{"id":221702,"date":"2019-12-10T13:09:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-nbaer-larry-sanders-on-juice-wrld-death-rap-has-serious-drug-problem"},"modified":"2019-12-10T13:09:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T18:09:31","slug":"ex-nbaer-larry-sanders-on-juice-wrld-death-rap-has-serious-drug-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/ex-nbaer-larry-sanders-on-juice-wrld-death-rap-has-serious-drug-problem","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBAer Larry Sanders on Juice WRLD Death, Rap Has Serious Drug Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-133269\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"28.532974428\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.2813411079\">\n<section id=\"cb-753b23c3c5c606394fab814b661e14b4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3947c9dd-14f5-518b-be3f-1fb764164726-1451498401-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder vilynx_enabled vilynx_audiopolicycta vilynx_hidectaicon\" data-vilynx-id=\"www.tmz.com\/videos\/121019-larry-sanders-4691745-0-7x9jzw3w\">\n              <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3947c9dd-14f5-518b-be3f-1fb764164726-1451498401-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Ex-NBAer-Larry-Sanders-on-Juice-WRLD-Death-Rap-Has-Serious-Drug-Problem.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n                                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>              <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4d4ab94969c5ba975df70d0cb137700b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29.4139784946\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/juice-wrld\/\"><strong>Juice WRLD<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s death is another heart-breaking example of the drug epidemic in rap \u2026 so says ex-NBA player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/larry-sanders\/\"><strong>Larry Sanders<\/strong><\/a>, who tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he hopes people can learn from the tragedy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-53341b2ba91b2eab5fc89230d34afd1c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"30.6626506024\">\n<p>TMZ broke the story \u2026 the 21-year-old died on Sunday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/08\/juice-wrld-dead-dies-seizure-chicago-midway-airport-hospital\/\"><strong>suffering a seizure<\/strong><\/a>. Law enforcement sources say the \u201cRobbery\u201d rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/09\/juice-wrld-swallowed-percocet-pills-hide-federal-agents-possible-overdose\/\"><strong>swallowed a bunch<\/strong><\/a> of Percs to hide them from the feds during a drug raid, which could have played a role in his death.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c827c32b5cdfa0fc5d38214f4947c87e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"27.0718232044\">\n<p>Of course, rappers like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/mac-miller\/\"><strong>Mac Miller<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lil-peep\/\"><strong>Lil Peep<\/strong><\/a> have also died due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/09\/07\/mac-miller-dead-dies\/\"><strong>drug-related issues<\/strong><\/a> \u2026 and Sanders says the glorification of drugs in rap culture is becoming a serious issue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dcf58164d655173999be5414012e863c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"32\">\n<p>\u201cI think these kids are starting young and it\u2019s getting embedded into the culture,\u201d Sanders says.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-90bcae7c13c3c87b8941608ff300923c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an epidemic. Hopefully, the kids can learn from these horrible mistakes and make better choices, but it seems like the outcome\u2019s the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7f1d4cd837342bee75d5e2ffd1453e67\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Of course, Sanders has been outspoken about his own battle with depression and anxiety \u2026 and has become an advocate for mental health treatment in the hopes people can explore safer options than self-medicating.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-57c8fb1358444abe88048a44bde3c419\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>\u201cThe conversation is what\u2019s gonna be important \u2026 inspiring the youth to be brave enough to talk about how they feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-be88cfd324ebf4b771033c5afb768d26\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Sanders says there\u2019s been improvement recently in the music industry and sports \u2026 but says there\u2019s more to be done moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/12\/10\/larry-sanders-juice-wrld-death-rap-drug-problem\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/ex-nbaer-larry-sanders-on-juice-wrld-death-rap-has-serious-drug-problem\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZSports.com Juice WRLD\u2018s death is another heart-breaking example of the drug epidemic in rap \u2026 so says ex-NBA player Larry Sanders, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}