Dear Gen-Z, All Your Favorite Rappers Will Probably Be Dead Soon!

Gen-Z might be killing their favorite rappers indirectly. Throughout human history, music has provided our species with an escape from the harsh realities of life. Particularly, for black people during the era of slavery, music made life bearable. Throughout history, that music has undergone several transformations. However, this recent iteration of music has taken a turn for the worst, particularly in the “rap” genre. Rap is the most popular genre of music in the modern world. The most widely consumed form of rap is the rap that’s promoting the drug dealing/consuming lifestyle. Some may say, that rap has always promoted that and they’d be right. However, the issue with that is, just as music has evolved, drugs have evolved as well. Where “rap” of the past promoted drugs like weed and cocaine, rap of today promotes synthetic drugs(Molly, Fentanyl, Xanax, Percocet’s, etc.). Now I’m not a doctor, but these synthetic drugs are much more potent than weed and cocaine.

Lil Peep

That being said, in recent years, there’s been a trend of rappers fatally overdosing. From rappers like Juice Wrld to people like Lil Peep just to name a few, that have died recently. What’s more concerning is that this trend of music seems to not be course-correcting. Their rappers are continuing to live a drug-infested lifestyle, which is being portrayed in the music their fanbases are listening to, and they’re ultimately dying as a manifestation. Lastly, the market decides what the popular, so there must be some accountability for the fans because the artists curate their music based on their preferences. Peace!