![]() The SoundCloud rap scene was notorious for its drug use, often abusing prescription pills such as Xanax that became a go-to metaphor in lyrics. Peep’s death before a Tucson concert in 2017 was harrowingly foreshadowed by an Instagram video posted hours before, which showed him looking glazed and dissociated on a tour bus pouring yellow pills into his mouth. That’s part of what made his death so troubling not just to his family, but the music industry at large. With model-striking good looks and an uncommon candor about his own struggles with drugs and mental health on songs including “Awful Things” and “Better Off (Dying),” fans identified not just with his vision but with Peep as a person. I loved Peep’s music, but someone needed to get a hold of that kid because he was dying in public.” These kids don’t know there’s a next stage of life. “On YouTube and SoundCloud, there are hundreds of kids who think they’re going to be Peep or Juice Wrld. ![]() rock scene alongside such drug-heavy acts as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction. “Kids are looking for leadership in our society and we’re giving them none because we can make a fast buck off them,” said Bob Forrest, an L.A.-area addiction counselor who served on the board of MusiCares, and who grew up performing in the L.A. Juice Wrld even had a song about Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, “Legends,” that presaged him prematurely joining his friends: “What’s the 27 club? / We ain’t making it past 21.” Music Appreciation: Hip-hop star Juice Wrld - a natural talent, yet another unnatural deathĪt November’s Camp Flog Gnaw, Juice Wrld paid tribute to fallen rappers XXXTentacion, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Peep and Mac Miller. These deaths, along with the 2018 murder of Peep collaborator XXXTentacion, have led to a call for the music industry to take better care of its young, often troubled artists. That legacy takes on even greater weight this week when coupled with the sudden death of his peer, 21-year-old rap star Juice Wrld, following a seizure that may have been brought on by a drug overdose, according to law enforcement sources. Two years on, “Everybody’s Everything,” a new documentary and soundtrack album, add layers to Peep’s legacy. Just days later, Peep would be found dead, from an overdose of Xanax and fentanyl, leaving behind a devastated extended family and a body of profoundly influential music. “So I showed up on Halloween with two tubes of Aquaphor to make sure he was OK. She was incredibly close to her son, born Gustav Ahr, and loved looking after him in the days between tour dates. Womack is a first-grade teacher who lives in suburban Long Island, N.Y. “He was complaining that his bottom lip was cracked and split because of way he held the mike,” Peep’s mother, Liza Womack, said. He would be grateful to his friends for taking the time and care to do it just right.In October of 2017, the rapper Lil Peep returned home from tour much as any 21-year-old would come home from college on a break. Gus would be so proud to know that this album had come out. I am very grateful to Makonnen not only for his patience, grace, and fortitude, but also for the tenderness with which he re-assembled the original “Diamonds Team” to gently prepare the album for its release. I knew I had to do everything I could to help get this album released-and released the way Gus and Makonnen had made it. We all waited with anticipation for the release of this album. He knew there was more music to make, and he knew he had limited time due to his upcoming fall COWYS tour, so he organized his next chunk of studio time so he could meet Makonnen in London, where they made the last batch of songs. While Gus was glad to be home for his grandpa’s birthday, he could not wait to get back to making music with Makonnen. When he came home in August, he played those songs for us-over and over. Gus was absolutely thrilled about working with Makonnen. Lil Peep and Makonnen completed the first fifteen of what would be twenty-one songs and would later be known as the album “Diamonds” in Los Angeles, exactly 6 years ago in August of 2017.
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