In wake of the tragedies, a number of hip-hop figures have vowed to give up their drug habits while others criticized the culture for glorifying substance abuse. Vic Mensa fell into the latter category, stating the hip-hop community needs to take responsibility for the pro-drug messages in its music.
“We need to recognize that the shit we talk about influences children. So when we are steady pushing a message of lean and Percocets and Xans, we are polluting the minds of the youth,” he told TMZ. “We have a responsibility to give it to them in a real way. Not to say that you can’t talk about your real life and the things that are happening but I think that we need to start holding each other and ourselves accountable for our glorification of the drug culture, 100 percent.”
On Friday, Juicy J addressed this issue in a short, but remorseful message: “If I inspired anybody to do drugs, I apologize,” he tweeted.
If I inspired anybody to do drugs I apologize
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) December 28, 2019
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