Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for EA Sports Bowl at Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest
Lil Wayne reflects on the passing of “Uncle Bob,” the New Orleans police officer who helped save his life when he shot himself at age 12.
“Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot,” Lil Wayne wrote on Instagram, sharing a past image of Robert Hoobler on the porch of the Hollygrove home where he rescued the rapper.
“U refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason. That reason being you and faith.” He added, “RIP uncle Bob. Aunt Kathie
