Kodak Black needs an intervention the Florida rapper has been in a weird place for a while now after an iconic run in the late 2010s Yak has struggled to produce the same kind of hits or even chart high on the Billboards anymore but that's nothing compared to what he seems to be doing to himself because these days it really looks like Yak needs help before it's too [Music] late huh no [Music] hey what's it's your boy Lea and today we're unpacking the chain of events that led Kodak Black to where he is now and the
reason the conversation even became relevant in the first place was due to his recent appearance on kaat stream during his subathon kaat has been welcoming a ho ho of famous faces onto his dream to keep the engagement and ensure things are fresh for his audience but no one expected how they would feel after Kodak Black's appearance because rather than be left entertained they were either concerned or just straight up sad throughout his appearance on the stream Kodak seemed to be majorly tweaking I thought your I thought your name was bubble hey oh [ __ ]
I thought your name was you see how that like life work like excuse me now you good excuse me help help me clearly out of it the project baby seemed disoriented to the point that someone probably should have stepped in at some point his attempt at a freestyle left Kai stunned and not in a good way hop on that [Music] track said she going suck for me I said no no I don't want it I don't want sex I don't want a sex [Music] you want up for me I said no no no I don't
want it I'm just waiting for the bus I'm just waiting for the bus I didn't want a sex I don't want a sex did she push me right here she pushed me she go B she punched me she punched me she said she said no you don't go anywhere then he threw a perk into his mouth from a height leaving Kai wondering what to [Music] do [ __ ] was that that was a glitch for the twitch the whole thing left the internet stunned with people asking why nobody did anything to stop Kodak from being
seen in a vulnerable state as well as speculation on exactly what he had taken where are his real friends shouldn't have even allowed bro to be on stream nah this is sad not funny bro needs rehab and rather than let social media do its thing he tried to get on top of it by issuing a quick response but he definitely wasn't going to take the approach of thanking them for their well wishes hell no say y people be y'all be on all type of [ __ ] y'all be on shs ass all type of stupid
ass [ __ ] but I take one per and y'all be so [ __ ] but hurt y don't want to like a [ __ ] anyway rather than being receptive to the concern Yak interpreted it as hate instead in fact he went as far as to turn on the people who were rooting for him to get better everybody El who be coming like on that timing they got no motion they broke they hurt they they s or they trying to come into a [ __ ] life some kind of way and trying to like
look any type of little [ __ ] oh yeah I can come in that way oh I think you need help oh look bro like think so yeah [ __ ] if y if a [ __ ] if a [ __ ] needed help y think knew that y think knew and I need I need I need you tell me when that thing go over as planned Yak Double Down claiming Social Media is more toxic than what he was doing Yak understand that kids are watching you look bro I used to give a [ __
] right well I don't give a [ __ ] you know why feel me cuz Tik Tok got all the negatives most most negative [ __ ] ever to point [ __ ] I got to go on my kid phone like hey yo let me see and I I had to see like you feel me cuz be all type of kids doing gay ass Dances all type of gay ass [ __ ] in the cartoons all type of [ __ ] ass [ __ ] [ __ ] I ain't doing nothing worse than what they
got on Tik Tok the whole thing has refused to blow over and it even started a public beef between Aiden Ross kaat and Lil TJ over how rappers are exploited by streamers why is he mad [ __ ] we streamers I think cuz I I heard him say um you only [ __ ] with the top people I don't know he's talking about Aiden but I generally be mind of my business then some way somehow I get dragged somewhere every single time and I'mma just go ahead and think that a song or album or something
about about to drop you feel me TJ it's unfortunate that you didn't even like text me or nothing and like or say yo this is what you did with here was cool like I don't even remember you having a problem with me now opinions are coming in from everywhere alongside plenty of people that are concerned about him but the one thing that we're not hearing is any accountability from Kodak nor commitments to change or what we've heard before or even an acknowledgement of why the public is taking this so hard because this isn't any isolated
incident Instead This is a battle that yak has been fighting for years and at times it felt like he had the power to beat his demons but every time that he fought hard he only wound up back where he started and now it looks like we might be hitting rock bottom since he popped out on the scene Kodak never shied away from his vices on wax this was one of the things that made him such a fascinating rapper to listen to but as he got more and more famous it soon became clear that this was
a problem for Yak that he had to address long before he was on Kai's stream he had been seen publicly intoxicated plenty of times before in one Infamous incident he seemed to be incredibly lit while being interviewed by Zas and beu got my boy Yak in the building man tired as [ __ ] n tired that's what I see okay okay uh like tired like they dead and they dead like flies flies like flies everywhere they dead [ __ ] is just like crazy homie so with Gremlin bro n [ __ ] then that [
__ ] say SG I ain't going to lie that [ __ ] just hit different when you play it's like every time you listen to that [ __ ] that [ __ ] just do something me yeah yeah that [ __ ] got crack in other instances he discussed what he' done before in interviews including the previous use of crystal meth which he said improved his sexual stamina me and Stevie like we were EA back boy I'm saying we on ice back wide open fried out here saying like that regular ice me [ __ ]
like you know [ __ ] was popping M and [ __ ] like that but like [ __ ] A Bas none that [ __ ] I'm saying way more than a lot of these [ __ ] I'm saying [ __ ] ho I [ __ ] them real good saying G time Stu busting me some [ __ ] for two three hours but at that time it did genuinely seem like he had it under control as someone who' wrestled with addiction he even explained his plans to remove the stigma around those with substance issues
and offer drug-free alternatives to popular narcotics and Hiphop at a CBD store I'm opening up a CBD shop know I'm say opening up a CBD shop you know SJ sad G for the for the people who like fighting the St they VI they probably smoke a lot of E you know I'm saying weed ain't really no problem but you know smoke the CBD something out CBD read CBD perks CBD people who want to feel steem cool with the Double Cups waa all this crazy [ __ ] W lean and all that [ __ ] I
got the CBD lean but before long Kodak would find himself in a situation that might either Shield him from the temptation of drugs or depending how you view the penal system give him easier access to them in 2019 Yak received 46 months in prison after pleading guilty to weapons charges initially it seemed like there was no way out of that situation but then a line he wrapped in dirty cave from Haitian boy codak came to life and he got the help that he had been hoping for as he said I change my life tonight if
Donald Trump reduced my sentence Yak got what he wanted and was given a pardon by the president on his way out of the White House okay I got the lyric it said I'd change my life tonight if Donald Trump reduced my sentence he not only reduces sentence he pardoned you all that good [ __ ] that's hard that's hard never been done before yeah how how did that happen like you you in the cell and they said he Gemini G his Gemini like me his birthday three days after my [ __ ] and I like
he be Ving out here too after escaping the public eye for a little while Kodak looks so much healthier that people speculated whether he was a different person Kodak Black is a clone that's three different people and it didn't help that he was literally playing into the narrative as well whether you want to believe it or not this is not Kodak man y'all need to [ __ ] wake up watch this man it's certain little things I can't do like like uh the dude um Kodiak Kodiak Kodiak black you know what I'm saying I ain't
I ain't adapt all the uh things but things weren't all plane sailing once he was free soon there was a stumbling block when he got involved in a shooting at a party in West Hollywood the event occurred during an Afterparty following a Justin Bieber concert a fight broke out leading to gunfire that injured four individuals including Kodak Black who was shot in the leg while this could have sent him spiraling again he remained on a positive path in fact he acted like it was overdue you know I watch a lot of your IG live videos
yak and you said something you was like you kept saying man finally finally somebody got me but why why look at it in that way like finally somebody got you I mean cuz of like I'm a type of [ __ ] nobody going to make me feel bad man nobody on the internet going to make me go crazy like Dam they laughing I'm going to show you my scars I'm going highlight it myself I'm laughing at my damn self be like man [ __ ] shot me real good in that period Kodak seemed to be
focused on his music career once more with tracks like super Gremlin Yak managed to reassert himself as a force in the genre plus he got back to how prolific he used to be dropping project after project but it couldn't last and in February 2023 things started to go left again the first signs that there might be a problem came in February 2023 when an IG live video of him looking evidently intoxicated emerged well when I'm like what all of a sudden now y want to put this [ __ ] as a random I missed a
drug test when I nobody try nobody notify me where nobody notified me nobody hit my lawyer nobody hit me nobody send no emails and put no Hazard alert like he need to come tell him come and none of that [ __ ] just a month later he was ordered to attend drug rehab for 30 days after allegedly testing positive for fenel which would be a violation of his bail terms the news that Kodak was involved with a potenti Al lethal substance is concerning especially considering that this drug contributed to the deaths of beloved artists like
Low PEEP and Mac Miller a lot of times people don't even know that they're taking it if Yak was taking a fake pill it could have slipped into his system just like that now he was ordered by the judge to go to rehab but if it helped it looked like it was only a short-term solution less than 8 months later he was wheeled into a hospital with fans speculating that he might have [Music] overdosed then just days after he felt sleep on IG [Music] live some people tried to cut him some slack for this but
the vast majority of people saw it for what it was any former addict knows the nod when they see it even if some of his supporters were in denial their perspective definitely switched up after his appearance on the drink Champs and what is now one of the most notorious and divisive episodes of nori and DJ efn show Kodak seemed completely out of it throughout the entire interview gum player Ace [Music] Hood he's wiping his [Music] face yeah go ahe poring [ __ ] it's like I want to go gun play I want to go Ace
but just okay I talk I'm I'm get a [ __ ] they do out top I don't F like what I don't F if we if we if we want to kill J I don't know for what [ __ ] cuz kill stuff you know once again this led to a public outcry for Kodak to get back on the wagon with Joe Buton saying someone should have tried to sort the situation out a long time ago the internet tried to over complicate [ __ ] sometimes Kodak Black looked like pure [ __ ] on drink
Champs and he looked like [ __ ] when he was wiggling around on the floor talking to himself in the dark when his man was taping him mhm didn't look the greatest when he dodged that bullet from 2 ft away that we all watch the internet pck pick funny times to be concerned about people I've been concerned about him for the last year [ __ ] a couple years yeah I mean I'm trying to be nice cuz the nigga's fire yeah as for ish he took a different View and argued that kodak's potential to be
great is why he should be protected again even with him he's not necessarily My Demo but what I'm hearing from the people is that the kid is a genius they say he's just a different level of thinker in that and I think that people get mad when you put some like that on your show or on your platform and you showing them at they worse people feel offended by that especially if we the hip-hop Community we supposed to be looking out for each other and we supposed to be doing all of that [ __ ]
then when you put this kid up there that's evidently going through some mental [ __ ] and he drunk where is your real loyalty to hip-hop if that's what you monetizing While others made some Grim comparisons between what they saw in yak and another gritty rap Legend who passed away after a lengthy battle with drugs Kodak is like the southern DMX just think about it the streets influence drug abuse the pain The Cry for Help the battle with demons but simultaneously appearing to be a musical genius you even had other stars like rayj chiming in
on it too saying that something should be done he even went as far as to suggest that Kodak had embarrassed himself while he was in front of Donald Trump during an encounter at maralago yo somebody needs to grab bro and make sure he good this ain't the interview Nory we got to help this dude I took him to Trump's house and he did the most they were not happy with the experience because he had no guidance and respect yo at wack 100 let's figure out how we can help this guy instead of watching himself self-destruct
as kodak's erratic Behavior continued he even attracted the attention of politicians too after he was awarded a proclamation by Senator Bobby Powell Palm Beach County Commission candidate Richard riy came out and said that Kodak needed help not commendations he emphasized that as an African-American he values forgiveness and believes in second chances hoping that bill Capri AKA codak black can redeem himself however he also expressed concern over kodak's recent arrests suggesting that they show a lack of moral Direction and hint at potential drug issues he then criticized Senator Powell for giving Kodak praise instead of using
their meeting as an opportunity to guide him as a positive role model but Kodak tried to keep his nose clean and focused on music but in December he was apprehended in Plantation Florida for possession of cocaine and evidence tampering charges according to the police report the rapper Bentley was blocking the road at the time and his tailights were on once again Yak insisted he wasn't on cocaine I know I come I whatever like a [ __ ] got going on bro all with that but like if that [ __ ] a't me don't put that
[ __ ] on me like for real for real don't convict me or some [ __ ] that a me people went cocaine on me that's the only [ __ ] what I'm flaming about that [ __ ] cuz it's like brother a going to lie that [ __ ] I know I tell [ __ ] I done told y I done told y [ __ ] with them I told y I did me before me like the [ __ ] bro I ain't in this [ __ ] I ain't run around no cocaine or
they say SW cocaine crazy I the [ __ ] and the people got no body cam none of that [ __ ] but 2023 FR after that he got even deeper into his drug use saying that any peras that he took was actually prescribed after he got shot in the leg now he says he's focused on getting clean and even spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to rehab say [ __ ] that but that then them was my medicine prescribed to me I will honestly say that like as as like even before I
had got got shot and I had got prescribed to to him again and [ __ ] like that I could like I had started like you know D abusing the [ __ ] too and I'm working on myself I'm working right now I paid 350,000 like $350,000 and [ __ ] like they get clean and get better and [ __ ] you feel me but fans don't miss anything and they were soon pointing out that he was either capping in his WPS or lying to evade the laws as on tracks like dirt MC jerk he
literally spoke about using blow I'm on cocaine and weed smoking on dirt MC jerk sipping on syrup with Kirk see I'm on the lows and highs I don't play with my nose I'm lying after his lawyer and close confident Bradford Cohen who Yak tattooed the name on his skin by the way he managed to keep him out of jail Kodak was given another chance and this time it really seemed like he was facing up to the struggles he had and was intent on making a positive change for himself and his family this was especially clear
when the year 2024 began and Yak managed to keep himself out of trouble and while he wasn't completely sober it was a big difference in April of 2024 Yak got real with his fans it said that he majorly lowered his intake on those prescription pills that once had him in a choke hold if you know me bro you know I don't even lie it perks or [ __ ] I never been a type of to be PR for [ __ ] but I remember a point in my life when I was chewing a lot of
perks I'm proud of myself I've never been as happy in my life bro I don't want know where this came from what the [ __ ] going on from there he detailed the obscene amount he used to be taking daily as well is conceding that it was the detriment of his ability to make compelling music that equals his best work I ain't even want to say I'm anti like I never took a per since I've been home but bro my dosage so low that I can't believe it myself now I'm telling y'all bro I just
went to jail bro I was taking bro I could talk about this cuz this my testimony bro I'm holling at y' ain't no shame my D bro I was taking [Music] bro BR at least 100 perks but my average was 40 per say bro I'm telling y this but I a know to the point I look at this and I be likeo what the was wrong with me bro I listen to my music and be like what the [ __ ] if he was really taking 100 perks he's honestly lucky to be alive sadly most
people don't survive taking even half of that still it seemed like a big wakeup call both personally and professionally however it wouldn't be long until things went South once again everyone is entitled to a night out and Kodak was still seen hopping around the clubs but in May it looked like he took things a little too far when footage came out of his second baby mama twerking on his prone body while he was passed out why she posted that to the internet is unclear especially when he was actively trying to turn a corner but I
guess clout is a hell of a drug despite this little incident Kodak spoke out once more in July 2024 claiming that he was pretty much on the straight and narrow he even admitted that he couldn't have imagined this in the past I'm over for the most part and I say this like around my people them so they know like they know like a niggaer that serious I could talk about it now you feel me for the most part bro I be brother let me tell you this like back then bro I couldn't waited till like
Saturday [ __ ] like like for nothing like now I could wait a few days yeah like don't matter what what I'm talking about I'm just I'm saying like I ain't had that self control just more proud of on like I ain't saying I couldn't I just like it was like a [ __ ] [ __ ] scared we so like bit a [ __ ] tell me like to wait the Friday to do whatever the [ __ ] like [ __ ] I'm that sound [ __ ] stupid that just Ain make no sense
to it like life a't so like N I can do that I could go nothing that's that's motivation for [ __ ] to feel like you know what B if the gremlin could do it you could do it y'all could do it this seemed like real tangible progress and Yak fans congratulated him but unfortunately by the 20th of that same month he was back online popping perks snapping at fans who said it was nice to see him sober I'm I'm still like be chilling and [ __ ] but I'm F I'm going to glitch right
quick I ain't even know nothing yet this just me this just me you like y' tripping mean talking about call that little so for once for once you see n [ __ ] y don't know nothing y don't even know nothing [ __ ] y' don't know [ __ ] y don't know nothing [ __ ] I say grow the faal hair back bro we like the sober hair we like the so uh we like the hey hey oh [ __ ] sobriety isn't easy for everyone and for Kodak it's been especially tough his life
has been full of drama a reality he's been sharing openly through his music since painting pictures and some of his Ross lyrics like those in close to the Grave he gives us a glimpse into the struggles he faces every day showing just how deep these battles run him you know death right around the corner in prison my next door neighbor feel like I'm dying to live I know we live to die but I feel like I'm dying to live along the way he lost friends too including close allies like Wiz the wizard he even spoke
openly about the agony he felt after he passed my beautiful girlfriend she respecting my daughter soon in a few months so I put myself like man that's crazy like that could be anybody and you know I just lost a friend very close friend for like we've been friends for like over 10 years I just lost him yesterday and he got to do it for baby girl too so it's like you know it's crazy um dealing with dealing with losing loved ones and stuff like that it's hard like I've been dealing with lost my whole life
you know my cousin funeral is just today too so you know it's crazy everybody put up with and deal with stuff like in different ways and all that you know at the end of the day we all we got you know this Ain nothing to do with politics a white black rich or po you know we all we got is us you know help each other despite being a star and earning every bit of success that he has kodc still struggles with facing his demons in one revelatory interview he told the Breakfast Club that he
never envisioned this life for himself claiming that he wasn't supposed to be here something you say you didn't always feel like your music was going to get you out the hood like you didn't think it could happen for you yeah cuz I wasn't supposed to be here you know what I'm saying honestly I wasn't so cuz of like what crime or like because it's all the stuff you was doing yeah a man who grew up without a male role model Kodak tried to open up about his father's attempts to foster a connection only for people
to laugh has your dad tried to reach out to you now that you've been sucess he has uhhuh did you respond or you I mean a part of me was like one day he going to die and I'm going to be like gu so crazy like okay we all going to die no I understand let him finish let him finish yeah and then I'll be like damn I ain't never really get to you know what I'm saying you know why he look at you like that cuz he Haitian and he hates his daddy yeah you
dad was never there for but another Another Part Of Me like yeah you feel like he only reached out to you because even when he tries to get real people don't always take him seriously that's the reason why his honest and refreshingly candid speech to some school kids about the positives and negatives of drug use divided opinion and say know the drugs they too good y don't like me go crazy you had some users saying not going to lie I feel like like if people were more honest like this about drugs with kids we'd have
less addicts on the other hand someone said whoever this dude is please keep him away from kids if that's all you're going to say don't say anything at all what a joke although people probably think he's irresponsible there are moments where Kodak is loosid enough to realize the impact and influence he has at times he's explained he regrets his previous line on Super Gremlin which claimed that I knew the perk was fake but I ate it cuz I'm a gremlin because if this was really the case he'd probably be dead where's going here bro it's
sad though bro like I'm like that [ __ ] B came to mind so quick I'm like to say this [ __ ] I know this [ __ ] going do it I was at my stage I a say [ __ ] but when I was at my stage I was I swear God like my [ __ ] about I was bro 100 perks a day man average like 40 average if I was [ __ ] F sh been de but I say that explain myself now I don't want y to hear that and take
that and feel like it's okay to do that [ __ ] you feel me like hell man crazy that [ __ ] the song song so and this almost D ain't noing [ __ ] going on not like that anyway still kodak's attempts to alleviate fears over his drug use haven't worked and just a few months ago he faced an inquisition from Adam 22 over how much he was taking was so long ago I even don't even remember step by St I can't even walk you back to that so you had ask me something about
that so that doesn't even like exists in your memory you just kind of move past it as soon as you do it do it I can't walk you like oh this what happened and so I don't even really too much to know what you're talking about you say detail what just where you were at during that interview since so many people seem to have strong feelings about hour was long so you got to be more specific eventually Yak told him to back off even throwing a little shade towards Adam's wife's business dealings yeah I mean
usually if you get loaded it'll last a good two hours right I ain't came up here for you to like be playing detective I'm not trying to play detective examinate a [ __ ] okay yeah I was just figured I would bring that up since we've talked about that so many times I figured you might want to set the record straight I ain't trying to exploit your I ain't even came up here talking about your wife or that cuz I don't know and I don't know you you a fan we got the the the mold
of her right there you ever seen one of those before yeah but as this latest incident shows the fact that he isn't willing to take ownership of what he's doing and how it looks to an audience of hip-hop fans who are genuinely concerned about him is a recurring theme and as for those close to him his refusal to take accountability or commit to change makes it so hard for him to really stop because as anyone who's ever dealt with it or seen a loved one go through it knows addicts can't make change for anyone else
they have to change for themselves but where people seem to have short-term memories in the past it seems like things have really changed this time around and people aren't going to let Kodak get away with it these days he can't even promote his new project without fans calling for him to overhaul his life stay off them perks Yak your past and troubles that follow can make or break you clear your head get some time to yourself and stay away from those BS substances my guy if you're wondering what's different this time around well basically people
have finally had enough watching him go through this cycle over and over has made it hard for anyone to just sit back and let it happen again I rock with Yak but I I think what people are concerned about is because of they've seen him in that state multiple times not the fact you did that one perk on Ka not screams that they see you a lot in that state now reportedly expecting his fifth kid Kodak has a lot to lose and also a lot to carry on for in a culture where we've lost so
many Legends before their time everyone wants to see Yak pick up the pieces if not as an artist at least as a human being who deserves to get a real shot at life you got this Yak hip hop is rooting for you but to learn more about kodak's come up and what he's been doing career-wise you can check out my video on the iconic 2016 double XL Freshman Class including Yak Uzi 21 Savage loow yotti and more as always it's your boy L and I want to thank youall for for watching today's video I'll catch
you guys on the next one peace
