Lil Wayne opens up about mental health struggles and childhood suicide attempt: “You have no one to vent to”

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Lil Wayne is opening up about his mental health.

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“How I know I had mental health problems was I pulled the trigger,” Lil Wayne said while speaking with Emmanuel Acho during the Aug. 15 installment of Uncomfortable Conversations.

Lil Wayne is opening up about his own past mental health struggles in the hopes that he can help others. The 38-year-old rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was a guest on the internet series, and said he realized he was dealing with mental health issues around the age of 10. The GRAMMY winner said it tended to stem from «when I was told that I couldn't have what I wanted, what I dream of, what I desired, and that was to rap.

Mental health struggles have been a part of Lil Wayne’s life since childhood.