Rapper Future has glamorized opiod use and drug addiction through his music but we get word that he now has been clean from lean usage in an interview with Genius.
As per DJ Booth, Future has stopped drinking lean altogether and was afraid to tell anyone as he thought fans would receive his music differently.
“I didn’t wanna tell nobody I stopped drinking lean,” Future said. “I didn’t tell… Because I felt like, then they gon’ be like ‘Oh, his music changed because he stopped drinking lean. Oh, I can hear it when he changes…’ It just be hard when your fans so used to a certain persona, you be afraid to change.”
This is definitely a topic that most artists struggle with. A lot of artists feel they have to practice what they glorify in their music to gain the support of their fans and continue to have successful careers. I’m sure Future is not the only artist that feels this way but one would argue there are many artist that openly denounce drug abuse and are just as successful. We’ll see how fans take in his latest new music.
Flip the page to see the full interview between him and Rob Markman of Genius.