Nicki Minaj speaks about her earlier habit to Percocet

In an interview with the esteemed style journal Vogue, Trinidadian-born feminine emcee Nicki Minaj just lately opened up about her previous habit to the drug Percocet (also called Oxycodone). The drug has grow to be extremely prevalent in hip-hop tradition and has been referenced in numerous songs, most notably within the observe ‘Mask Off’ by Future. 

Talking about her habit, the lyricist (actual identify Onika Maraj) acknowledged, “I feel like if you’ve ever experienced addiction to anything, you always have to think twice and three times about the choices that you make.” Though Maraj didn’t specify when she was addicted, the emcee unveiled that she was initially prescribed the drug to assist with menstrual cramps and pains.

Nevertheless, after some time, she was utilizing it to get by day by day. Opening up about this, she disclosed, “No one told me that this was a narcotic and this was addictive. Luckily I was able to ground myself. But — once an addict, always an addict.”

The Queens rhymer advised Vogue that she believes being well-known will increase the chance of a person falling sufferer to medication because it’s arduous consistently being watched. She highlighted different musicians who have suffered, comparable to Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston.

Elaborating on this, Minaj continued, “Look at some of our biggest celebrities. They eventually either get laughed out of wanting to go outside anymore, like Michael Jackson, or criticized, like Whitney Houston, or they fight silent battles, like Prince. These are some of the greatest of all time. And one day, they decided, ‘You know what? I’d rather self-medicate and be in my own world.’ ”

The ‘Itty Bitty Piggy’ artist revealed that seeing her father battle with substance abuse additionally formed her view of medication, divulging, “I think about watching my father go back and forth, and I just wish that at the time I understood that he wasn’t doing it because he wanted to.”

She continued, “I thought that he was making a conscious effort to be addicted to a drug that would have him steal his children’s video games and sell them for money. Think about that — who would make a conscious effort to do that? Now I realize those people weren’t making those choices because they wanted to hurt their family. Addiction took over their bodies and their lives. They were victims, too.”