At a weekend concert and at shops catering to hip-hop fans, the tragic deaths of young rappers from Pop Smoke to Mac Miller to Nipsey Hussle were front of mind.
Rising Brooklyn rap star Pop Smoke was killed in a Hollywood Hills home invasion. His musical legacy, though brief, was already secured.Cierra Barnett, 24, was similarly existential about all the homicides and overdoses that have plagued the music scene she loves.
“Working in this industry, I’m grateful to do it, but you can’t take it for granted. When people get into drugs, it’s hard to watch,” Woods said. “I know a lot of people who got close to dying and then they woke up. We need to not get to that point.” “It’s really sad. The internet has created a situation where people can go from very young and not famous to pretty much famous overnight, with no support system and everyone there to take advantage of them,” she said. “A lot of them come from places where there’s gang violence or issues they get wrapped up in, and still they’re not that far away from it all.
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