Kodak Black admits to chewing '100 Percocets a day' and regrets glorifying drug use

Kodak Black recently shed light on the severity of his addiction to Percocet and expressed regret for glorifying the drug in his hit song "Super Gremlin." 

During a performance in Los Angeles on Thursday, the rapper took a moment to share his personal struggle with addiction and offer advice to his fans.

"It's sad though, bruh, because it's like that shit—the bar came to mind so quick. I'm like, 'Damn, I don't wanna say this shit, but I know this bitch gon' go in.' But we ain't gon' play like that, bruh," Kodak Black revealed, reflecting on the lyrics he wrote while addicted to Percocet. 

"When I was at my stage, chewing on them Percs, I ain't gonna say I popped them bitches."

He continued, "But when I was at my stage, I was chewing like – bruh, I swear to God and my n***as will vouch – I was chewing 100 Percs a day, man. Average like 40. Average! If I was fucking with them fake shits, bruh, I'd have been dead. Bruh, I say that, I'm explaining myself now. I don't want y'all to hear that and take that and feel like it's okay to do that shit, ya feel me?"

Kodak Black's candid admission highlights the dangerous reality of addiction among rappers, a topic that has been discussed by other artists as well. 

In 2022, Eminem detailed his own struggles with drug addiction in an essay for XXL, describing how his dependency on Vicodin, Valium, and alcohol intensified following the murder of his friend and D-12 member Proof.

"I just kept taking more pills. I literally couldn't walk for two days when that happened and eventually my drug use f—in' skyrocketed," Eminem wrote. "I had f—in' 10 drug dealers at one time that I'm getting my s— from. Seventy-five to 80 Valiums a night, which is a lot. I don't know how the f—I'm still here. I was numbing myself."