<p>His most recent mix tape is called "Salute Me or Shoot Me, Vol. 2," and the "L" in his logo is shaped by an upright semi-automatic handgun.</p><p>And Tuesday evening, the 23-year-old rapper was recovering after being shot earlier in the day during an apparent robbery.</p><p>Born Juaqin Malphurs, the rapper was washing his car at the Bubble Bath Car Wash at 5220 Old National Highway around 1:30 p.m. when he was approached by an armed man demanding Malphurs’ jewelry, police said.</p><p>On his MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/wakaflocka1017, Malphurs said he was taken under Gucci Mane’s wing and redirected his life focus.</p><p>"Swear to God I liked drug dealers and basketball players when I was growing up," Malphurs said on his site. "You gotta make people believe in what you went through."</p>
