This phenomenon is not properly understood.Why is it so prevalent in some genres of music...just heard DMX has died from drug abuse...the roll call is long and depressing...Jimi Hendrix...Janis Joplin...Michael Jackson...jim Morrison ...Prince... Elvis Presley etc...why people at the peak of their success turn to drugs???..just dont get it.
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Drug abuse in music industry
In reply to TEMPER
Prince had an opioid problem to deal with a chronic hip problem. And he was given bad medication. I don't think his case could be compared with the others. He was taking an over the counter pill which was in actuality a counterfiet. And the media, being the bottom feeders they are constructed an entire narrative around one toxicology report. A friend of mines went to Miniapolis on vacation and saw him walking with a cane, going into a record shop and limping.
In reply to TEMPER
The pressure to perform at your best. You need something pick you up when you are down.
I have the utmost respect for entertainers, motivational speakers etc. Mentally it is tough.
In reply to nitro
Thats a load of rubbish.You dont see folks who are dirt poor doing drugs...what pressure...real pressure is when u aint got money to pay the bills etc....does not make sense.
In reply to Jumpstart
Sad what happened to Prince if that is the case....the most underrated artist and gifted man ..head and shoulders over the others
..RIP
In reply to TEMPER
You don't see poor folks overdoing the ganja and white rum?
Pressure affects everybody, rich or poor. Have you worked on Wall Street?
Thats a load of rubbish.You dont see folks who are dirt poor doing drugs. where are you living under a rock?
In reply to TEMPER
Totally underrated man. Thd most naturally gifted musician of the last 40 years. A prodigy
In reply to nitro
I have the utmost respect for entertainers, motivational speakers etc. Mentally it is tough.
They should emulate those Evangelists/preachers in these mega-churches who're totally reliant on prayers.
Michael Jackson got hooked on painkillers after that accident during the Pepsi Commercial that burnt his scalp horribly (the Jheri curl didn't help) In that case he was no different from Prince.
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