Editing Lil Wayne (section)

===Health problems===
On October{{spaces}}25, 2012, Carter's private jet, bound for [[Los Angeles]], made an [[emergency landing]] in [[Texas]] due to an in-flight medical episode. Lil Wayne was transferred to a local hospital upon arrival.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696290/lil-wayne-seizure-like-symptoms-in-flight.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028162500/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1696290/lil-wayne-seizure-like-symptoms-in-flight.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2012|title=Lil Wayne 'Doing Better' After In-Flight Medical Scare|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=October 26, 2012|publisher=MTV |access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> [[TMZ (website)|TMZ]] and other media sources said that Carter had suffered a [[seizure]] aboard the plane.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/10/25/lil-wayne-hospitalized-seizure-mid-flight-texas/|title=Lil Wayne Hospitalized After In-Flight Med Emergency|date=October 25, 2012|work=TMZ|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> His publicist denied this, saying that he was in fact treated for "a severe migraine and dehydration".<ref name="spin2012">{{cite news|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/10/lil-wayne-second-seizure-airplane-hospitalized/|title=Lil Wayne's Seizures Not Cooperating With His Reps' Denials|date=October 26, 2012|work=Spin)|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref>

The following day, while flying from Texas to Los Angeles, Carter's private jet was reportedly again forced to make an emergency landing, this time in [[Louisiana]], after he suffered a second seizure and required further hospitalization.<ref name="spin2012" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/10/26/lil-wayne-second-seizure-louisiana-hospital-flight-weezy-carter/|title=Lil Wayne Hospitalized – SECOND SEIZURE|date=October 26, 2012|work=TMZ|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> His representative said that the reports of Carter's condition had been exaggerated, and that he was resting at his Louisiana home.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ca.eonline.com/news/357815/lil-wayne-s-camp-shoots-down-second-seizure-report|title=Lil Wayne's Camp Shoots Down Second Seizure Report|first=Natalie|last=Finn|date=October 26, 2012|publisher=E!|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> In a November 2012 interview with [[MTV]], Carter stated that he was taking seizure medication, on doctors' orders, due to the aforementioned incidents.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697854/lil-wayne-seizure-medicine-mtv-first.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127173339/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697854/lil-wayne-seizure-medicine-mtv-first.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2012|title=Lil Wayne Taking Seizure Medication After Health Scare|first=Nadeska|last=Alexis|date=November 22, 2012|publisher=MTV |access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref>

On March{{spaces}}14, 2013, TMZ reported that Carter had been treated at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles on the evening of March{{spaces}}12, after having seizures while on a music video set with Young Money rapper [[Nicki Minaj]]. He was reportedly released in the early hours of March{{spaces}}13.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2013/03/14/lil-wayne-hospitalized-seizures/|title=Lil Wayne – Hospitalized Again for Seizures|date=March 14, 2013|work=TMZ|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> On March{{spaces}}15, TMZ published a second story, claiming that hours after his release on March{{spaces}}13, Carter was found unconscious after experiencing further seizures, and was brought back to Cedars-Sinai, where he was admitted to the [[intensive care unit]] in [[critical condition]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2013/03/18/lil-wayne-intensive-care-unit-hospital-los-angeles/|title=Lil Wayne – Day 6 in Intensive Care|date=March 18, 2013|work=TMZ|access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="tmz2013march 15">{{cite news|url=https://www.tmz.com/2013/03/15/lil-wayne-seizures-hospitalized-drugs-sizzurp-critical-condition-icu/|title=Lil Wayne Hospitalized – In Critical Condition After More Seizures|date=March 15, 2013|work=TMZ|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lil-wayne-receives-hospital-visits-from-drake-nicki-minaj-and-more-20130318|title=Lil Wayne Receives Hospital Visits from Drake, Nicki Minaj and More|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> The article alleged the latest seizures were found to be linked to high amounts of [[codeine]] in Carter's system, possibly due to bingeing on [[purple drank]] after his initial hospital release.<ref name="tmz2013march 15" /><ref name="billlboardmarch2013">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1552435/lil-wayne-gets-hospital-visits-from-drake-birdman|title=Lil Wayne Gets Hospital Visits From Drake, Birdman|date=March 17, 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/lil-wayne-is-not-close-to-death-but-drank-too-much-sizzurp-2013163|title=Lil Wayne Is "Not Close to Death," But "Drank Too Much Sizzurp"|work=Us Weekly|date=March 16, 2013|access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> Multiple celebrities, including [[Drake (musician)|Drake]] and [[Birdman (entertainer)|Birdman]], were photographed on March{{spaces}}15 and 16 visiting Carter at Cedars-Sinai.<ref name="billlboardmarch2013" />

Several members of [[Young Money Entertainment]], including president [[Mack Maine]], criticized media reports on Carter's hospitalization, particularly those of TMZ, alleging that they exaggerated the severity of his condition and falsely implied that he was on his [[wikt: deathbed|deathbed]] (such as by saying that he was in a medically [[induced coma]]),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1703819/lil-wayne-hospital-visit-drake-birdman.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320015211/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1703819/lil-wayne-hospital-visit-drake-birdman.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2013|title=Lil Wayne Gets Hospital Visits From Drake And Birdman|date=March 16, 2013|publisher=MTV |access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> triggering what the ''[[Washington Post]]'' called "the most overheated celebrity deathwatch in recent years".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2013/03/17/lil-wayne-survives-the-weekend-but-tone-loc-and-morrissey-arent-doing-so-well-either/|title=Lil Wayne survives the weekend, but Tone Loc and Morrissey aren't doing so well either|first=Amy|last=Argetsinger|date=March 17, 2013|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=March 17, 2013}}</ref> In separate interviews on March{{spaces}}18, Mack Maine and Birdman disputed TMZ's reports, and stated that in fact there were not multiple seizures or multiple hospital visits. They explained that after Carter began seizing on the way to the music video shoot on March{{spaces}}12, an ambulance was called and he was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted and remained continuously thereafter.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1703910/lil-wayne-birdman-seizures-drugs.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321035614/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1703910/lil-wayne-birdman-seizures-drugs.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 21, 2013|title=Lil Wayne's Seizures Not Drug-Related, Birdman Says|first=Rob|last=Markman|date=March 18, 2013|publisher=MTV |access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> They also refuted the claims that Carter's seizures are drug-induced, saying that they are an ongoing problem for which doctors have been unable to identify a cause.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/03/exclusive-mack-maine-is-not-sure-whether-lil-wayne-sent-out-post-seizure-tweet/|title=EXCLUSIVE: Mack Maine Is "Not Sure" Whether Lil Wayne Sent Out Post-Seizure Tweet|first=Sean|last=Ryon|date=March 18, 2013|work=XXL|access-date=March 18, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321060741/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/03/exclusive-mack-maine-is-not-sure-whether-lil-wayne-sent-out-post-seizure-tweet/|archive-date=March 21, 2013}}</ref>

Carter was released from the hospital late on March{{spaces}}18, following a six-day stay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1703919/lil-wayne-hospital-release.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322053945/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1703919/lil-wayne-hospital-release.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 22, 2013|title=Lil Wayne Heads Home After Six-Day Hospital Stay|first=Rob|last=Markman|date=March 18, 2013|publisher=MTV |access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> He addressed his condition via a [[vlog]], on March{{spaces}}21 saying he was more than good.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23305/title.lil-wayne-updates-health-status-in-video-confirms-summer-tour-with-t-i-|title=Lil Wayne Updates Health Status in Video, Confirms Summer Tour With T.I.|work=HipHopDX|access-date=March 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324201707/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.23305/title.lil-wayne-updates-health-status-in-video-confirms-summer-tour-with-t-i-|archive-date=March 24, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carter had two seizures in June 2016, during a cross-country flight from [[Wisconsin]] to [[California]], and landed in [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref name="Two Seizures">{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/06/13/lil-wayne-seizure-emergency-landing/ |title=Lil Wayne receives two seizures on flight to California |date=June 13, 2016 |access-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref> His plane was only two minutes in the air when the second seizure occurred, forcing the plane to land in Omaha once again. Less than a month later, he had another seizure, supposedly due to not taking his epilepsy medication.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-wayne-on-latest-reported-seizure-im-good-news.22810.html|title=Lil Wayne survives another seizure |last=Schwartz |first=Danny |website=HNHH |date=July 12, 2016 |access-date=July 12, 2016}}</ref>

Carter canceled a Las Vegas show on September{{spaces}}3, 2017, having had a seizure in a Chicago hospital earlier that day, where he was brought after being found unconscious in a hotel room.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lil-wayne-suffers-multiple-seizures-cancels-las-vegas-show-w501099 |title=Lil Wayne Hospitalized With Multiple Seizures, Cancels Las Vegas Show |last=Kreps |first=Daniels |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 3, 2017}}</ref>

In June 2023, Carter acknowledged that he now had trouble remembering his songs due to memory problems caused by his epilepsy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/lil-wayne-says-cant-remember-songs-due-memory-loss-rcna88828|title=Lil Wayne says he can’t remember his own songs anymore due to memory loss|first=Becca|last=Wood|publisher=Today|date=July 12, 2023|accessdate=April 15, 2025}}</ref>