Lil Wayne Shares Counter-Narrative Experience with Police: 'I Was Saved By a White Cop'

Tré Goins-Phillips : Jun 9, 2020
Faithwire.com

"...He didn't wait for an ambulance. He took his car. He made somebody drive it, and he made sure that I lived." -Lil Wayne

[Faithwire.com] While most people in the media today seem to have a binary view of what's going on right now—either they're all bad, or they're all good. Lil Wayne is offering a more nuanced perspective on police. (Image credit: Owen Sweeney-Invision /AP /via Faithwire)

The 37-year-old rapper opened up on the latest episode of Apple Music's "Young Money Radio" about several experiences he's had with law enforcement, including one encounter that saved his life.

"My life was saved when I was young," Lil Wayne said, recounting a story he's shared before. "I was 12 or something, I think. Shot myself. I was saved by a white cop, Uncle Bob. So you have to understand ... you have to understand the way I view police, period. I was saved by a white cop."

"There was a bunch of black cops jumped over me when they saw me at that door, laying on the floor with that hole in my chest; he refused to," he continued. "Those black cops jumped over me, and ran through the crib, and said, 'We found the gun, we found this, we found that.' [Uncle Bob] said, 'I found this baby on this floor. I need to get to a hospital.' He didn't wait for an ambulance. He took his car. He made somebody drive it, and he made sure that I lived"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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