Last September Lil Wayne celebrated his 30th birthday by overtaking Elvis Presley for the number of times he's been on Billboard's Hot 100 pop chart. —Photo (File) Reuters
Lil Wayne —Reuters (File) Photo

NEW YORK: Lil Wayne is out of the hospital, according to his Young Money associate Mack Maine.

Mack Maine told his Twitter followers on Monday night that the multiplatinum rapper had leftCedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles, where he had been hospitalized since last week.

Mack Maine tweeted his thanks to the hospital and said Lil Wayne had officially been released and was headed home. He added: "God is great."

Lil Wayne — who has a history of seizures — was hospitalized last week. A person close to his camp who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation told The Associated Press that a seizure was the cause of his hospitalization.

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