Lil Wayne reveals he has epilepsy: ‘I could have died’

Lil Wayne wants to set the record straight about his seizures: He has epilepsy.

The rapper called in to radio station Power 106 on Thursday to discuss his new album, “I Am Not a Human Being II,� and to address concerns raised when he had a series of seizures two weeks ago. His trip to the ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, coupled with a lack of info from Camp Weezy and a TMZ story that had him in a medically induced coma, getting his stomach pumped and receiving last rites, had fans worried for his life.

“The bad news is, I’m an epileptic. I’m prone to seizures,� he said on the radio. “This isn’t my first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh seizure. I’ve had a bunch of seizures. Y’all just never hear about ‘em.�

So why did we hear about it so spectacularly this time?

“This time it got real bad because I had three of them in a row and then after the third one my heart rate went down to, like, 30%. Basically, I could have died. That’s why it was so serious.�

He said getting to the hospital from his house high in the hills made things a little dicey as well.

“The reason being for the seizures is just plain old stress, no rest and overworking myself,� he said, contradicting rumors that blamed the seizures on excessive indulgence in sizzurp, a sort of codeine cocktail. “That’s just typical me though.�

Lil Wayne didn’t directly address any details of the TMZ story, but instead seemed to give the website a pass after all the drama.

“That’s what they do,� he said. “I can’t be upset at that.... I can’t get upset at TMZ for doing what they do.�

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