Last month, Megan Thee Stallion underwent surgery following a shooting incident in July. She claims her rumored ex-flame Tory Lanez shot her when she tried to walk away from an argument between passengers in the vehicle outside of a party in Los Angeles.
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In May 2000, 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, was shot nine times while sitting in a car outside of his grandmother’s house in Queens, N.Y.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he was treated for gunshot wounds to his legs, hip, arm and face. The rapper, now 45, was released from the hospital just two weeks later.
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In 2011, Charlie Sheen cleared up a longstanding rumor that he shot ex-girlfriend Kelly Preston in 1990. During an interview, he revealed that she accidentally shot herself when she lifted his pants off the floor and a gun fell out of the pocket, getting hit with “shrapnel from the toilet bowl,” he explained. Preston, who died after battling breast cancer last month, backed up Sheen’s story.
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Tupac Shakur was shot multiple times in 1994 as he entered a recording studio in New York. He was hit in the head, groin and hand, but went on to make a full recovery. His suspected shooter was arrested in 2003 on drug charges.
In 1996, Shakur was shot again in Las Vegas, where he succumbed to his injuries.
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Andy Warhol was shot by playwright Valerie Solanas after allegedly insulting her work. After two months in the hospital, Warhol was released where he lived for another 18 years before dying due to complications from the shooting while undergoing gallbladder surgery.
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In December 1976, Bob Marley was ambushed at his home in Jamaica and shot in the arm.
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Lil Wayne accidentally shot himself in the chest when he was just 12 years old. He was saved by a police officer.
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Trace Adkins claimed in his autobiography that his ex-wife, Julie Curtis, shot him in chest after an argument in 1994. The bullet went through both lungs and both ventricles of his heart, but he made a recovery, despite the odds.
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In 2005, music producer Suge Knight was shot in the leg at a Miami club and in 2014 he was shot again while at a pre-VMAs party thrown by Chris Brown. He was treated for six gunshot wounds and made a full recovery.
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In July 1998, Wu-Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard was shot in the back during a robbery at his apartment in Brooklyn. Less than nine hours later, against doctors orders, he left the hospital.
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Peter Fonda accidentally shot himself in the stomach when he was just 12 years old. The actor has been quoted as saying he “knows what it’s like to be dead” in reference to the incident.
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“SNL” alum Garrett Morris was shot in a robbery attempt in 1994. He was in a coma, and had to have multiple operations, but came out of the incident alive.
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In 1996, “Step By Step” actor Brandon Call was shot in both arms after a traffic dispute. He was able to drive himself to the police station after the incident where he was treated and taken to a hospital. The man responsible was later convicted of attempted premeditated murder.
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Grammy-winning musician Marc Cohn, best known for 1991’s “Walking in Memphis,” was shot in the head during an attempted carjacking in Denver, Colo. in 2005. “Frankly, I can’t tell you how he survived,” a police spokesman said.
The shooter was sentenced to 36 years in prison.
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