Lil Wayne is mourning the death of 65-year-old Robert Hoobler, the former New Orleans police officer who saved his life following a suicide attempt. Emergency responders found Hoobler’s body at his Old Jefferson home on Friday (July 22). As the news spread, Lil Wayne took his grief to Instagram to share with his 15.6 million followers.
According to Hoobler’s grandsom Daniel Nelson, the retired detective had struggled with health issues for years related to a car accident and diabetes. In fact, a doctor was forced to amputate both of his legs due to his condition.
Former New Orleans Police Department officer and Hoobler’s longtime friend David Lapene called Lil Wayne’s account of what happened “one of the best stories that depicts Hoobler as a person.”
Lil Wayne Offered Financial Support To Ex-Cop Who Saved His Life After Suicide Attempt
Lil Wayne was just 12 years old when he attempted to take his own life. The burgeoning rap star was reportedly depressed after his mother banned him from rapping as a punishment for skipping school.
“I was just looking [in the mirror] like, ‘You know what?’ Start thinking I had to get myself mad and I noticed that I didn’t have to — that’s what scared me,” Wayne recalled during a 2021 interview with ex NFL player Emmanual Acho. “How I knew I had mental health problems was I pulled the trigger.”
As officers arrived at the scene, Wayne said multiple officers stepped over his bloody body to instead search for drugs and weapons. Hoobler, who was actually off-duty at the time, showed up and rushed Lil Wayne to the hospital.
“[He] picked me up and just kept telling me some shit like, ‘You not gonna die on me,’” he said. “And so he got me to the hospital … He made sure I was good.”
does music work with the moon kodak music isnt the same anymore how much of his music is me when i listen
i dont even think the artits no how there songs sound like
or feel like
im listening to my soul
how does hiphop make a kind of people
god… the funny thing is m pretty sure hiphop worsips god .. and they said illuminati was devil worship … i dont hear devil worshiip ever .. people are dumb .. eye of providence is god its also the all seeing eye whitch is the devil so they reversed it and said they devil worship when they worship god .. the entire game … they say 444 by jay z is the devil but 444 means blessed .. they reversed it .. the devil is a lie the illuminati is good? i dont know
Lol you’re deceived homie. That’s not what the founder of Satanism says. Anton Lavey and Helena Blavatsky, look into them. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.
Bro Wayne’s done soooo many songs/features while on ample amounts of lean. If I was him I’d forget I said that ish too! Weezy one of the GOATS fr
Why don’t hip-hop as a kulture show luv for the Feds jus lyk Weezy done. Da streetz a be much safer for da kidz. King Tekashi already know dat’s why he work wit em to take care of da fake ones.
There is good and bad and every group. Something people forget now. I have come across some great police officers and some not so great. I won’t tar everyone with the same brush. Wayne came across a good one.