By Wanique Block
American rapper Lil Wayne is mourning the life of “Uncle Bob”, a police officer who saved him from suicide when he was 12 years old.
The former police officer passed away on 22 July 2022.
The rapper has previously opened up about his struggles with his mental health and has acknowleged “Uncle Bob” as the man who saved his life when he attempted suicide.
“Uncle Bob” also known as Robert Hoobler rushed 12-year-old Lil Wayne to the emergency room when he used his mother’s gun to try and end his life.
“I picked up the phone, I called the police. Yes, I knew where she put her gun and it was in her bedroom. And so I went in her bedroom, grabbed the gun. I already made the phone call, looked in the mirror. I pulled the trigger. I shot in my chest. I aimed for my heart, didn’t feel a thing though”, the rapper shared in an interview with Emmanuel Acho.
Lil Wayne also notes that a number of police officers walked over him to get into the house, looking for drugs or weapons but ‘Uncle Bob’, said “Do you not see the baby on the ground with this hole in his chest?”
He continued: “He (Uncle Bob) picked me up and kept saying ‘you’re not gonna die on me’. And so he brought me to the hospital. I met him years later and he said to me, ‘I’m just happy to see I saved a life that mattered’.”
In an Instagram post the 39-year-old rapper mourns the loss of Uncle Bob and shows admiration to the man that once saved him.
“Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot. You refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason. That reason being you and faith. RIP uncle Bob”, Lil Wayne shares.
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