Offset credited a query from his teenage son and hard love from his mom because the catalysts behind his choice to stop codeine after years of dependency that started throughout the peak of Migos’ fame.

The Atlanta rapper mirrored on his four-year sobriety journey throughout a revealing dialog on the “Baby, This Is Keke Palmer” podcast, the place he defined how his drug use escalated following the success of the group’s 2016 hit “Bad and Boujee.”

He described how the pressures of the music business pushed him towards lean—a potent mixture of codeine cough syrup, soda, sweet and different components.

The pivotal second got here when his 15-year-old son Jordan, who not often drinks soda, started asking for pineapple Fanta. One day within the studio, he seen one thing off.

“And then one day he came in studio like, ‘Why yours is different color than mine?’ It killed me,” Offset recalled.

Offset admitted he lied to cowl up the reality. “I’m like, ‘Mine is old, I’m about to throw it away,’ and I just grabbed it and walked off. When I went in my room, it’s just like, I damn near cried.”

That second compelled him to confront the affect he was having on his kids.

“He don’t even know that it’s drugs in here though. He don’t know, but in my head it’s like, him even just saying he want the same soda I want. It’s just like, ‘Oh no, I’m influencing him,’” he mentioned.

Offset additionally revealed that his mom repeatedly known as out his conduct, pushing him to mirror on how the drug was altering him.

“My mama started telling me, ‘Hey boy, I don’t like you on this, what this is.’ And you sleep, and you aggravated, and you ain’t being my son, you’re arguing,” he mentioned.

That household intervention, whereas painful, made an influence.

“I’m successful, I got money and when your mama calling you like and you and she like, ‘You need to get off that stuff,’ and she said it two or three times, it hurt for sure,” Offset shared.

The rapper, who has six kids and lately launched his solo album Kiari, mentioned he’s grateful for the help system that helped him change course.

“I always get that wake up call from my core people, my family. I’m thankful for having that,” Offset mentioned.

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