Kodak Black fans have been voicing concerns about his alleged drug use for quite a while now. Unfortunately, these concerns were only compounded this week, when his new On the Radar freestyle dropped. In it, he refers to himself as a “young n***a with a meth habit." The line has earned big reactions from commenters, who for the most part, can't get behind it.
"So we’re just gonna ignore that he said that he’s addicted to Meth," one writes. "So yall ain’t hear the meth part ??? Please send help," another says. “It’s a homage to [Trick Daddy] lowkey. But saying a meth habit is wild," someone else claims.
Following his arrest in December of 2023, Kodak admitted to having used meth in the past while denying cocaine allegations. Currently, it's unconfirmed which substances he allegedly uses.
"If that s**t ain't me, don't put that on me," he said on Instagram Live at the time. "Don't convict me of some s**t that ain't me. Them people went cocaine on me. That's the only s**t that I'm flaming about...I done told y'all, I did meth before. I ain't into that s**t. I ain't riding around with no cocaine. These people don't have no body-cam, none of that. It's 2023, fam."
The substance found by police was later confirmed to be oxycodone, which he had a prescription for. In 2024, Kodak claimed to be working towards sobriety, warning his fans about the dangers of drug use.
“I was chewing 100 Percs a day, man. Average like 40. Average!" he said last June. "If I was f*cking with them fake sh*ts, 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 sh*t, ya feel me?”
Rapper and actor Ghetts has been charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run incident.
The Supacell star, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, has been accused of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
According to London’s Metropolitan Police, the 41-year-old artist is alleged to have failed to stop after hitting a 20-year-old man on Redbridge Lane East in Ilford, East London, on Saturday 18 October.
The British grime performer appeared at Stratford Magistrates' Court on Monday and was remanded in custody ahead of his next scheduled appearance at Barkingside Magistrates' Court on Monday 27 October.
The victim passed away in hospital on Monday, and prosecutors are expected to upgrade the charge against Clarke-Samuel from causing serious injury to causing death by dangerous driving during the upcoming court hearing.
BBC News reports that police are appealing for any witnesses who may have information about the incident to come forward.
Ghetts, who performed at Glastonbury last year, has released five albums and collaborated with major artists such as Ed Sheeran, Stormzy and Skepta during his career.
In 2024, he earned a Mercury Prize nomination for his album On Purpose, with Purpose and also appeared in the Netflix superhero series Supacell in a supporting role.