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"Everybody chill: Lil Wayne is going to be okay. Fans worldwide feared the worst for the 30-year-old &amp;quot;Lollipop&amp;quot; rapper on Friday (March 15), when TMZ reported that he was in a coma at L.A.&amp;apos;s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering multiple seizures. The site also initially reported that the hip-hop star (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.) was being read his last rites, with family members rushing to his side.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;TMZ was so off base. Wayne is fine,&amp;quot; a source close to the rapper assures Us Weekly. Indeed, Wayne himself tweeted hours after TMZ&amp;apos;s report: &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m good everybody. Thx for the prayers and love,&amp;quot; and his rep told Us &amp;quot;Wayne is doing well.&amp;quot;\r\nSo why the hospital drama? &amp;quot;He drank too much sizzurp to get a better high,&amp;quot; the source explains to Us. &amp;quot;He needs rehab but he&amp;apos;s not close to death or anything. He&amp;apos;s fine and just coming down off the high.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nWhat is &amp;quot;sizzurp,&amp;quot; anyway? Lil Wayne and other music stars have long been frank about their love of the recreational drug -- a highly addictive, narcotic concoction of prescription-strength cough syrup, sugary sodas and hard candies, typically sipped out of Styrofoam cups. Prescription-grade cough syrups contain codeine and promethazine, creating a euphoric, sleepy high for users. Abuse of sizzurp, especially when mixed with alcohol, can lead to overdose.\r\n\r\nWayne rapped about his love of sizzurp, which is popular with teens because it&amp;apos;s inexpensive and easy to make, in his 2008 song &amp;quot;Me and My Drank&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Up in the studio me and my drank / Please let me be and let me do my thang / Thinkin about a certain somebody, that perfect somebody sexy purple body,&amp;quot; he rapped."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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