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The fake page purported to be a BBC report and claimed the musician was shot and killed in a gang feud in New Orleans.
US reports have now quashed the rumours, with Perez Hilton insisting: "Lil Wayne is not dead. Repeat: not dead."
The Hot Boys singer, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr, recently took home the Hip-Hop gong at the 2008 MOBO Awards.
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