LIL WAYNE - LIL WAYNE SUBJECT OF SICK DEATH HOAX

Rap superstar LIL WAYNE has been targetted in a hoax news report alleging the LOLLIPOP hitmaker had been shot dead in a dispute between rival gangs.
The rapper, 26, was alleged to have died in the early hours of Saturday (01Nov08) following a gig in his native New Orleans, Louisiana, after becoming involved in a fight between members of the notorious Los Angeles gangs Bloods and Crips.
A webpage made to look like the BBC news site claimed Lil Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, Jr., was shot six times with a semi automatic 9mm Smith + Wesson handgun.
It's not the first time Lil Wayne has been the subject of a vicious, false rumour - last year (07) it was wrongly claimed that his then-seven-year-old daughter Reginae had been killed in a car accident.
A representative for the star could not be reached for comment as WENN went to press.