Juicy J Apologizes to Anyone if He “Inspired” Their Drug Usage

The recent death of rapper Juice WRLD has found many people reconsidering how they approach their lives, with many of the rapper’s peers considering leaving drugs behind. Now, Juicy J is taking a different approach and apologizing for any part he played in the popularizing of drugs.

“If I inspired anybody to do drugs I apologize,” Juice J hit Twitter to say.

This apology comes in the wake of Juice WRLD’s death, which is suspected to have been drug-related. Vic Mensa recently claimed that “rap is much to blame” for Juice’s death, echoing a common concern that there’s a dangerous glorification of drugs – specifically lean and opioids – within the hip hop community. Others argue that the drugs are often not glorified, but mentioned as a result of artists’ struggles with addiction.

Do you think Juicy really needed to apologize? Are there others who need to have the same type of ownership?