Lil Wayne’s Twitter account shut down after hack attack

Lil Wayne’s Twitter account has been taken offline, after someone hacked into the popular rapper’s account this weekend and posted a series of joke messages.

A hacker, who seemingly guessed the singer’s password, sent a series of bizarre messages to Lil Wayne’s 1.2 million followers – including rude tweets to celebrity pals 50 Cent, Soulja Boy and The Game. According to AllHipHop.com, some of the language used was highly offensive.

Mind you, any fan of music like that is probably used to distasteful language.

Lil Wayne has now shut down his Twitter account, which went by the name @liltunechi. To be honest, he hasn’t had the best of times on Twitter – his page was previously hacked late last year, with fake news being posted about upcoming performances.

Clearly if he can’t keep control of his Twitter account, it’s better that it be disabled.

If nothing else,…

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