Lil Uzi Vert has said that they are ready to turn over a new leaf when it comes to the use of nitrous oxide, not long after seeming to address the longstanding rumors about their use of the drug.
In several Instagram Stories posted over the weekend, Uzi made reference to the change. In the most straightforward, they captioned a selfie “Nomore bad stuff,” with emojis of a salute, a wind face emoji, and a balloon emoji. (In many cases, nitrous oxide gas is inhaled via party balloons).
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A second story, still visible as of this writing, shows the star saying, “Who fried?” with a tears of joy emoji — a seeming reference to fan concern that his brain was “fried” from his use of nitrous. A third, soundtracked by the “Okay, I’m reloaded!” voice that begins JAY-Z’s second album, says “Trust the process,” accompanied by a bat emoji.
Check the stories out below, captured by Akademiks.
Uzi addressed fan concerns over their alleged use of nitrous oxide on their new album Eternal Atake 2.
On the opening track “We Good,” the Philadelphia rapper responds to the rumors by spitting: “They said I was lost, they thought I was a dead guy, I was on that NOS.”
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Uzi seemingly confirms using nitrous oxide on the very next song “Light Year (Practice),” rapping: “I’m fresh off the nitrous, ain’t mess up ability.”
Fans were concerned about Uzi’s welfare earlier this year after a video circulated online of them inhaling a substance from a party balloon while hanging out with a group of friends in a recording studio.
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One of the men in the background says: “My son is back! We got Uzi back!” to which Baby Pluto replies: “Yes sir!” before laughing.
Several other balloons could be seen in the clip, along with an unmarked canister which was used to blow them up.
Fans were quick to speculate that Uzi was using nitrous oxide — nicknamed laughing gas for its euphoric high — leading to both concern and criticism online.
“[N]o wonder his music so trash now nitrous fried his brain smh,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter), while another added: “Using nitrous for his studio sessions yeah just go ahead and retire. [Luv Is Rage 3] gonna be his worst album by far and his brain is gonna be cooked.”
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The National Institute of Health has warned about the dangers of sustained nitrous oxide use, which “inactivates vitamin B12, resulting in a functional vitamin B12 deficiency and initially causing numbness in fingers, which may further progress to peripheral neuropathy and megaloblastic anemia.”
