Lil Uzi Vert has addressed fan concerns over their alleged use of nitrous oxide on their new album Eternal Atake 2.
On the opening track “We Good,” the Philadelphia rapper responds to the rumors by spitting: “They said I was lost, they thought I was a dead guy, I was on that NOS.”
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Uzi seemingly confirms using nitrous oxide on the very next song “Light Year (Practice),” rapping: “I’m fresh off the nitrous, ain’t mess up ability.”
Fans were concerned about Uzi’s welfare earlier this year after a video circulated online of them inhaling a substance from a party balloon while hanging out with a group of friends in a recording studio.
One of the men in the background says: “My son is back! We got Uzi back!” to which Baby Pluto replies: “Yes sir!” before laughing.
Several other balloons could be seen in the clip, along with an unmarked canister which was used to blow them up.
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Fans were quick to speculate that Uzi was using nitrous oxide — nicknamed laughing gas for its euphoric high — leading to both concern and criticism online.
“[N]o wonder his music so trash now nitrous fried his brain smh,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter), while another added: “Using nitrous for his studio sessions yeah just go ahead and retire. [Luv Is Rage 3] gonna be his worst album by far and his brain is gonna be cooked.”
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The National Institute of Health has warned about the dangers of sustained nitrous oxide use, which “inactivates vitamin B12, resulting in a functional vitamin B12 deficiency and initially causing numbness in fingers, which may further progress to peripheral neuropathy and megaloblastic anemia.”
Lil Uzi Vert isn’t the only rapper to be linked with the substance. Kanye West has also been accused of being addicted to nitrous oxide, with his dentist being blamed for getting him hooked.
The wild claims were made in a sworn affidavit filed by former Yeezy chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos against Ye’s dentist Thomas Connelly to the California Dental Board earlier this year.
In it, he accused Connelly of charging the rap legend more than $50,000 per month for the illegal supply of “enormous” quantities of nitrous oxide, which is typically used to reduce a patient’s pain and anxiety during dental procedures.
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As a result of Ye’s alleged addiction to the gas, Yiannopoulos claimed that the Vultures rapper has exhibited “distressing symptomps” and become “incomprehensible and contradictory” in his communication.
Connelly has denied the allegations and accused Yiannopoulos of trying to damage his reputation over “personal grievances.”
