Recovery: Rappers Who Have Battled Substance Abuse
These rap stars fought to beat the habit.
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T.I.\r - Shortly after serving a year-and-a-day-long sentence on gun charges, T.I. and wife Tiny were arrested on September 1, 2010 for possession of ecstasy and other drugs. In a plea to the court, Tip admitted that he had a drug problem. In a recent interview with Billboard magazine the rapper thanked fellow rap star Eminem for helping him kick the habit. \r\r(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)
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Lil Boosie - The last two years have a been rough on Boosie Bad Azz. Yesterday (November 29) the Baton Rouge rapper was sentenced to 8 years behind bars for a drug charge. Speaking to TMZ the rapper admits to having a drug problem and promises he is now on a mission to kick the habit.
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Eminem\r - In August 2005, Em canceled the European leg of his Anger Management 3 Tour to enter a drug rehabilitation treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication." After a long break, the rap star returned to music in May 2009 with the release of Relapse, then the following year he shared the experiences of his long journey back from drug problems on the acclaimed album, Recovery.\r\r(Photo: Scott Gries/PictureGroup)
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Lil Wayne\r - In January 2008, Lil Wayne was charged with possession of narcotic drugs for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia. Since completing his year-long sentence in New York's Riker's Island, Weezy claims that he's been abiding by his three-year probation, which forbids any drug use.\r(Photo: Johnny Louis/WENN.com)
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DMX\r - There have been many ups and downs in DMX's struggle with drugs and although it seemed all his problems were coming to an end in 2002 when he entered a rehab to treat his drug addiction, he quickly relapsed and was arrested numerous times over the last nine years on drug charges. More recently, X says that he's back on the straight and narrow, but only time will tell. \r\r(Photo: Jeff Daly/PictureGroup)
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Flavor Flav \r - As an integral member of the popular rap group Public Enemy, Flavor Flav was notorious for his outspokenness, outlandish behavior and insatiable drug problem. Flav once commented that at his worst he was spending more than $2,500 a day on crack cocaine.\r(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)
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Gucci Mane\r - Cocaine got the best of ATL rapper Gucci Mane in 2010. The troublesome rap star checked himself into rehab in October 2010 for his addiction to the 'white.'\r(Photo: Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
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G-Dep\r - Once a promising member of Diddy's Bad Boy Records, G-Dep could not capitalize on stardom due to years of drug use. After a visibly intoxicated G-Dep walked into a police station and confessed to a murder 17 years prior and later recanted, the straight-laced wife of the former Bad Boy went on record with VIBE magazine to talk about his drug dependency. She claimed to have taken him to "rehab after rehab" and cast doubt on his murder confession, saying that she isn't sure it's true because he once professed to be Jesus Christ during one of his binges. \r\r(Photo: Denise Truscello/WireImage)
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Kid Cudi - In September 2010, Grammy-nominated rapper Kid Cudi confessed to battling a cocaine addiction caused by his inability to deal with life in the spotlight. Earlier that year, he'd been arrested in New York for possession of liquid cocaine (whatever that is) but now after admittedly "high-fiving death a couple times" and the birth of his son, Cudi apparently gave it all up. (Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Bacardi)
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Vanilla Ice\r - Life outside the limelight wasn't as bright for Vanilla Ice. To deal, he began abusing ecstasy, cocaine and heroin before attempting suicide on July 4, 1994 by heroin overdose. After the brush with death, he chose life.\r(Photo: Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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