ATLANTA – Just hours after being shot at the Buckhead Waffle House, rapper Yung Mazi tweeted news about his condition.
God made me bulletproof 🙏🙏
— Yung Mazi (@yungmazibwa) December 27, 2016
Waffle House employees said Yung Mazi was about to order his food when he was shot inside the restaurant early Tuesday morning.
Atlanta Police responded to gun shots at the Waffle House at 3016 Piedmont Ave, NE—still decorated for the holidays—just after 3 a.m.
Yung Mazi, whose real name is Jibril A., was shot in the chest.
But this wasn't the first time he's been shot.
He was stable enough to tell police that he has been shot 10 times prior to this morning, including once in the head.
“I’m a real dude. Some people don’t like real dudes. That’s cool. I’m not hatin’. I’m not mad,” the rapper said in a YouTube video on June 30, explaining why he keeps getting shot. The “Free My Bruddas 2” rapper also attributes many shootings to the expensive jewelry he wears.
According to restaurant employees, the Atlanta native, who was raised in Decatur, was with friends and about to order his food when several shots were fired, shattering the restaurant’s window and hitting him in the upper, left side of his chest.
Friends took Yung Mazi from the scene in a car, but police do not know where they transported him to.
His condition is unknown.
The rapper reflected on his life and shootings in his bio on his website.
A couple of years ago, just as Mazi, who was living the lavish hustler life many other rappers aspire to, was emerging as one of the top rappers from the gritty turf of Atlanta, an old beef with a rival hustler came back to haunt him. He was shot five times—one bullet hitting him in the head and leaving him temporarily brain damaged, almost ending his life. “When the bullet hit me in the head,” Mazi recollects, “it greatly affected me. I had to learn how to read, write, and speak all over again. I’m still not 100% right. I tried doing my daughter’s elementary school homework and it was hard. I couldn’t count money. My brother had to send text messages for me from my phone. It was deep.”
...Just three months into rehab, the newbie was shot again. “I didn’t learn my lesson,” Mazi admits. “The second time I got shot, I realized that I have to drastically change my lifestyle. I have four children and I have to be there for them.” In addition to the street life slowing Mazi’s progress, family tragedy has also taken its toll. Mazi testifies that the murder of his sister when he was just a teenager changed his life forever and shifted his focus- the pain and anger drove him to the streets where he began his life as a hustler. Last year Mazi also lost his younger brother Mucho in a tragic car accident. A tragedy that still haunts him.
At this time, police are investigating Tuesday's shooting, however, they said that they have no suspect in custody, no arrest has been made, and they have not been advised of any surveillance video recorded during shooting.
The shooter remains at large.
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