Lil Jon Reveals He Accidentally Stabbed Himself In The Eye As A Kid

Lil Jon reveals in his upcoming memoir, "I Only Shout So You Can Hear Me," that he accidentally stabbed himself in the eye with one of his mother's insulin syringes when he was just 6 years old. Jon had watched his diabetic mother give herself insulin shots  and one day, curiosity got the best of him when he grabbed a syringe to see what the air would feel like against his eye. When he accidentally jabbed himself in the eyeball leaving him with a traumatic cataract and forcing him to undergo multiple surgeries, including a corneal transplant Jon says he had to wear a metal eye patch and was bullied by other kids, which made him shy The childhood injury eventually left him with a lazy eye, and although he underwent another surgery to correct it, he continued wearing sunglasses

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