Recently christened Tupac deflector Lil Xan is one of the most popular rappers out — and that’s perfectly fine. The culture has seen its fair share of weirdness blow past traditional Hip Hop vessels, and this 21-year-old SoCal kid isn’t the first and won’t be the last.
Also, his true-to-life druggy persona obviously isn’t the most righteous attribute a spotlighted individual should possess, but again, Xan isn’t and shouldn’t be considered the prime example for a paradigm shift in rap role models.
Yet the quality of the work and use of the platform he’s built for himself is ripe for the critiquing, which has largely gone unchecked by the populous that matters the most. It’s not HipHopDX, nor the plotting radio hosts who conduct his interviews, nor his Hip Hop sensei manager, Stat Quo; it’s the fans.
Supporters can be partially blamed for the sloppy, disrespectful video of his new single, “The Man,” which will appear on his debut album, Total Xanarchy.
The Sam King-directed spectacle opens up drenched in all somberness and seriousness as a mental health group sits around discussing their issues in confidentiality. Before Xan takes to the floor, one group member opens up about his sexual addiction, prompted by being molested by a cousin when he was just 12-years-old. Afterward, the repentant pill popper painstakingly describes how guilt almost always shrouds his high when he’s abusing the drugs that blessed him with his rap name.
“I fuck dat bih, yeah! I fuck dat bih, yeah!” — Lil Xan on “The Man”
It’s a short-lived sequence of layered reality for the rest of the visual falls way back on a standard rap video fare, as the nurses become vixens and every dude becomes a co-signer to Xan’s shenanigans. It’s basically his “No Love” video in a different setting — one that just happens to exist in efforts to repatch fragile minds and damaged bodies.
By the time co-collaborator $teven Cannon arrives midway on video to spit his worthless rhymes about “bitches” and … “bitches,” the mental health concept is a complete afterthought. It’s essentially a totally different video (quite a feat in two-minutes time).
Infiltrating a mental health facility for a rap video is hardly a new concept, mainly popularized by the biggest rap stars of them all: Eminem. As of press time, his 2013 single with Rihanna, “Monster,” rest comfortably at more than half a billion views on YouTube. But in this particular instance, what separates Eminem from a Lil Xan is the context of the song’s lyrics.
Slim Shady’s record noticeably tackles an attempt at being one with a schizophrenic state of mind whereas Lil Xan’s “The Man” is another turn-up anthem about balancing bottles and boobs. And its video casually shows him taking his medicine — a practice Lil Xan repeatedly claims is being shed from his image to inspire his even younger fans.
Even young dogs drag their feet at learning new tricks and every rapper isn’t out to save the world, build on the stoop and keep the wokeness meter up.
But making a mockery of one of society’s most delicate subjects — one that’s still not totally understood across the board — is unacceptable. Lil Xan, Sam King, Noreberto Garcia, Jordan Page, Lerry Kin, YCFILMS and production company Buffnerds Media should all be ashamed.
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“But making a mockery of one of society’s most delicate subjects — one that’s still not totally understood across the board — is unacceptable.” Really?? I don’t like this kid’s music, but it’s still part of Hip-Hop.. Ain’t no rules to this.. “Delicate” subjects have been made mockeries of for years, right or wrong. Stop being fuckin sensitive…. This will probably blow up just off of the strength of people like you saying “Oh no, you can’t do that.. It’s not nice….” Kids feed off of that.
This is trash!! The song, , the video, the bars, the rapper!!! Trash trash trash trash! This is not Hip-Hop!!
Old ass
Lil Xan sucks no doubt, but whoever wrote this is a hater and has no life
Trent, I fucked your bitch to this song and she called me the man too.
Omfg please tell me this is real. I’d die. Too fuckin much boy, xanarchygang!!
That’s a lot of words when you could have just said xan sucks.
Fuckin snowflake, your first mistake was watching a video by someone with a name “Lil Xan”
HipHopDX should just fire me for being such a pussy.
What did people expect to see from a Rapper called Lil Xans? Firstly, this guy isn’t lyrical, just makes music for people with short attention spans and predictable lyrics so it seems “catchy”. Secondly, the song is rubbish, the beat is missing a lot to sound like something good, sounds all over the place. Third and final point, I don’t think he has a legal prescription for Xanex. 1/5 stars
this video is as stupid as trent clark face
i’ve come around on tekashi 69…but lil xan?…this song and video is terrible
It was inevitable that suburban white kids would take over Hip-Hop, I guess, but this is truly abysmal.
I mean… this kid is latino but alright.
White Latino.
ill kill you one day…i have hated you for months.
Yeah this video is pretty awful
It’s almost as if 12 year old snot-nosed white boys aren’t the people we should look to for responsible social messaging.
This is extremely horrible.
Bro I read that shot more than a few times hoping it was some typo….nope you confirmed the fuckery…tgough stat is smart….hes obviously thinking,” if you can’t beat em join em
What the fuck, Stat really does that?!
WTF was that wack shit, stop giving these bullshit ass whatever the fuck you call these muthafuckas a platform and give it to the cats trying to push the culture forward.
This is bullshit.
“Lil Xan, Sam King, Noreberto Garcia, Jordan Page, Lerry Kin, YCFILMS and production company Buffnerds Media should all be ashamed”
Rap/hip hop whatever they call it is hate speech covered in degeneracy it always has been and always will be.
Problem is nowadays the message and the music especially is total trash but the youngens like the shit and it makes money.
It won’t stop getting worse…
Lol lil xan sucks ass
Hey I just want to give a different perspective. SoundCloud rap is how to somehow sound catchy without making any damn sense sometimes(pardon my language). He battles a Xanax addiction because when he is off it he feels like he should only be dead. But believe it or not whether the video is insensitive or not. It can help some of us people out here who need this to make them feel,good.
lil xan speaks to me..why not turn a shitty situation into a good one musically…thought that was what rap was for..taking shitty situations and skpeaking your reality..I think the video helps me feel less alone with my mental illnesses and the battle with meds..its just a new generation..if you rap about one thing in a song it just doesn’t work..so you get some flaunting type shit which is pretty normal with rap.I know I have lived a life in and out of groups and inpatient stays and it feels nice to kinda tongue in cheek look atit makes me feel not alone and feel like I can smile at a shitty situation also what raps about..lil xan isn’t making a mockery..if you’ve watched any interview with him he very openly discusses how his anxiety got out of control and had been medicated and lost some of his best friends ….Eminem can rap …true..I don’t see the correlation and also that video talks about abuse as if its normal..which is a lot more different and dangerous.perpetuating the idea of abusive relationships being normal..I see no correlation..kinda feel like lil xan doesn’t make me feel miserable about my mental illnesses and the amount of care that goes into it and how an anxious person gets caught up with meds…it makes me feel like I can get down to something thatll make me smile about stuff that’s usually miserable sad…I don’t agree with the tupac comment but he’s a kid doing his best and its a different generation..give it a few years and his view on that might change..he’s a kid that’s been a victim of pharmaceutical industry and to be able to joke about it a bit helps feel not so alone and smile about a sad thing..I’ve been in these situatiions a lot and run a support group.he’s a kid give hima few years..also he didn’t direct or shoot that video.I’m sure he had input but that I believe was a cole bennet production.
you idiot
Give me a break. How is this different than Ozzy in a straight jacket? Hating on non-black hip hop artists that’s what I see. Li Xan fuh yo bih
Naaah it’s art. He has struggled with addiction and this is his cathartic release to share his struggle. He’s just being honest. The xan life is like a temptress. Draws you in but then it makes u crazy. When lil peep died he started getting clean and speaking out about addiction. Just like Eminem when he got clean. You’re taking it out of context.