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[WATCH] Kodak Black On Breaking His Pill Addiction: I Never Been This Happy In My Life

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South Florida rap standout Kodak Black took to Instagram to talk about his road to recovery, telling his fans and followers that he’s back in the driver’s seat when it comes to his abuse of prescriptions pills, specifically the opiate Percocet.

“I remember a point in my life when I was chewing a lot of Percs,” he said. “Bro, I’m proud of myself. I’ve never been this happy in my life, bro. I don’t know where this came from, what the fuck going on. I ain’t even going to say I’m anti-Perc. Like, I never took a Perc since I been home. But bro, my dosage so low that I can’t believe it myself. Man, I’m telling y’all, bro.”

Yak added, “Before I just went to jail, bro, I was taking… I can talk about this because it’s my testimony. Bro, I’m hollering at y’all, ain’t no shame in my shit. I was taking, bro, at least 100 Percs. Bro, my average was 40 Percocets. I’m telling y’all this man. I ain’t know, to the point where I look at this shit and be like, what the fuck was wrong with me, bruh? I listen to my music and be like, bro, what the fuck, fam?”

Prescription drug overdoses are the third leading cause of all deaths in the United States and Europe, only second to heart disease and cancer.

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Danny Brown Opens Up About Being Suicidal While Spiraling Further Into Addiction

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Danny Brown is an artist who has been through a lot during his career. However, his discography is one that is heavily celebrated. The Detroit MC has made some amazing music and his fans are always excited about what’s next. He dropped a collaborative album with JPEGMAFIA earlier this year which turned out to be an AOTY contender. Furthermore, he has more new music on the way, very soon. Needless to say, if you are a Brown fan, you have been given plenty of reasons to be excited.

Unfortunately, Brown has gone through numerous struggles over the years. He has been very forthcoming about his problems with addiction. In a conversation with The Guardian, Brown got to talk about many of those problems he has faced. His rock bottom happened during the middle of the pandemic after a breakup. “I got to the point where I was pretty much suicidal,” Brown noted while referencing the fentanyl crisis and not caring about the source of his drugs.

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AUSTIN, TX – OCTOBER 08: Danny Brown performs during the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 8, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

“I’m in this nice-ass apartment, it was like four bedrooms, but I’m lonely as fuck. It got to the point I was just getting fucked up, every day, by myself,” he continued to note. “It was seven days a week. I was in pain all the time. Throwing up and shit, you know? It was my rock bottom, that’s how it was.” Recently, Brown was able to go to rehab and get himself right. It’s not easy to pull that off, but he did so with grace, and you cannot help but be proud of him.

Be sure to let us know your favorite songs and albums from Danny Brown, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on your favorite artists.

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Travis Scott’s 2018 “SNL” Promo Leads To Speculation About Drug Problem

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A recently resurfaced promo for Travis Scott’s 2018 appearance on SNL has fans debating whether the rapper has a drug addiction. In the clip, which featured Awkafina as the episode host, Scott is in a completely different galaxy. He doesn’t appear to be even vaguely aware of what is going on as Awkafina and former cast member Cecily Strong do a bit about Crazy Rich Asians. Bear in mind, this was five years ago. However, this hasn’t stopped fans from expressing modern concern about the rapper’s drug habits. “Yaaaa i never done no sh-t like this on just weed…hoping he doesn’t OD like other rappers cos clearly he don’t got anyone who cares enough to stop him from doing this on live television,” one person wrote on social media.

However, Scott has long denied that he has a drug problem. “I don’t do a lot of drugs, sh-t so I don’t even know. I only think that real drugs are like crack, heroin, and f-cking, like, you know, meth. Sh-t that really gets you f-cked ed up, sh-t that really gets you tweakin’. If you ain’t doing that, you ain’t doing drugs. I think that’s weak people need all that weird sh-t just to, like, tap into their f-cking brain. Knowledge is power, drugs [are] just, like, a mental cool down. It just put me at ease. I don’t tap into drugs to say what’s on my mind. I can do that sh-t sober, I am a drug, sober,” Scott said back in 2018.

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Travis Scott Cuts Off Sexyy Red In Viral Clip

Furthermore, it’s not the only clip of Scott that’s making the rounds at the moment. A video of Travis Scott cutting Sexyy Red‘s music mid-performance is going viral on social media. In the clip, Red can be seen rapping alongside Scott when he suddenly cuts her music. As she looks over in confusion, Scott can be heard saying “nahhh” as the crowd boos and jeers. The clip appears to come from an afterparty the pair threw at Tape, an exclusive nightclub in London, back in July. The pair rolled up after Scott brought out Red as part of his set at Wireless Fest earlier in the day. Check out the video below.

Tape posted a bevvy of videos from the afterparty on their social media. Many of them featured Scott and Red performing from behind the DJ’s desk. In one, Red performs “SkeeYee” for the crowd. However, they weren’t the only ones there. Latto also showed out, performing “Big Energy” for the crowd before declaring that it was “shots o’clock.” Other performers at the afterparty included Bryon Messina and Bryson Tiller.

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Angus Cloud’s Ex-Manager Details Actor’s Alleged Substance Abuse Struggles

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Angus Cloud’s former talent manager, Diomi Cordero, detailed the tumultuous end of his professional relationship with the actor during a lengthy rant on Twitter, Friday. In the posts, Cordero revealed that he met the Euphoria star while working the “graveyard shift” as a “mental health technician” at a rehab clinic.

While developing their relationship, Cordeo says he helped Cloud “regain control of his personal and professional life.” However, there were apparently many friends in Cloud’s life who were a bad influence on his sobriety. “Their reckless behavior and lack of regard for Angus’ recovery served as a significant obstacle to his progress ultimately contributing to his relapse,” he wrote.

Angus Cloud With His “Euphoria” Castmates

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 05: (L-R) Hunter Schafer, Sam Levinson, Angus Cloud, and Zendaya attends HBO’s “Euphoria” Season 2 Photo Call at Goya Studios on January 05, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO)

After Cloud began abusing substances again, Cordeo says that Euphoria creator Sam Levinson pleaded with the actor to “fight for his life.” Eventually, Cordero says that Cloud’s behavior towards him “became extremely abusive,” adding that he “had gone to the extent of degrading me publicly in front of his friends & even my colleagues.” Cordero says that he made the decision to resign after Cloud was invited to attend a Versace fashion show in Europe. Just days before the trip, Cloud contacted Cordero to inform him that he’d prefer if only his friends joined him abroad.

“As a result of my resignation, for over a year, I have been pursuing the collection of my outstanding management commissions from Angus, totaling over $60,000.00,” he concluded. “Despite repeated attempts to resolve this matter amicably, I have yet to receive any of the payments owed to me. In sharing my story, I hope to not only find solace & healing but to also inspire others who may be struggling to find their voice in an industry where most are silenced. I wanted to be a testament to the power of speaking up and owning one’s truth, even in the face of adversity.”

Diomi Cordero’s Twitter Thread

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600 Breezy Went On A “Drug Binge” To Cope With GF’s Suicide

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Rappers often speak about their addictions, and 600 Breezy knows all too well what it’s like being dependent on a drug. Like many of his Rap peers, he struggled with addiction, telling VladTV that at 6’5″, he got down to 170 pounds. Breezy is in a much healthier place these days, but he’s revisiting times in his life when he was close to allowing his addictions to overwhelm him. “I was a skeleton,” he recalled. It occurred after his girlfriend took her own life.

“I just went on a three, four-month, just drug binge,” the rapper admitted. “Literally, at my mom house, laying on the floor, balled up in a corner with my grandad’s ashes or my cousins. Just trying to feel their energy. I just wanted to understand life more, because it was just like, ‘Aight, my girl not here, I don’t want to be here no more.’” However, there were people in his life who stepped in to remind him of all he had to live for.

600 Breezy Decides To Push Through The Pain

“She was a great part of my life. She taught me a lot. I got a lot from her. As like, she was only in my life for two years so why end my life for—you know what I’m saying?” he said of deciding against suicide, himself. “Do something stupid when I got kids that I gotta raise forever. Even when they’re 30, I’m still gonna have to be in they life. I still got my mom, I do something to myself…my mom. You know, I had to really sit back and think. I just used the drugs to cope, just to be in a numbness. Then I have to snap out of it.”

In September 2022, it was revealed that Raven Jackson, 600 Breezy’s girlfriend of two years, committed suicide. He publicly grieved the loss at the time, sharing photos of them together on social media. Breezy also posted screenshots of their last text conversation that suggested Jackson was struggling mentally and had been for some time.

600 Breezy Drank “Pints” Of Lean

Additionally, 600 Breezy revealed that the drug use resulted in him having health problems. “I ain’t seen the gym in months. It’s just like, I just wanna do drugs and do drugs and do drugs and just be numb. But, that ain’t the way to go.” Even sitting for the VladTV interview, Breezy admitted he was still in pain. “It’s killing me,” he admitted. “I was drinking Lean. Like, pints.”

“I did nothing but drugs, ’cause it was like, it was nothin’ in this world that anybody could tell me about anything. I just lost my woman, I did everything with her. If I traveled to work, she came with me. She was with me like she was my child, every day. It go from every day, talkin’ and being with somebody and now, you know. It’s like, she’s just gone. I don’t got an explanation, I don’t got nothing.” Watch 600 Breezy speak about his grief below.

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Julia Fox Almost Killed Drug Dealer After Friend Overdosed

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She dated Kanye West for about a month and now Julia Fox has become a household name. The actress wasn’t necessarily unknown before her whirlwind romance with Ye, but she certainly didn’t have the visibility she has now. Quickly, Fox has moved from a Hollywood starlet to a fashionista who is seen sitting front row and some of the world’s most coveted runway shows. Additionally, her podcast is a success, her interviews are often outlandish, and her social media reveals become trending topics.

This time, Julia Fox caught up with Elle magazine to once again detail her rise. She praises herself as a feminist who is vehemently pro-women, and prior comments she made during an interview arose. At the time, she was asked if she believed it was acceptable for women to kill men. “I think that if the man deserves it, yeah, why not? Men kill women all the time for no reason,” Fox answered.

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 10: Julia Fox is seen on February 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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With Elle, she was questioned about that response. Fox revealed that she had an encounter with a man she believed did deserve to lose his life at the hands of a woman. The actress claimed she had a friend who died of an overdose, so she tracked down the drug dealer who gave her the substance. Fox took her late friend’s gun, stalked the dealer’s neighborhood, and waited for an opportunity.

“I would literally, like, sit across the street in my car, put the seat all the way down,” Fox said. “And watch him through the little side mirror for hours, like coming and going.” She further added that she learned her friend died of a mix of several substances, not just what the dealer gave her. “I’m glad I didn’t kill him.”

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 07: Actress Julia Fox arrives to the 2022 CFDA Fashion Awards at Casa Cipriani on November 7, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Raymond Hall/GC Images)
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Fox has been relatively candid about her past struggles with drug addiction. It wasn’t until her social media fallout with former friend Azaelia Banks did detail emerge. Banks trolled her, but Fox took it in stride, admitting to being a drug abuser but maintaining that she’s sober.

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[WATCH] DMX’s Daughter To Release Docuseries On Drug Addiction Awareness And Fentanyl

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According to reports, Sonovah Hillman Jr., the daughter of late rap legend DMX, is slated to drop a four-part docu-series to bring awareness to drug addiction and the deadly substance fentanyl, which has caused countless overdose deaths in the U.S. over the past decade.

The video used to promote Hillman’s series on GoFundMe was rooted in a 10-week D.A.R.E. program, where she discussed the people in her family that she lost due to addiction, saying, “I lost my aunt and uncle to a fentanyl overdose and my dad to drug addiction. Fentanyl is affecting every gender, race, class, and age group.”

In another part of the video, the 10-year-old Hillman explained why she chose to share her experiences with other children, saying, “I wanted to talk to other kids whose parents had died from an overdose or are still currently using,” said Hillman. She went on to say, “I came up with the idea to do a four-part docuseries on fentanyl and drug addiction. I wanted to talk to people about their experience, trauma, feelings and come up with a solution to healing.”

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Lamar Odom Says Drugs Were His “Girlfriend” In Marriage To Khloé Kardashian

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He’s already shared his most controversial, intimate moments in his memoir, but Lamar Odom has more of his private life to share. There was a time when he was sitting at the top of the sports world as a Los Angeles Laker, but his addictions would get the better of him. The NBA star was famously married to Khloé Kardashian from 2009 to 2016, but their wedded bliss dissolved due to his sex and drug addiction.

While Odom has already detailed much of his memoir Darkness to Light, these days, he’s readying Sex, Drugs, & Kardashians. The film will air on FOX, then Hulu, and in a teaser, Odom sits down with TMZ‘s Harvey Levin.

“Drugs, that was my girlfriend,” said Odom. “I had a wife and cocaine.”

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The former Lakers star also admitted that his ex-wife was well aware of his addictions during a portion of their marriage.

“You can’t hide that forever,” he added. “Behind the scenes, I put her through some sh*t. The things that y’all think y’all know, it’s crazy. But the stories that y’all don’t know is really crazy.”

Since his near-death experience, Odom has done much reflecting during his recovery. For years, he has made it clear that, given the opportunity, he would rekindle a romance with Kardashian. During his recent stint on Celebrity Big Brother, Odom recognized his failures in his marriage.

“When I married Khloé, there’s just so many things that I did wrong when it came to that relationship,” he said at the time. “If I could take it back, of course, I’d take it back. It was never my intention to hurt her. My mind and head weren’t in the right place. I wasn’t taking care of myself.”

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It is unclear if Kardashian would ever give her ex a chance, but these days, she’s caring for two small children with her ex Tristan Thompson. Additionally, Thompson not only recently welcomed a baby with Kardashian, but he also cheated on her with a model who gave birth to his son.

Sex, Drugs, & Kardashians premieres on FOX on January 2. You can catch it on Hulu the following day.

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