Lil Wayne opens up about suicide attempt when he was just 12 years old

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Lil Wayne has opened up about his past mental health struggles.

Per The Metro, the 38-year-old rapper spoke about how he almost took his own life at the age of just 12 in a recent interview on Emmanuel Acho's podcast series Uncomfortable Conversations.

The musician (whose real name is Dwayne Carter Jr) told Acho that he had contemplated suicide while at home on a half-day off from school.

Take a look at the emotional interview right here: 

Per the above publication, the 'Let It All Work Out' rapped stated: "I called the police. Yes, I knew where [my mother] put her gun and it was in her bedroom. And so I went in her bedroom, grabbed the gun. I already made the phone call, looked in the mirror."

However, he stated that he felt too frightened to go through with the act, and was brought around when he heard a Notorious B.I.G. song come on TV in the background.

The rapper then continued: "Then I said: 'F*** it.' Biggie was on. I'm looking in the mirror, so you could look through the mirror and the television was behind me. So I was watching the video through the mirror.

"'One More Chance' was on. And Biggie was already gone or something. So I was looking, I was like: 'You know what?' Start thinking I had to get myself mad and noticed that I didn't have to, that's what scared me.

"How I knew I had a mental health problem was when I pulled the trigger."

Lil Wayne continued to describe to Acho the moment he was lying on the floor and could hear the police knocking at his door.

If you are struggling with mental health, please contact a loved one, doctor, or one of the helplines below:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org
800-273-TALK (8255)
TTY: 800-799-4TTY (4889)

Asian American Suicide Prevention and Education
http://www.aaspe.net
877-990-8585 (Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and Fujianese)

Boys Town Suicide and Crisis Line (for teens/parents/families)
http://www.boystown.org/national-hotline
800-448-3000
Text, Chat Email: http://www.yourlifeyourvoice.org/Pages/ways-to-get-help.aspx

Lifeline Crisis Chat
http://www.crisischat.org
1:1 Online Chat: http://www.crisischat.org/chat (12:00 pm - 12:00 am EST)

Crisis Text Line
https://www.crisistextline.org/how-it-works
Text 741741
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crisistextline

Kristin Brooks Hope Center
https://www.imalive.org/
1.800.SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
Facebook
Twitter

IMAlive Crisis Chat
https://www.imalive.org

Vet2Vet Veterans Crisis Hotline
http://www.yourlifecounts.org/crisis-line/vet2vet-veteran%E2%80%99s-crisis-line
1-877-VET-2-VET (838-2838)

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