By: Freddy Eubanks
NOTE: Opinions stated int the article are of the author and do not represent the opinions of the School or journalism program. Numerous members of the music industry have died over the course of the last few years. Artists have died from many causes ranging from addiction to gun violence. Regardless of the cause it looks like artists are the main targets of death. I can't come up with a reason for that no one can. It is just a cycle of death that won't stop. Several rappers have died of drug overdose or complications due to overdosing. Take for example Fredo Santana, a rapper who died at the age of 27 on January 19, 2018. He was addicted to the drink called lean and regularly mentioned the substance when rapping. After some research, I can only assume he was addicted to the way lean had given him a feeling of euphoria. Another rapper that recently passed at the age of 21 is Juice World. Fans will notice he talks about depression, heartbreak, and drugs in almost all of his songs. For example, his song “Black & White” has depressing lyrics such as, "I know these perkys finna hurt me". His emotional songs show that he was depressed, and used drugs to numb himself. When he landed from a flight, the police were waiting for him, so he took about 30 Percocets that took his life. The only thing I have to say about this is that I don't think he accidentally took his life. He may have seen the police and decided that a life in jail wasn’t how he wanted to live. Continuing the list, Lil Peep and Mac Miller were two rappers who were affiliated with taking drugs. Starting with Lil Peep, who was similar to Juice World, he was depressed and used drugs to numb his depression. On November 15, 2017, Lil Peep took laced Xanax pills and died in his tour bus at the age of 21. Moving over to Mac Miller, another rapper that also battled with depression and addiction, he also bought laced drugs and accidentally died on the date of September 7, 2018. It's well known that rappers have died from drug abuse, but that isn't the only way well known rappers have died. Take XXXTentacion for example on the date of June 18, 2018, he died at the age of 20 years old. He was known to be a bit of a reckless person who would always fight for his things if someone tried to take them. In fact, one time he had a misunderstanding with a fan that he thought was trying to take his chain while he was performing on stage he hit them in their face. Before his untimely death, he moved past that and wanted to help the world. On the day of his death, he was going to do a charity event and decided to buy a motorcycle. His killers watched him in the shop, and waited for him to leave when they tried to rob him. XXXTENTACION put up a fight and it got him killed. His killers took his Louis Vuitton bag with fifty thousand dollars.Last rapper to talk about is Nipsey Hussle. He was outside his shop when he was shot. He died at the age of 33, on March 31st, 2019. Now with all this information, we can both come to the conclusion that rappers and music artists die because of their lifestyle, money, and lastly their depression and their urge to numb it.
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