Lil Uzi Vert has opened up about how ditching medicine has impacted his music, noting that it’s helped enhance his whole inventive course of.
TMZ caught up with Uzi on Tuesday (March 14) to ask him about his inventive course of for his upcoming undertaking, The Pink Tape. The Philly rap star revealed that getting sober has helped him in methods he would by no means have imagined.
Uzi famous that whereas it was initially difficult, he ultimately obtained used to it. Then again, the “Simply Wanna Rock” rapper additionally shared that he feared the change would negatively impression his music.
“I believed that my inventive course of wasn’t gonna be the identical as a result of I wasn’t on medicine no extra,” he mentioned. Nevertheless, when the reporter requested if his inventive course of was the identical, he admitted it was even higher.
Uzi mentioned that not solely may he “assume extra clearly,” he now not had points with slurring his phrases and has been centered within the studio. “It made sense,” he mentioned. “It wasn’t like I simply made random music. I didn’t simply play off the beat. I really made songs with matters this time.”
The rapper additionally inspired his friends to think about going sober, noting that “it could actually change your life.”
Except for speaking about his sobriety, Uzi just lately addressed the controversy in regards to the Devil-referencing line in an unreleased tune of his and mentioned he doesn’t assume followers ought to take it too actually.
The controversy started after he debuted a number of new songs at Rolling Loud California, together with one which contained lyrics about changing his Metropolis Woman girlfriend JT to Satanism. “I make a Metropolis Woman consider in Devil,” he rapped.
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Lil Uzi mentioned he wasn’t referring to being concerned in satanic worship however that the road was a metaphor and to not be taken too severely. “Principally, I make a lady do no matter I say so,” he mentioned.
The rapper additionally provided his ideas concerning the backlash he acquired and mentioned he “doesn’t concentrate” to the folks that took concern together with his lyric. “I simply say what I would like in my songs. It’s like my freedom of speech,” he mentioned.
Regardless of rising up in a non secular family, Lil Uzi Vert mentioned that after turning into an grownup and gaining extra life expertise, he’s comfy with himself and the music he makes and has no downside with saying what he desires. Nevertheless, Uzi did word that whereas he didn’t initially imply to offend folks, “in the event that they don’t prefer it, they’ve the choice to show it off.”
One of many offended people included former G-Unit member Tony Yayo. TMZ chatted with the rapper final week to get his ideas on Uzi’s attention-grabbing selection of lyrics, and the previous G-Unit soldier wasted no time pledging his allegiance to the person upstairs.
