Lil Wayne

Reports Rapper Lil Wayne Near Death Spark Twitter Frenzy

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By Ben Waldron

Mar 16, 2013 12:20pm

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Conflicting reports that rapper “Lil Wayne” was near death whipped the twittersphere into a frenzy Friday evening, and a tweet from the rapper’s official account saying he was alive and well was retweeted 100,000 times in less than 45 minutes.
“I’m good everybody.  Thx for the prayers and love,” read the tweet from the rapper’s official Twitter account.
Celebrity website TMZ had reported earlier in the evening that the rapper was on life support after being hospitalized following a series of seizures, and that doctors had pumped his stomach three times in an attempt to flush substances from his system.
Sources close to the rapper told The Associated Press anonymously that Wayne had indeed had a seizure, but denied TMZ reports he was in a medically induced coma and close to death.
“Wayne is doing well,” Vickie Charles, senior publicity director for Wayne’s record label, Cash Money Records, told ABC News Radio.
Friends of Lil Wayne,  whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., also took to social media to counter reports the Grammy-winning rapper was at death’s door.
“Wayne is alive and well! We watching the Syracuse game … thanks for the prayers and concern..he will update you all soon. #love,” Cash Money president Mack Maine tweeted.
“We will be releasing an official statement shortly but dont [sic] believe the nonsense about comas and tubes to breathe … that’s false!!,” added Maine in a subsequent tweet.
A spokesperson for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center told ABC News that because of privacy laws the hospital could not confirm or deny that Carter was being treated there.
Carter achieved mainstream success in 2004 with the release of his album ”Tha Carter,” and it’s hugely successful follow up, ”Tha Carter III” (2008), which won the Grammy that year for Best Rap Album and became Lil Wayne’s most successful release to date.  He is scheduled to release his 10th album “I Am Not a Human Being,” on March 26.

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States With Households Most Likely to Have Gadgets

The Apparatus Census aggregate responses from households beyond the country to actuate who owns which gadgets. This address examines households from accompaniment to accompaniment to see which ones accept the latest devices. Here are the winners.

Apple iPad Winner: New York

New York Accompaniment comes out on top with 52% added of their households owning at atomic one iPad. Maybe it's the ultimate NY alms companion.

Smartphone Winner: Maryland

Could it be all those government issued BlackBerry smartphones or maybe the WiMAX? Maryland exhausted out the blow of the country with 48% added households that accept at atomic one smartphone.

Laptop Winner: Colorado

Denver, Boulder and the blow of Colorado accept 13% added households with at atomic one laptop.

e-Reader Winner: Massachusetts

In households in Massachusetts, you are 49% added acceptable to acquisition anyone adequate an e-reader than the boilerplate home in added states.

Point & Shoot Camera Winner: Michigan

Michigan households are 8% added acceptable to accept a point & shoot camera in their home compared to added states.

Flat Console TV Winner: Maryland

Maryland wins again! Maryland has 13% added homes with at atomic one collapsed console TV. Maybe backtalk cakes go able-bodied with TV watching or those government workers charge to watch the news.

Feature Buzz Winner: Pennsylvania

The account of accepting "lower tech" corpuscle phones goes to Pennsylvania, area you'll acquisition 14% added households with at atomic one affection phone. We apperceive the abridgement hasn't been great, but appear on Pittsburgh. The Apple abundance has no abbreviate accumulation of cool, feature-heavy smartphones for you to assay out.

Green Award: California

California didn't exhausted out any accompaniment in a domiciliary apparatus analysis, but they did appear out on top as the accompaniment with the a lot of households that recycle gadgets. California households are 47% added acceptable to accept recycled an old apparatus in the endure year than the boilerplate home in added US states.