Juelz Santana says that he was once addicted to lean and that southern rapper Paul Wall was the one to first put him onto the dangerous elixir.
“I was drinking lean, and did I have an addiction to lean? For sure. I was addicted to the point to where I was drinking it every day and if I stopped drinking it, yeah, I would’ve got sick ’cause that’s what happens with the opiates and sh-t. Withdrawals and stuff,” he said on Drink Champs.
People who watched Love & Hip Hop saw the rapper struggle with his drug habit. His physical appearance also deteriorated.
“[Paul Wall] kind of introduced me to it a little bit, just on some ‘Taste it,’ you know what I mean? I’m a grown-ass man, I do what I want. Paul Wall did not drug — nah, no way. I’m not gon’ do that to that man. But yeah, he put me on and you know, me and Wayne being close and recording that album at the time didn’t help, of course. We were just fully not feeling our face all around the board.”
