Lil Xan has spoken very openly about his drug addiction and now that he’s clean, he’s calling out his former manager, Stat Quo who he’s accusing of enabling his drug addiction.
On Instagram Live, the 25-year-old shared a video captioned “The Dangers of The Music Industry.” The rapper compared his situation to that of Lil Peep. Lil peep overdosed and died in 2017 at age 21.
A follow-up Instagram post from Lil Xan explained why he made this publicly known was because Stat Quo enabled his drug addiction.
Who is Stat Quo?
Stat Quo’s real name is Stanley Bernard Benton, and he is from Thomasville Heights, a community in Atlanta, Georgia. Due to his mixtapes from ‘Underground Atlanta,’ Dr. Dre and Eminem discovered the rapper and producer in 2003. To date, Stat Quo is the only other artist who has been signed by Shady Records and Aftermath Entertainment after 50 Cent.
Originally scheduled to be released in 2003, Stat Quo’s debut album, ‘Statlanta,’ appeared in 2010 without a record label due to creative disagreements with Eminem. A dispute over a song on Stat Quo’s debut album led Shady Records to drop him, as stated by the rapper in an interview with HipHopDX.
Lil Xan Said What About Stat Quo?
Stat Quo is suspected of driving Lil Xan to drugs, according to Lil Xan. “Do you remember the whole Lil Peep situation when his management was giving him drugs and you had to help him out?” the ‘Betrayed’ hitmaker said on Instagram Live while referencing Lil Peep’s passing. “That occurred to me on tour,” he added. My manager, well, I don’t even like calling him that, Stat Quo, remember that name, Stat.”
Lil Xan revealed that Stat Quo would spend thousands of dollars to make sure that he had substances shipped to him anywhere on the road when he experienced withdrawals. It was a time when I almost died because of the drugs. “, said Xan. “But he’s gonna act like he didn’t do that, a f**kin’ hypocrite. “, he added.
The reason he made this public is because he knows this happens far too often and it’s the reason we lose some of the greatest artists so early. “These people must answer for their crimes”
He concluded by saying that however, as long as the rapper could get on stage and pack those bags for him and the team, he was fine.