And then theres A$AP Rocky. For the new rap school fans, A$AP is easily a star. Eclectic in both his fashion and song content, the Harlem native unveiled his suicidal thoughts on the Danger Mouse-produced track “Phoenix” released earlier in the year:
“It’s like you heard, God spoke, I’ve seen the ghetto gospel/The choir like my reefer and the preacher got my eyes low/Sister Mary Jane to make me see from singing high notes/The bible or the rifle, goodnight folks.
Bloody ink on my pen spelled suicide/Kurt Cobain even died cause you scrutinize/It’s a fine line between truth and lies/Jesus Christ never lied, still was crucified/That’s why I never judge another n*gga/Life’s a b*tch, but that bitch in love with other n*ggas.”
“Those are natural feelings that we all get sometimes,” Rocky said of the track (http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.22500/title.aap-rocky-discusses-his-suicidal-thoughts-on-phoenix) “You hurt so bad and you’re going through so much pain to the point where sometimes you don’t even wanna live anymore. That’s how a lot of people think, whether we’d like to admit it or not and that’s all I was showcasing. It was that emotion…suicidal kinda emotions…I’m not glorifying it at all. I’m just basically telling you that sometimes I have suicidal thoughts. And maybe I should seek help, or maybe it’s not that deep.”
Although there is no solid way to combat suicide figures, Molock says that the media must be aware of the part it plays. “One of the things is [to] warn the media on how to report suicide because you don’t want to end up making it like glorified almost. You don’t want to report it that way, because that’s what kids tend to imitate. They may feel in their death, they can finally get the recognition that they weren’t getting [in life].”
If you, or anyone you know, is suffering from depression, mental illness, or have thoughts of suicide please see the information below.
Suicide Prevention Outlets:
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255
I’m Alive – www.imalive.org
The Trevor Project – www.thetrevorproject.org
Grad Resources – 1-800-472-3457
Vet2Vet (veterans crisis hotline) – 1-877-838-2838
** To look up suicide hotlines by state, click here.
