12 celebrities battling with serious medical conditions – this will shock you! (With Pictures)

9. Lil Wayne

Although he has been in the news recently for his ongoing feud with his record label, Lil Wayne suffers from epilepsy. The condition does not yet have a cure and results in seizures that are triggered from a variety of environmental cues. Lil Wayne has publicly stated that he suffered from the disorder and has had it since he was a child. Lil Wayne’s health-related concerns come from multiple instances of seizures and epileptic fits. In 2013, Lil Wayne suffered a series of consecutive seizures, which landed him in the hospital for several days. The media, naturally, was all over the rapper’s news, though they originally attributed his hospitalization to drug use. Lil Wayne publicly denounced the rumors, and opened up about his epilepsy during an interview with DJ Felli Fel of Power 106 FM, Los Angeles.