The topic of Xanax has been heavily talked about in rap recently. It has been normalized to be the party drug of choice, but they forgot to talk about the side effects of being addicted to this substance. Just check out Future’s 2016 release, “Xanny Family”:
Other songs in 2016 and 2017 heavily encouraged drug use, with Future’s “Mask Off,” Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang,” Post Malone’s “Rockstar,” and Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llif3.”
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It seems like the glorification of drug use has been at an all-time high, and not only that, but it’s all the extremely dangerous drugs that have a high-risk factor. Not only it is casually brought up, it is on the radio constantly and has reached a wide audience of impressionable listeners.
The fans ultimately saw the true dangers of these drugs when the rapper Lil Peep died of a Xanax overdose. His lyrics leaned towards topics of depression and addiction, like most rappers these days, but his death made those lyrics come to life. He was only 21 which makes the death much more tragic.
Rappers have all had an extreme wake up call. Lil Uzi Vert responded by tweeting about how he had decided to leave Xanax behind going into 2018. Lil Pump and Smokepurpp also spoke out saying they were quitting the harmful drug, along with other rappers.
This tweet made me happy !!! pic.twitter.com/BcfWusgG3k
— TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisXX) January 1, 2018
Salute @MozzyThaMotive for vowing to kick lean!#kickthecupchallenge pic.twitter.com/LlPzWAnzVP
— Thizzler On The Roof (@TheThizzler) January 3, 2018
Even Lil Pump posted about quitting, which was surprising and inspiring since almost all his music talks about drugs with his lyrics from his song “Molly’, “I got designer from head to my toe, I’m on the Xan, and my bitch on that coke, I got Givenchy all over my coat, I’m off that X, and I just poured a 4, I’m on the molly, I’m on the bean.”
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Lil Peep’s death gave the rap game a wake-up call and showed us all the true dangers of glorifying a drug that is truly dangerous and can ruin young people’s lives. They are all at a high point in their life by being so popular in the music scene. It would be a shame to see that all thrown away by one crazy night. These artists all expressed regret by taking to Twitter and Ingram to show their fans that it is in fact not something to play with, which shows their personal growth already. I wish them well for turning their life around and now they can expand their lyrics to focus on something less self-destructive.
Rest in peace Lil Peep, you will be missed, but you also saved so many other people’s lives.
