![]() ![]() In contemporary popular hip-hop, however, popping prescription pills like Xanax, Oxycontin, benzodiazepines, and MDMA along with lean - a mixture of soda and Actavis syrup (if you can find it) - have become a badge of honor in contemporary hip-hop as well as on mainstream radio. He raps about it in “There’s a Lot Going On.”įrom heroin and cocaine in jazz and R&B, to acid in funk, to marijuana and Ecstasy in hip-hop, narcotics have been a not-so-silent partner to the sound and the subjects in black music. The Chicago emcee fought his way back from drug addiction after a season of depression and suicidal thoughts - which were brought on by prolonged use of pills among other substances. “Self-medication is the name of the game in the culture of young black men in hip-hop,” Vic Mensa told BuzzFeed News in September. Lil Uzi Vert’s “XO Tour Llf3” details Xanax addiction and being pushed “to the edge” where he might “blow my brain out.” XXXTentacion raps about suicidal thoughts and simulated his own hanging in a recent video, as did rapper Father in his clip for “Suicide Party.” Mac Miller, Schoolboy Q, Isaiah Rashad, and Kevin Gates also have tracks dealing with narcotics abuse and the emotional woes caused by their indulgences.ĭrug use and self-harm are hot topics in popular rap songs by chart-topping artists, and their simultaneous emergence is no coincidence, with each topic bearing a long history in a genre that’s typically dominated by black men. Between the bars of Future’s viral hit “Mask Off” - “Percocets / Molly, Percocets” - there might be Logic’s hit “1-80,” describing suicidal thoughts, the title of the song itself the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. ![]() Flip through rap radio in the last couple years, and patterns emerge. ![]()
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