[Music]
these guys need to thank their lucky
stars that they survived I’ve seen ice
for the pain days are the same
you keep say she saved me the rain
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrities who’ve been shot as it were
at that moment God decided to give him a
second chance for this list we’re
looking at celebrities who were shot at
some point in their life but survived
the ordeal we won’t be including
politicians or activists like Gabrielle
Giffords or Malala yousufzai as those
deserve lists of their own number 10 Lil
Wayne Lil Wayne had a challenging
childhood as he grew up in one of the
poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans
perhaps the scariest moment in his youth
happened when he was 12 years old and
accidentally shot himself in the chest
with a nine-millimeter handgun he was
playing with the bullet missed Lil
Wayne’s heart by just 2 inches what
happened oh nothing just an accidental
jump stupid trippin high that’s cool I’m
here making fukube win fortunately he
was saved by Robert ooblar an off-duty
police officer who took him straight to
the hospital
where he remained on life support for
two weeks what happened to that boy and
I ain’t pushing Zito so poetic up at I’m
working on comeback Wayne must have
taken his survival as a sign the shot
and the brush with death it caused
inspired Lil Wayne to follow his dreams
work hard and write music
number nine trace adkins
[Music]
Lowcountry ball
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from being trapped on an oil rig during
a hurricane to working for Donald Trump
on the Celebrity Apprentice Trace Adkins
has had plenty of scary life experiences
well he never actually pointed at me and
said you’re fired
no never had the heart to do I think I
did though did you I don’t think so
slept his scariest experience however
occurred in 1994 when he was shot with a
38 pistol by his now ex-wife Julie
Curtis the bullet went through both of
his lungs and both ventricles of his
heart tough times don’t last tough
people do doctors did not expect Adkins
to survive but against all odds he
pulled through also shocking Adkins
chose not to press charges against
Curtis as he believed the shooting was
an accident
sweet mother Mary I’m sold
well I can’t come home to the lab
number eight Oliver Stone if you’ve seen
Oliver Stone’s movies platoon or born on
the fourth of July you can tell the
director is clearly a harsh critic of
the Vietnam War I need a bath
don’t be raising your boy back mr. Kovic
you watch them now help me huh it turns
out that these films come from a very
personal place a stone is a Vietnam
veteran himself just confusion and I
ended up as Charlie Sheen did in the
movie shooting at his feet during the
war stone was shot in the neck and
received a Purple Heart and a Bronze
Star for his service stone returned home
from the war both physically and
emotionally scarred but also with new
passion for the Arts and counterculture
which led him to screenwriting stone
would later write platoon facing the
film on his own personal experiences in
Vietnam the movie was in a sense about
my struggle to keep my own humanity at
going and I call it a soul number seven
eight con a cons never been afraid to
make music based on his hardships one of
the greatest adversities the singer is
faced occurred right when his career was
taking off in December 2004 Akon was
with his friend and manager Robert
Montana’s outside of a New Jersey bar
when they were attacked by a man who was
trying to mug rapper Capone a fight
broke out as Montana’s tried to stop the
man from robbing his friend resulting in
Akon being shot in the back of the
shoulder Akon was able to make a full
recovery
however Montana’s unfortunately died
from the altercation
[Music]
let me out
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number six George Orwell from now on
I’ll protect your interests and I’ll
make your decisions George Orwell wrote
some of the most politically iconic
literature of the 20th century like
Oliver Stone a great influence for his
work came from his time fighting in a
war in nearly three weeks I’d fired just
three shots at the enemy despite being a
British citizen Orwell volunteered to
fight in the Spanish Civil War and it
was while fighting in Spain that he was
hit by a sniper’s bullet which missed
his heart by the smallest of margins
having been deemed medically unfit to
continue fighting in the Civil War or to
serve in World War two Orwell had time
to write his most notable works Animal
Farm and 1984 both deal with the horrors
of an authoritarian government which is
exactly what Orwell was fighting against
in the Spanish Civil War
tami Winston and remember no lies what
are your true feelings towards big
brother I hate him
you must love him number 5 Andy Warhol
sorry no don’t Valerie no in 1968 pop
artist Andy Warhol was shot and nearly
killed by radical feminist writer
Valerie Solanas who believed the artist
had snubbed her professionally claiming
Warhol quote had too much control in her
life she confessed to the shooting the
following day you take this the police
are looking for me in mourning I shot
Andy Warhol according to the Andy Warhol
Museum he had to wear a surgical corset
for the rest of his life as a result of
his injuries after the shooting Warhol
shifted his focus more to film and
photography even though his work changed
dramatically after his near-death
experience his artistic accomplishments
both before and after the incident are
remembered and then on the rest of his
life in some ways facing down what he
met that day number 4 Kelly Preston in
1990 actress Kelly Preston was engaged
to a man who’s no stranger to
controversy Charlie Sheen
how does she mean you see how I party
man it was epic the run I was on made
Sinatra Flynn Jagger Richards all of
them just look like you know droopy-eyed
armless children the two were happy
together and living in Malibu until one
morning when Preston accidentally shot
herself in the arm with Charlie’s pistol
captain tiger blood himself had left his
gun loaded and in his jeans pocket a
recipe for disaster for sure and that
recipe bore fruit when Preston picked
the pants up off the floor which listed
I danced off the scale back jeans pocket
and hit the floor and shot a hole of
arbitrator legs Ottawa shrimp when the
revolver fell out it hit the floor fired
and Preston was struck by toilet
shrapnel the couple did break up after
the incident and Preston married John
Travolta in 1991 oh my god she has this
amazing body but there’s no bad blood
between Preston and Sheen and in fact
Preston was one of the few people to
defend Sheen during his very public
meltdown in 2011 III expose people to
magic I expose them to something they’re
never otherwise gonna see in their
boring normal lives and I gave that to
them I mean forget about them tomorrow
but they’ll live with that memory for
the rest of their life number three all
dirty bastard ol Dirty Bastard known as
the loose cannon of the wu-tang clan
lived a dangerous life getting arrested
many times during the course of his
career he’s also the only member of this
list to have been shot on two separate
occasions cuz it’s like this life is
serious you know me first he was shot in
the abdomen by another rapper during an
argument in 1994 four years later he was
shot again this time in the back during
a home invasion at his girlfriend’s
apartment let me see you shake it your
brother
dude dude despite being very lucky to
have made a full recovery after both
shootings old dirty bastards lifestyle
caught up to him taking him down with a
drug overdose in 2004 at the age of 35
he was dead man you know that me but he
had a smile on his face like he had a
face of bravery like like this is where
I want to go right man
number 2 Bob Marley the 1970s were a
difficult time for Jamaica with tension
and violence erupting between political
factions
that’s why Bob Marley held a free
non-political concert in Kingston with
the hope of bringing unity to the
country two days before the concert was
held Marley and his wife were shot by an
unknown gunman in what was believed to
be a politically motivated attack went
right through but just know I’m said
legend said it yeah yeah despite still
suffering from wounds on his arm and
chest Marley decided to perform at the
concert
[Music]
when asked why Marley explained quote
the people who are trying to make the
world worse aren’t taking a day off how
can I talk about a show must go on
moment I’m sorry I initially before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
I really need care if I lived or died at
that point neither but on it was just
like you know bullets kind of set you
straight and he shoots me and goes in
there messes up my intestines I had to
have a colostomy for like Oh eight
months number one fitty cent per day
same shitty nothing good in a little run
away from this bitch and never come back
if I could while all the other
celebrities on this list were lucky to
survive their shooting the fact that
fitty cent lived is nothing short of a
miracle in 2000 fitty cent was shot at
nine times at close range by an unknown
gunman believed to be working for a drug
lord
he was shot in the hand arm both legs
hip chest and cheek fitty cent hasn’t
shied away from discussing his brutal
story and even released a song titled
nine shots which fully describes the
ordeal hey Mary my darling hanging from
my rope try to Punk me and my Gunsmoke
even more of a miracle than 50 cents
surviving the incident was that he was
able to make a full recovery
after just five months many men many
many many many men wish death upon me
though I don’t try no mo do you agree
with our list which celebrity shooting
surprised you the most
I love man before I used to be all into
I’m all personal about things and yo man
ain’t nothing like life straight up for
more deadly top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com we
both came up on the gritty streets
Jamaica Queens to Street kids now men
it’s a dead end this way
[Music]
these guys need to thank their lucky
stars that they survived I’ve seen ice
for the pain days are the same
you keep say she saved me the rain
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrities who’ve been shot as it were
at that moment God decided to give him a
second chance for this list we’re
looking at celebrities who were shot at
some point in their life but survived
the ordeal we won’t be including
politicians or activists like Gabrielle
Giffords or Malala yousufzai as those
deserve lists of their own number 10 Lil
Wayne Lil Wayne had a challenging
childhood as he grew up in one of the
poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans
perhaps the scariest moment in his youth
happened when he was 12 years old and
accidentally shot himself in the chest
with a nine-millimeter handgun he was
playing with the bullet missed Lil
Wayne’s heart by just 2 inches what
happened oh nothing just an accidental
jump stupid trippin high that’s cool I’m
here making fukube win fortunately he
was saved by Robert ooblar an off-duty
police officer who took him straight to
the hospital
where he remained on life support for
two weeks what happened to that boy and
I ain’t pushing Zito so poetic up at I’m
working on comeback Wayne must have
taken his survival as a sign the shot
and the brush with death it caused
inspired Lil Wayne to follow his dreams
work hard and write music
number nine trace adkins
[Music]
Lowcountry ball
[Music]
from being trapped on an oil rig during
a hurricane to working for Donald Trump
on the Celebrity Apprentice Trace Adkins
has had plenty of scary life experiences
well he never actually pointed at me and
said you’re fired
no never had the heart to do I think I
did though did you I don’t think so
slept his scariest experience however
occurred in 1994 when he was shot with a
38 pistol by his now ex-wife Julie
Curtis the bullet went through both of
his lungs and both ventricles of his
heart tough times don’t last tough
people do doctors did not expect Adkins
to survive but against all odds he
pulled through also shocking Adkins
chose not to press charges against
Curtis as he believed the shooting was
an accident
sweet mother Mary I’m sold
well I can’t come home to the lab
number eight Oliver Stone if you’ve seen
Oliver Stone’s movies platoon or born on
the fourth of July you can tell the
director is clearly a harsh critic of
the Vietnam War I need a bath
don’t be raising your boy back mr. Kovic
you watch them now help me huh it turns
out that these films come from a very
personal place a stone is a Vietnam
veteran himself just confusion and I
ended up as Charlie Sheen did in the
movie shooting at his feet during the
war stone was shot in the neck and
received a Purple Heart and a Bronze
Star for his service stone returned home
from the war both physically and
emotionally scarred but also with new
passion for the Arts and counterculture
which led him to screenwriting stone
would later write platoon facing the
film on his own personal experiences in
Vietnam the movie was in a sense about
my struggle to keep my own humanity at
going and I call it a soul number seven
eight con a cons never been afraid to
make music based on his hardships one of
the greatest adversities the singer is
faced occurred right when his career was
taking off in December 2004 Akon was
with his friend and manager Robert
Montana’s outside of a New Jersey bar
when they were attacked by a man who was
trying to mug rapper Capone a fight
broke out as Montana’s tried to stop the
man from robbing his friend resulting in
Akon being shot in the back of the
shoulder Akon was able to make a full
recovery
however Montana’s unfortunately died
from the altercation
[Music]
let me out
[Music]
number six George Orwell from now on
I’ll protect your interests and I’ll
make your decisions George Orwell wrote
some of the most politically iconic
literature of the 20th century like
Oliver Stone a great influence for his
work came from his time fighting in a
war in nearly three weeks I’d fired just
three shots at the enemy despite being a
British citizen Orwell volunteered to
fight in the Spanish Civil War and it
was while fighting in Spain that he was
hit by a sniper’s bullet which missed
his heart by the smallest of margins
having been deemed medically unfit to
continue fighting in the Civil War or to
serve in World War two Orwell had time
to write his most notable works Animal
Farm and 1984 both deal with the horrors
of an authoritarian government which is
exactly what Orwell was fighting against
in the Spanish Civil War
tami Winston and remember no lies what
are your true feelings towards big
brother I hate him
you must love him number 5 Andy Warhol
sorry no don’t Valerie no in 1968 pop
artist Andy Warhol was shot and nearly
killed by radical feminist writer
Valerie Solanas who believed the artist
had snubbed her professionally claiming
Warhol quote had too much control in her
life she confessed to the shooting the
following day you take this the police
are looking for me in mourning I shot
Andy Warhol according to the Andy Warhol
Museum he had to wear a surgical corset
for the rest of his life as a result of
his injuries after the shooting Warhol
shifted his focus more to film and
photography even though his work changed
dramatically after his near-death
experience his artistic accomplishments
both before and after the incident are
remembered and then on the rest of his
life in some ways facing down what he
met that day number 4 Kelly Preston in
1990 actress Kelly Preston was engaged
to a man who’s no stranger to
controversy Charlie Sheen
how does she mean you see how I party
man it was epic the run I was on made
Sinatra Flynn Jagger Richards all of
them just look like you know droopy-eyed
armless children the two were happy
together and living in Malibu until one
morning when Preston accidentally shot
herself in the arm with Charlie’s pistol
captain tiger blood himself had left his
gun loaded and in his jeans pocket a
recipe for disaster for sure and that
recipe bore fruit when Preston picked
the pants up off the floor which listed
I danced off the scale back jeans pocket
and hit the floor and shot a hole of
arbitrator legs Ottawa shrimp when the
revolver fell out it hit the floor fired
and Preston was struck by toilet
shrapnel the couple did break up after
the incident and Preston married John
Travolta in 1991 oh my god she has this
amazing body but there’s no bad blood
between Preston and Sheen and in fact
Preston was one of the few people to
defend Sheen during his very public
meltdown in 2011 III expose people to
magic I expose them to something they’re
never otherwise gonna see in their
boring normal lives and I gave that to
them I mean forget about them tomorrow
but they’ll live with that memory for
the rest of their life number three all
dirty bastard ol Dirty Bastard known as
the loose cannon of the wu-tang clan
lived a dangerous life getting arrested
many times during the course of his
career he’s also the only member of this
list to have been shot on two separate
occasions cuz it’s like this life is
serious you know me first he was shot in
the abdomen by another rapper during an
argument in 1994 four years later he was
shot again this time in the back during
a home invasion at his girlfriend’s
apartment let me see you shake it your
brother
dude dude despite being very lucky to
have made a full recovery after both
shootings old dirty bastards lifestyle
caught up to him taking him down with a
drug overdose in 2004 at the age of 35
he was dead man you know that me but he
had a smile on his face like he had a
face of bravery like like this is where
I want to go right man
number 2 Bob Marley the 1970s were a
difficult time for Jamaica with tension
and violence erupting between political
factions
that’s why Bob Marley held a free
non-political concert in Kingston with
the hope of bringing unity to the
country two days before the concert was
held Marley and his wife were shot by an
unknown gunman in what was believed to
be a politically motivated attack went
right through but just know I’m said
legend said it yeah yeah despite still
suffering from wounds on his arm and
chest Marley decided to perform at the
concert
[Music]
when asked why Marley explained quote
the people who are trying to make the
world worse aren’t taking a day off how
can I talk about a show must go on
moment I’m sorry I initially before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions
I really need care if I lived or died at
that point neither but on it was just
like you know bullets kind of set you
straight and he shoots me and goes in
there messes up my intestines I had to
have a colostomy for like Oh eight
months number one fitty cent per day
same shitty nothing good in a little run
away from this bitch and never come back
if I could while all the other
celebrities on this list were lucky to
survive their shooting the fact that
fitty cent lived is nothing short of a
miracle in 2000 fitty cent was shot at
nine times at close range by an unknown
gunman believed to be working for a drug
lord
he was shot in the hand arm both legs
hip chest and cheek fitty cent hasn’t
shied away from discussing his brutal
story and even released a song titled
nine shots which fully describes the
ordeal hey Mary my darling hanging from
my rope try to Punk me and my Gunsmoke
even more of a miracle than 50 cents
surviving the incident was that he was
able to make a full recovery
after just five months many men many
many many many men wish death upon me
though I don’t try no mo do you agree
with our list which celebrity shooting
surprised you the most
I love man before I used to be all into
I’m all personal about things and yo man
ain’t nothing like life straight up for
more deadly top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com we
both came up on the gritty streets
Jamaica Queens to Street kids now men
it’s a dead end this way
[Music]
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