Lil Wayne leaves hospital - CNN.com March 19, 2013 -- Updated 0412 GMT (1212 HKT) Lil Wayne fans panicked Friday amid reports the rapper was near death "God is great," Young Money President tweets as Lil Wayne leaves hospital The 30-year-old hip hop artist suffered a seizure, his publicist says Los Angeles (CNN) -- Rapper Lil Wayne has been released from a Los Angeles hospital where he was taken after suffering a seizure last week, his publicist said late Monday night. The 30-year-old rapper's hospitalization at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center triggered media reports that he was near death -- rumors his associates were quick to squash. Few details about his medical condition were made public. On Monday night, Mack Maine, the president of Wayne's label, Young Money, thanked the hospital. "@LilTunechi has been officially been released and is headed home...God is great," he tweeted. Lil Tunechi is Lil Wayne's nickname, as well as his Twitter handle. An online report that Lil Wayne was near death and on life support Friday cause panic among his fans and caused Twitter to light up with messages of concern. "I'm good everybody," the rapper tweeted Friday evening, helping defuse the concerns. Dont believe the nonsense about comas and tubes to breathe ... that's false!! Maine tweeted Friday night. Instead of ighting for his life, Lil Wayne was watching the Syracuse University Orange play the Georgetown Hoyas in the Big East men's basketball tournament, he said. In September, Billboard reported the rapper had tallied 109 hits on its Hot 100, surpassing the record previously held by Elvis Presley. He pleaded guilty to felony gun charges and spent eight months at New York's Rikers Island jail.