Grammy-winning rapper Lil Wayne is paying homage. The hip-hop veteran steps forward to speak on the life and close-knit bond he shared with late friend and New Orleans police officer Robert Hobbler a.k.a. Uncle Bob.

Lil Wayne remembers Uncle Bob

Weezy F. Baby hit up his Instagram page to salute Bob for saving his life as a child. The Young Money boss also vows to continue living onward for both the officer and his late wife Kathie.

“Everything happens for a reason. I was dying when I met u at this very spot. U refused to let me die. Everything that doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen for a reason. That reason being you and faith. RIP uncle Bob. Aunt Kathie been waiting for u. I’ll love & miss u both and live for us all.”

Lil Wayne and Uncle Bob’s unforgettable bond

Wayne has credited Bob in the past for helping save his life - literally. As of now, Yahoo! News has limited details have surfaced on the cause of his passing.

A former New Orleans police officer who saved rapper Lil Wayne's life in 1994 was found dead in his Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, home on Friday. No cause of death has been specified, but a friend of Hoobler told local paper NOLA the former officer had been dealing with health problems after his legs were amputated following a car wreck. Lil Wayne called Hoobler "Uncle Bob" after he saved his life following a suicide attempt. Wayne — known at the time as Dwayne Carter Jr. — shot himself in the chest at 12 years old while he was home alone.