzy

Conflicting reports that rapper “Lil Wayne” was near death whipped the twittersphere into a frenzy Friday evening, and a tweet from the rapper’s official account saying he was alive and well was retweeted 100,000 times in less than 45 minutes.

“I’m good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love,” read the tweet from the rapper’s official Twitter account.

Celebrity website TMZ had reported earlier in the evening that the rapper was on life support after being hospitalized following a series of seizures, and that doctors had pumped his stomach three times in an attempt to flush substances from his system.

Sources close to the rapper told The Associated Press anonymously that Wayne had indeed had a seizure, but denied TMZ reports he was in a medically induced coma and close to death.

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