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BEANIE RESTING AT HOME AFTER ROBBERY ATTEMPT: Philly rapper was shot in the upper arm, leaves hospital in a wheelchair.
*Rapper Beanie Sigel was treated and released from a Pennsylvania hospital Thursday after he was shot in the upper arm during a robbery attempt in Pennsylvania.
Police said five males traveling in two cars attempted to rob Sigel around 7 a.m. Thursday before firing shots at the rapper, whose real name is Dwight Grant. He was struck once or twice in the upper right arm.
The shooting was described by Sigel's attorney Fortunato Perri Jr. as "a random act of violence."
Sigel, 32, was patched up at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania before being discharged at around 11:40 a.m. Thursday in a wheelchair, wearing a hospital gown, blue jeans and a blanket over his head. A towel draped over his right shoulder was stained with blood.
After getting into a black Mercedes, Sigel lowered the car window and told reporters: "I got shot. I'm cool." He followed that up by moving his hospital gown to expose a bandage on his left shoulder. His left arm was in a sling and his left hand was bloody, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site.
The shooting is the latest in a series of misfortunes experienced by the Philly-born MC. He was released from federal prison in August after serving a year on a gun charge and was acquitted of attempted murder the following month. He was also briefly jailed in November for failure to pay child support.
His latest album, "The B. Coming," peaked in the top five on the Billboard album chart.
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