Lil Wayne admits that he was "close to suicide" in his new book.
An excerpt from his new book “Gone Til November" reveals that Weezy suffered from depression and contemplated suicide during his 8-month stint at Rikers Island. “I ended up thinking about all types of s***. One thing that stood out was how I’ve never been this close to suicide before. It’s truly a new reality for me,” read the excerpt. “I was actually there when this kid that was in mental isolation tried to hang up. What’s really f**ked up is that it all could’ve been prevented if the (correctional officers) would’ve just brought him some water.”
Wayne goes on to explain that jail “desensitized” him. “Nobody really attends to [the boy] because they are used to them banging on their cells all the time yelling s***. And being that they’re so used to them banging, they didn’t pay him any mind, and by the time they got back there, he was trying to kill himself. And because I was in jail, I was like, ‘Damn, that n***a is crazy…Oh well, what are we eating tonight? Jail desensitizes a lot of things.” Wayne admitted to attempting suicide in Solange’s song “Mad.” “And when I attempted suicide, I didn’t die. Remember how mad I was on that day. Man, you gotta let it go before it get up in the way,” raps Wayne in his verse.
Source: allhiphop.com
