Let’s get to the root of the problem, who started this epidemic? Eminem? Wayne? Juicy J? The US govt and the pharmaceutical industry who decided to invade Afghanistan to occupy poppy fields and start an opioid epidemic to make billions off of citizens?

We invaded Afghanistan and occupied poppy fields in 2001 then the opioid epidemic started.

Kanye invented

Let’s blame the white man. People don’t bring him up enough for my liking.

Opioid epidemic is destroying a lot more white lives than the crack epidemic did so it’s not a race thing this time.

Can’t wait to see how many people are too autistic to get OP’s point

op right. u.s. government to blame. nikkas missin the entire point if they wastin their breath criticizing rappers

wayne def

Ya know I was really wondering why people weren’t saying Eminem for the longest. S***s been out since the first album really

EVERYTHING IS PUSHA T!!!

The entire setup of the US healthcare system made that huge rise in prescription opioid use inevitable

The government's response to the initial increase effectively forced doctors to cut off patients who had been taking them for years and had become highly dependent.

People weren't given the medical help they needed to deal with this dependency (the outdated belief that d*** dependency is a personal moral failing played a role in this) and were left with no choice but to buy it illegally (too expensive) before moving onto heroin (cheap), creating a growing market for illegal opioids.

This all coincided with the financial crisis, advances in automation, and growing inequality, all of which feed into each other to create the perfect storm.

The popularity of d*** rap is just a reflection of this reality, not because Eminem rapped about stealing his mom's Vicodin in the 90s. If anything both were caused by the same underlying issues.

I got you.

Great post agree with everything you said, I’m not blaming Eminem just trying to make a point.

The “war” on d****

Wayne
Future took it to a different level

George BUSH!

Shoutout the us govt for this

Opiods too fire

when white ppl have d*** problem it’s “opiate crisis” when black ppl have d*** problem it’s “war on d****” and crime related tho

op not wrong about government and pharmaceutical companies being responsible for opioid crisis in general/bigger picture

But I feel the opioid/pill problem in rap has less to do w that and more to do w rappers lyrics/lifestyle sounding appealing to kids n s***

You think white men give a s*** if other white people die?

Rich white men are not even that racist cause all broke people are the same filth to them

People started rapping more about it right around the time it became a problem again, not the other way around.
Think about the fact that you started with “I feel like”

Op is Adam Curtis and came armed with fact

i never said it was the other way around. The first part of my post clearly states that I understand this is the govt/pharm companies fault more than anything

but the reason young kids or new rappers want to do d****/rap about d**** is most likely because their favorite rappers are doing it too.

afghanistan is where heroin and illegal opium is produced, it's not used for american business