"Emo Rap Alchemist" Lil Peep Dies at 21

On November 15th at around 8:50PM in Tucson, Arizona, Lil Peep was found unconscious and unresponsive in the back of his tour bus. Tucson Police arrived quickly at the scene and delivered medical aid, but was unable to save the rapper. Detectives suspected that it was a Xanax overdose that killed him.

Lil Peep joined the hip hop scene in 2015 when he released his mixtapes "Crybaby" and "Hellboy" on Soundcloud. Peep drew inspiration from 90s and early 00s rock bands like My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco. He expressed his depression and suicidal tendencies in many of his songs and gained popularity for his revolutionary blend of emo and hip-hop in his music. Pitchfork even referred to Peep as the "future of emo". He released his debut album "Come Over When You're Sober" on September 1st.

Lil Peep's Instagram clearly showed that he was in a bad state of mind. On November 14th, the day before his death, he posted this.

I just wana be everybody's everything I want too much from people but then I don't want anything from them at the same time u feel me I don't let people help me but I need help but not when I have my pills but that's temporary one day maybe I won't die young and I'll be happy? What is happy I always have happiness for like 10 seconds and then it's gone. I'm getting so tired of this

Nov 14, 2017 at 5:46pm PST

On November 16th, artists like Post Malone, Rich Chigga, and Diplo offered their condolences on Twitter.

in the short time that i knew you, you were a great friend to me and a great person. your music changed the world and it'll never be the same. i love you bud. forever pic.twitter.com/tpbxpkf4f4

- Beerbongs & Bentleys (@PostMalone) November 16, 2017

peep had so much more to do man he was constantly inspiring me. I dont feel good man

- diplo (@diplo) November 16, 2017

R.I.P. Lil Peep. im glad i got to meet you when we were in dc, this shit is crazy.

- Brian (@richchigga) November 16, 2017

I cant even believe this. We were just talking last week about working on a song together and now you’re gone. You will be missed, R.I.P. @Lilpeep 😪 pic.twitter.com/GQRJe8Vck0

- marshmello (@marshmellomusic) November 16, 2017

Lil peep wtfffffffffff bro I'm sick❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

- Ty Dolla $ign (@tydollasign) November 16, 2017

R.I.P Lil Peep Dawg

- king of the youth (@lilyachty) November 16, 2017

Later that day, it was discovered that a woman named Mariah Bons had supposedly given Lil Peep fake Xanax pills. The pills were consumed by Peep, ending the 21 year old's life.

From everipedia.org:

Timeline

"On November 15th, 2017, Mariah and a friend, went meet up with Lil Peep​ and the Goth Boi Clique (GBC) in Tuscon, Arizona​.

At 3:22 pm, a message was sent to Mackned​ of the GBC that said "10 min away we have joints, wax, pods, and xans essskkeettiitt."

Lil Peep uploaded a video of himself to social media dropping several bars of xanax in his mouth.

At 7:20 pm, Mariah sent a message in the Twitter​ group GAS Chat that Lil Peep was passed out and wouldn't wake up.

At 10:57 pm, Mariah sent another message to the group and said "Gbc high af because of me and my friend lol." She left the group after the message.[4]​ In a Snapchat messaged, Mariah clarified that she dabbed Gbc out and that's what she meant when she said that "Gbc got high af." Mariah has since deactivated her Twitter​."

Bons is now in police custody and under investigation. She will be charged with possession distribution, and manslaughter.

Twitter user hunt56k shares two videos of Lil Peep's friends recording the rapper unconscious on the tour bus. In the video, Hunter describes the two friends as "sus" and claims that they were aware that their friend was dead.

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND TRY NOT TO TELL ME THIS ISN’T SUS THERE IS NO WAY THEY DIDN’T KNOW LIL PEEP WAS DEAD pic.twitter.com/9s193lkV4h

- hunter james (@hunt56k) November 16, 2017

Lil Peep's death shocked the hip hop world and brought to light the dangers of opioid addiction.

Rest easy, Lil Peep.