In the wake of the death of rapper Lil Peep, the rap community has been having to deal with the fact that artists over that last 10-years have gone overboard with mentions of abusing prescription pills in their lives and music.
Peeps death shined a light on the issue, causing many artists to use their voice to condemn the use of pills. Russ has not been one to mix words when it comes to his fellow young emcees choice of recreational drug use. He took to Twitter to speak about the use of pills
Abusing xanax and other pills drugs etc in private cuz your depressed/other mental issues is one thing(still not good)..constantly recording yourself doing drugs and putting up pics and videos of doing it is when you start CHOOSING to publicly glorify it and make it an image.
— Russ (@russdiemon) November 18, 2017
It would be naive to think that me wearing uptempos in every picture isn’t glorifying them or promoting them. Same goes with anything, drugs included. Be responsible with your platform. “Did he just compare shoes to drugs” – relax and use beneath the surface level thinking. ❤️
— Russ (@russdiemon) November 18, 2017
And I’m not saying that when they post drug abuse publicly that’s it’s not a cry for help. What I’m saying is that it’s not ALWAYS a cry for help. Some times posting drug use publicly IS for an image. This is the ENTERTAINMENT industry. Y’all needa wake up and question more shit.
— Russ (@russdiemon) November 18, 2017
Even in the light of the way Peep died, many didn’t take Russ’ words kindly. Smokepurrp was one. His simple response to Russ
shut the fuck up u a bitch https://t.co/6gf051khpE
— smokepurpp (@smokepurpp) November 19, 2017
