Lil Uzi Vert has tackled fan worries about their supposed use of nitrous oxide in the new album Eternal Atake 2.
In the opening track “We Good,” the Philadelphia artist addresses the rumors with the line: “They said I was lost, they thought I was a dead guy, I was on that NOS.”
Uzi appears to acknowledge the use of nitrous oxide in the following song “Light Year (Practice),” rapping: “I’m fresh off the nitrous, ain’t mess up ability.”
Earlier this year, fans expressed concern for Uzi after a video emerged online showing them inhaling a substance from a party balloon while socializing with friends in a studio.
In the background, one man exclaims: “My son is back! We got Uzi back!” to which Baby Pluto replies: “Yes sir!” followed by laughter.
The video also featured several balloons and an unmarked canister used to inflate them.
Fans quickly speculated that Uzi was using nitrous oxide, known as laughing gas for its euphoric effects, leading to both concern and criticism online.
“[N]o wonder his music so trash now nitrous fried his brain smh,” one commenter wrote on X (formerly Twitter), while another said: “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.”
The National Institute of Health has cautioned about the risks of prolonged 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.”
Lil Uzi Vert isn’t alone in these associations; Kanye West has also faced allegations of nitrous oxide addiction, reportedly due to his dentist.
These claims were made in a sworn statement by former Yeezy chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos against Ye’s dentist Thomas Connelly to the California Dental Board earlier this year.
He accused Connelly of charging the rapper over $50,000 monthly for supplying “enormous” amounts of nitrous oxide, typically used for pain relief in dental procedures.
As a result of Ye’s alleged addiction to the gas, Yiannopoulos stated that the rapper has shown “distressing symptoms” and has become “incomprehensible and contradictory” in his communication.
Connelly has denied these accusations, claiming Yiannopoulos is attempting to harm his reputation over “personal grievances.”
