The Tragic Moment That Changed Lil Wayne Forever

In a later interview on Emmanuel Acho's show "Uncomfortable Conversations," Lil Wayne explained exactly what happened that day as a preteen, according to XXL Magazine.

He began struggling with his mental health at the age of 10, always driven by his obsessive love of rap music and the fear that, as Wayne put it, "he couldn't have what he wanted" — to be a rap star. One time, when his school gave him a half day, he didn't tell his mother and instead used the rest of the day to stay out.

"She found out," he said in the interview. "And so when I got home, on I think it was that Friday, whatever, got home, got a phone call from my aunt was like, 'She found out. Boy, you're about to get your a** kicked. And all that rapping and all that, she about to take that rap folder, she about to throw that s*** away. She about to ...' And I was like, 'Wow.' So all that had built up to me. So that was a buildup."

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