Rapper
Lil
Wayne
has
got
stitched
up
for
an
injury
from
a
skateboarding
accident
on
Sunday,
August
21.
The
'Lollipop'
hitmaker,
who
was
rushed
to
the
emergency
room
at
the
DePaul
Health
Center,
got
9
stitches
for
the
injury
over
his
left
eye.
After
getting
treatment,
he
tweeted
and
thanked
his
fans
for
their
concern.
On
Sunday,
Lil
Wayne
fell
off
his
skateboard
and
bumped
his
head
at
a
park
near
the
Verizon
Wireless
Amphitheatre.
He
was
immediately
taken
to
the
hospital
for
treatment.
Minutes
after
getting
treatment,
Lil
took
to
his
Twitter
page
to
connect
with
his
fans
and
tweeted,
"The
Lou
was
good
but
I
busted
my
fuggin
head
at
the
sk8park!
9stitches!
Gnarly
gash
over
my
left
eye!
Luv
the
people."
Hours
after
his
first
tweet,
Lil
Wayne
left
further
wrote
to
assure
his
fans
that
he
is
doing
fine.
He
wrote,
"KC
I'm
on
my
way." He
added,
"Thx
to
u
all
for
the
concern
but
pls
know
that
I
will
eventually
take
even
harder
falls
if
I
wanna
get
better...and
I
will."
However,
Lil
Wayne
is
performing
at
the
Spring
Center
in
Kansas
City,
Missouri
today
(Tuesday,
August
23).
The
rapper
is
also
scheduled
to
perform
at
2011
MTV
Video
Music
Awards
on
Sunday,
August
28
in
Los
Angeles.
He
will
release
his
long-awaited
album
'Tha
Carter
IV'
in
digital
stores
immediately
after
the
award
show.