TMZ reported that rapper Lil Wayne is in critical condition after being rushed to L.A.’s Cedars-Sinai Hospital. According to the celebrity news and gossip site Wayne apparently suffered another seizure and has been placed in an induced coma.
Wayne was taken to the hospital on Tuesday, released Wednesday but hours later was found unconscious in his room by his bodyguards according to TMZ. The site says he was again rushed to the hospital, but this time his condition appeared to more serious – reporting that several people in Wayne’s camp are currently at his bedside and his mother his now on a plane flying to Los Angeles.
Although TMZ said that Wayne was currently in the ICU unit, and “said to be ‘unstable’ and breathing through tubes with several love ones are at his bedside,” Mack Maine and Birdman have disputed the accounts by way of their Twitter accounts.
“Wayne is still alive and well! We watching the Syracuse game…thanks for the prayers and concern..he will update you all soon. #love,” Mack Maine wrote on Friday at 7:19 p.m. CST. “We will be releasing an official statement shortly but don’t believe the nonsense about comas and tubes to breathe….that’s false!”
Mack Maine took to the social networking site again 30 minutes after his initial tweets this time directing his messages directly at TMZ. “@TMZ it’s certain [expletive]you should not talk about or play with if u don’t kno what u talking bout….dont deceive the fans of the people,” he wrote. “@TMZ and definitely don’t try to kill a man before his time….so from the bottom of my soul and on behalf of my fam…..[expletive] YOU.”
TMZ had earlier reported that Wayne’s condition was critical, going so far as to say that he was being “prepared for his last rites.”
Cash Money CEO and Wayne’s father figure, Birdman, retweeted Mack’s initial tweet reiterating that there is a statement on the way and then sent a message of his own. “My son is in good spirit..feelin much betta…be home soon.YMCMB.”
At 9:28 p.m., reassurance appeared to come from Wayne, himself, when a tweet was sent from his account saying, “I’m good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love.”
TMZ sources say doctors found high amounts of codeine in his system, and had to pump his stomach three times.
MTV News reached out to the New Orleans rapper’s reps who confirmed, “Lil Wayne is recovering.”
Information from TMZ.com, MTV.com and Allhiphop.com contributed to this report.
