Following Lil Peep’s overdose death in November, which was tied to the anti-anxiety medication Xanax and the powerful painkiller Fentanyl, a modest wave of rappers have pledged to leave the drug in 2017. Lil Pump and Smokepurpp both took to social media over the holiday weekend and vowed to quit.
“2018 we going even more crazy love yall,” Pump captioned an Instagram video. “(btw I don’t take xanz no more fuck Xanax 2018).”
Smokepurpp posted a similar sentiment on December 31, tweeting, “we leaving Xanax in 2017,” something Travis Scott soon co-signed. The Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho rapper wrote, “This tweet made me happy.”
we leaving Xanax in 2017.
— smokepurpp (@smokepurpp) January 1, 2018
This tweet made me happy !!! pic.twitter.com/BcfWusgG3k
— TRAVIS SCOTT (@trvisXX) January 1, 2018
Several Twitter users (of course) decided to join in and declare what they were going to do instead of popping pills. From knitting to eating celery, nothing was off limits – except Xanax.
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Others took a more serious tone and recalled their own experiences with the highly addictive pharmaceutical.
Check out some of the reactions below.
Fuck xanax we knitting this year
— adam22 (@adam22) January 1, 2018
Fuck xanax we knitting this year
— adam22 (@adam22) January 1, 2018
Fuck Xanax we eating celery
— Felmax (@FelmaxOfficial) January 1, 2018
2014 – mid
2015- weed
2016- lean
2017 – xanax
2018 – Tide pods
2019 – fabuloso
2020 – meth— ✞ (@GUNNERSELLWHITE) January 1, 2018
Things we ate but shouldn’t in 2017:
Ass
Xanax2018:
Tidepods
— Gilroy Gabe (@gilroygabe) December 29, 2017
LEAVE THAT XANAX BULLSHIT LEAN RAP BULLSHIT NO SUBSTANCE HAVING ASS COON SHIT IN THE PAST
THAT SHIT GARBAGE AND ALWAYS WAS.
NIGGAS GOT NOOOOOO BARS BUT BE ON EM, MAKES ME SICK TO MY SOUL.— 2Cup Shakur (@MeechIsDEAD) January 2, 2018
fuck xanax and all other drugs leave that in 2017
— Foreign ? (@ForeignGotEm) January 1, 2018
It’s 2018 y’all. Xanax ain’t fucking cool.
— FS?LAN (@fugglesnuck) January 1, 2018
Xanax been dead glad I neva took that shit .. Yaw niggas was looking half dead swea Yall ass was cool
— OG SIMMIE (@275YUNGSIMMIE) January 2, 2018
Really wild how all the people who rapped about doing Xanax are really shocked that you can really have an overdose and die.
— BIGNOAH (@BIGNOAH256) January 2, 2018
overdosed on xanax and spent 5 months in rehab and i have been clean for 9 months
— in 2017 i… (@during_2017) December 30, 2017
Let’s leave Xanax in 2017. Shits not cool….
— Manny Major™ (@mannymajormusic) January 1, 2018
FUCK XANAX WE POPPIN TIDE PODS ALL 2018 BIIITCHHH!
— DC The Don (@WORLDWIDEDAIJ) January 1, 2018
