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Proposed change to early life

The second to last sentence of Early life says he accidentally shot himself in the chest, however in newer reports he now explains that this was actually deliberate. In this interview with Billboard he revealed that on his next album he will confess that the shooting was a suicide attempt after his mother told him he cannot rap anymore. I propose this should be reflected in the early life section of this page.

Current line: At age 12, he accidentally shot himself with a 9 mm handgun, and off-duty police officer Robert Hoobler drove him to the hospital.

Proposal example: At age 12, he attempted suicide with a 9mm handgun, and off-duty police officer Robert Hoobler drove him to the hospital. While Wayne had formerly called the incident an accident, he eventually felt ready to open up about the true story, hoping individuals going through similar situations would identify with it MichaelHayworth (talk) 04:35, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MichaelHayworth The Billboard source is interpreting the lyrics. Wait till the artist states this was the case. Lapadite (talk) 04:56, 18 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]