9. Romeo’s Near Tragic End in His Car

Romeo Miller, formerly Lil’ Romeo, got into a pretty intense car crash in August. His car was apparently hit on the driver’s side at a high speed.

Luckily, he escaped with only a few bumps and bruises.

The accident could have been the end of a life that has been charmed since birth. Miller is a second-generation rapper, son of Master P, the man behind so many rap recording labels, even he has probably lost count.

Lil’ Romeo broke Michael Jackson’s record for the youngest artist to reach #1 on the Billboard 200 with his song “My Baby,” followed by a #6 position for the album on the same chart.

As if that wasn’t enough, this overachiever is a renowned basketball player and played with the USC Trojans from 2007 until 2010. He then appeared in the popular movie, “Jumping the Broom” in 2011 and Tyler Perry’s “Madea’s Witness Protection” in 2012.

Unimpressed with these achievements, fate made him the victim of one of the most common causes of automobile fatality. In the last two decades, fatalities from front-end impacts have decreased by 20 percent while those from side impacts have increased by the same percentage. It was an equally unpredictable turn of fate that allowed him to survive.