7 Rappers Who Have Been To Rehab

Other songs may remind you of dark moments in your life—like songs that played at the bar or when you abused drugs. Some of today’s biggest names like Lil Wayne and Kid Cudi, among others, have spent much of their careers looking for a way to cope with their own personal traumas. Many times, the glamorization of substance use is in their rhymes, peppering hooks with one-liners that speak to those internal struggles. But despite drug culture’s influence over music and trends, a number of the game’s favorite artists embrace sobriety.

Addiction Themes in Music

• I can see why the whole world is curious, because millionaires, billionaires, and homeless people are all getting turnt off the same thing.
• One of his most successful tracks, “Gin and Juice,” includes lyrics about smoking “indo,” a slang term for marijuana.
• In another recent rapper admission, Pusha T takes full blame for the drug reference in Rap craze that continues to snowball (of course, we all know Kool G. Rap and album called Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… deserves credit, too).

Those qualities follow through in her raps, which she delivers in a deadpan tone that belies their heavy content. Most recently, Toosii went on Instagram to set the record straight about what he likes to do in his spare time. Speaking in third person, he captioned the post, “Toosii if you don’t smoke or drink how do you have fun?,” dismissing any notion of relying on substances to keep himself busy. “Well… I got a bowling problem,” he continued, evidenced in the 30 plus balls that he was pictured laying in front of. One person with true empathy for the cause is Juice Wrld’s mother, Carmela Wallace.

Lil Wayne – “I Feel Like Dying”

• In May, Drake shot back with a song called Family Matters, which took the feud to new heights.
• Even today, many in the recovery community still distrust methadone, seeing it “trading one drug for another,” despite evidence showing that methadone and its sister medication are highly effective.
• Lamar leaned into the dilemma, teasing the song during his set, before finally giving the audience what they wanted.
• Many felt that Russ was taking some indirect shots at Lil Pump, but that has yet to escalate.
• Nonetheless there is still a lot of faking going on when you consider all the assertions made by rappers and their alleged hustler pasts.

Royce called Eminem when he decided to get sober, and they still have conversations about sobriety to this day. At one star-studded gig in Los Angeles in June, which was intended as a show of unity for the West Coast rap fraternity, Lamar played his biggest diss track five times. The Toronto star goaded drug addict rappers his US adversary by dropping yet another diss track called Taylor Made Freestyle, which suggested Lamar was too cowardly to release music in the same week as Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department. In March last year, producer and former Drake collaborator Metro Boomin’ and rapper Future released a collaborative album called We Don’t Trust You.

Rappers Who Actually Sold Drugs, For Real PHOTOS

The rapper first discovered the deadly combination of Xanax and alcohol while on the Oxymoron tour with ScHoolboy Q, who has faced his own struggles with addiction. The way Rasahd tells it, he was doing so many drugs that he ultimately ended up tearing his stomach lining. Not only that, he claimed in the interview below that things were so out of whack that he almost got dropped three times. It got so bad that his label manager, Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith ended up stepping in to intervene with a firm ultimatum.

• In an interview with Billboard, the rapper shared about the first time he met his hip-hop hero Future.
• Despite this, African-Americans, who account for the majority of mainstream rap artists, largely do not seek treatment.
• Joe Budden is best known for his work with hip-hop group Slaughterhouse.
• Slim Shady is legendary in the world of hip-hop and often has been very candid about his demons.
• These days, prescription drugs seem to be a part of the rapper starter kit.

Drug Trends in Rap Culture

Researchers examined drug mentions in 341 rap songs during that time. While many “party anthems” glorify alcohol and drugs, other artists delve into the darker reality of addiction with their songs or even offer hope of sobriety. Hip Hop’s influence is indeed definitive, hardened and tangible. But even its artists, fans and utmost steadfast participants aren’t immune to the pitfalls induced by culture in the United States.

Fortunately, artists who struggle with addiction often take the bold step of going to rehab. Over the years, many rappers have sought help in an effort to deal with their addictions. Also, some artists proudly speak out against the current drug obsession in Hip Hop. Loss and tragedy in the form of substance abuse and addiction have wracked the hip-hop community for far too long. Artists who spent years living amidst the hardships and poverty that shaped the foundation of hip hop turned to party music, documenting escapism through lyrics of sex, drugs, and lavish lifestyles. The same music has, in some cases, left a dangerous trail of verses that can be misunderstood by impressionable young minds in the midst of their own personal desire for entertainment and alcoholism escape from daily struggles.

Raising Awareness for Addiction, Mental Illness

His 2009 album, Relapse, was a direct result of a relapse following the death of his best friend, rapper Proof. After becoming sober, Eminem reemerged with Recovery, his incredibly successful seventh album chronicling his journey to sobriety. It was a deeply personal album that separated him from his Slim Shady alter ego. On the hit single “Not Afraid,” Eminem raps, “It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me.” The hip hop icon celebrated his 15th year of sobriety earlier this year.

• His mother was a drug dealer and died when he was eight years old.
• But in the music industry, no one is going to really tell you that, because there’s a lot of pot calling the kettle black, and honestly nobody wants to hear it.
• Big dog DMX is tough as barbed wire and slicker than an oil spill, but even he’s had a hard time fighting addiction.
• “I can’t say I felt happy my last six, seven years in the music business,” he continued.

of Our Favorite Rappers Who Have Battled Drug Addiction

A founding member of UGK, Pimp C helped pave the way for the Dirty South revolution and gave the game some of its trillest tracks, but his reign was cut short when addiction got the best of him. After some words of encouragement from his father and family, Chance dedicated himself to getting clean and moving back to Chicago. Luckily, Chano managed to get his mind right in six months, and if his recent contributions to the community are any indication, seems intent on doing some good beyond the scope of his music. At the end of the day, it’s clear that Russ is afraid that the new generation will pick up some dangerous habits while trying to emulate their favorite rappers.