Lil Uzi Vert is not a fan of individuals who release singles and albums before they are ready for an official release.
Having been affected by leaks themselves, Uzi expressed frustration with leakers during an interview with Pitchfork’s Over/Under series.
When asked to identify something they believe is overrated, Uzi replied: “Leaks be so overrated. Leaks are not ready to be presented. When y’all get leaks, fans, or the leak police, or the leak scammers, or the people in those rooms and the discords and all that, when y’all sit there and y’all get 82 of my leaked songs, right, that I haven’t put together the right way.”
Uzi also pointed out that leaks distort the public’s view of an artist: “[People] sit here and say, ‘Oh, Lil Uzi is trash.’ Y’all literally are basically watching me get dressed in my closet. I don’t got my clothes on yet. So y’all basically see me naked.”
They continued: “So y’all n-ggas is trash. All y’all, y’all trash. Y’all not giving me a second to get dressed. So before I could dress the song up, y’all judge it. So leaks are horrible. It’s not even an over or underrated, horrible.”
Another thing Lil Uzi Vert thinks is overrated is the use of nitrous oxide.
In the same interview, Uzi said: “Don’t do whippets! Them jawns will — they is bad! Yo, don’t do them. They is bad. They’ll have you eating foods you never ate, they’ll have you hanging with people you never hung with. That’s just what I heard.”
They added: “Honestly, with no money and no narrative, whippets is really bad. I’m really saying that. I don’t saying nothing is bad; I’m the guy that loves everything. Whippets are fucking bad, bro.”
Whippets is a slang term for nitrous oxide, which comes in small metal canisters.
The prolonged use of this substance can lead to brain damage, along with other organ issues and vitamin B12 deficiency.
Uzi also addressed fans’ worries about their supposed use of nitrous oxide on their latest album Eternal Atake 2.
On the opening track “We Good,” the Philadelphia artist responded to the rumors with the line: “They said I was lost, they thought I was a dead guy, I was on that NOS.”
