Beanie Sigel has opened up about the 2014 shooting that nearly cost the rapper his life in a new, no-holds-barred interview.
The Philly MC sat down with VladTV on Wednesday (April 5) and went into extensive detail about the attack that took place in Pleasantville, NJ. Though initially thought to be a deliberate hit on the rapper’s life, Vlad revealed that it was a “wrong place, wrong time” situation, which provided a springboard for Beans to go into details about the incident.
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“I got shot in my back,” he began, after elaborating that an ambulance took him to the hospital. “I got shot twice in my back. It came out my stomach.”
Beanie Sigel (real name Dwight Grant) then clarified that the long-standing rumor about him losing a lung in the shooting was a false one. “It collapsed,” he said, while pointing out that he “lost a piece” of his lung, which subsequently affected the rest of his health — including his vocals.
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“My vocals came out of — I was in a coma,” he explained. “So, when I was coming out of it — I had a breathing tube down my throat. So when I first woke up out the coma, I didn’t know where I was at. And I pulled the breathing tube out. So it tore up shit in my throat. And I had staples in my stomach. So when I was yanking — I couldn’t get it out. It made me gag, and I bust all the staples in my stomach. It just opened up.”
Check out Beanie Sigel’s chat with VladTV below:
On December 4, 2014, Beanie Sigel was shot in the torso while visiting NJ. He was subsequently taken to the Trauma Unit at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center to undergo surgery the following morning.
“All I can confirm at this time is that Mr. Dwight Grant was shot this morning after an altercation on Spruce Avenue,” Chief Jose Ruiz said at the time, according to NJ.com, which also reported that the rapper was in “serious” condition.
Another man was injured during the incident and a third, assumed to be involved in the shooting, was taken into custody following a police chase.
The shooting came just months after Sigel was released from prison after serving time on tax and drug charges. The rapper served roughly two years in prison and was sent to a Philadelphia halfway house following his release.
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To date, no one has been arrested in connection with the shooting of Beanie Sigel.
