Smokepurpp took to Twitter to take some shots at Russ
2017 has brought many changes to the hip-hop community as a whole. One of the biggest changes hwoever affected the community in a pretty negative. While hip-hop was once glorifying the use of alcohol & marijuana, the new wave of young rappers have brought the art of pill popping into the community. You will usully find the typical “SoundCloud rapper,” glorifying drugs like Xanax, Percocets, & Molly.
With the recent death of one of the popular SoundCloud rappers Lil Peep, has opened alot of light on the issue. Russ was one the biggest speakers to shed light on his opposing opinion on the issue in a very lengthy thread of tweets.
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
When you say you’re depressed and not tryna glorify drug use or pander to the public by making it an “image” that’s one thing. The second you start posting videos and pictures of you doing it is when your actions contradict your words. Period.
— Russ (@russdiemon) November 18, 2017
I’m not saying depression/anxiety/addiction aren’t real things. They are..just like posting videos and pictures of you doing drugs because a PART of you knows it works as an image is a real thing too. You can be both lol depressed AND posting drug abuse constantly as an image.
— Russ (@russdiemon) November 18, 2017
I’m not saying depression/anxiety/addiction aren’t real things. They are..just like posting videos and pictures of you doing drugs because a PART of you knows it works as an image is a real thing too. You can be both lol depressed AND posting drug abuse constantly as 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
This seemed to offend and attack artists like Lil Peep who used and gloirified drugs like these. Specifically Smokepurpp, an artists known to show and glorify these types of drugs. Purpp took a shot back at Russ in a pretty ignorant way.
shut the fuck up u a bitch https://t.co/6gf051khpE
— smokepurpp (@smokepurpp) November 19, 2017
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