Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- Grammy-winning and multiplatinum-selling rapper Lil Wayne suffered a seizure and `` is recovering , '' his record label 's publicist said Friday . The New Orleans artist arguably occupies the highest rungs of the hip-hop world , but he shares them with fellow rapper Drake , who hails from Toronto . Drake appeared at the Los Angeles hospital , where Lil Wayne is being treated , with an entourage of Wayne 's friends . They pulled up chairs in the hallway near his room and set up a vigil . Twitter has lit up with rumors , spreading fears of the worst for Wayne 's outcome , but a Tweet in his name attempted to calm the tempest . Lil Wayne 's ready for rap retirement . `` I 'm good everybody , '' read a message from Lil Wayne 's Twitter account . `` Thnx for the prayers and love . '' While acknowledging a medical issue , members of the New Orleans artist 's camp have shot down reports that he was near death . `` Dont believe the nonsense about comas and tubes to breathe ... that 's false ! ! '' tweeted Mack Maine , the president of Lil Wayne 's Young Money label , around 5:20 p.m. ( 8:20 p.m . ET ) Friday . Sarah Cunningham , a publicist with the Young Money record label , acknowledged that Lil Wayne had a seizure . The public relations department at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , the Los Angeles hospital where the rapper is reportedly being treated , did not confirm or deny that Lil Wayne is there , per its policy . Maine did n't offer much detail , though he did say that he and Lil Wayne had been watching the Syracuse University Orange play Georgetown in the Big East men 's basketball tournament . `` Wayne is alive and well ! '' the record label president wrote on Twitter . The rapper 's independent publicist , Kia Selby , said only , `` Lil Wayne is doing well . '' She strongly denied reports he was in a medically induced coma , as reported by TMZ . Born Dwayne Carter , Lil Wayne is one of the rap world 's most successful artists . He won best rap album for `` Tha Carter III '' at the 2008 Grammy awards , and took home three more Grammys the following year . Beyond winning over critics , he 's also been a commercial success . Last September , Billboard reported the rapper had tallied 109 hits on its Hot 100 , surpassing the record previously held by Elvis Presley . But he 's also run into trouble outside the studio and stage . Lil Wayne was arrested in 2007 outside New York City 's Beacon Theater after police said they found a .40-caliber pistol on his tour bus . He ended up pleading guilty to felony gun charges and spending eight months at New York 's Rikers Island jail . CNN 's Denise Quan reported from Los Angeles and CNN 's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta .
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