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Logic Opens Up About His Truth & "Hardest Years Of My Life, Mentally"

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The rapper looks back at his year in a new interview and is candid about the challenges he faces in the spotlight
Jennifer Velez
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Dec 13, 2018 - 3:23 pm

A lot has changed for Sir Robert Bryson Hall II aka GRAMMY-nominated rapper Logic since he released his "1-800-273-8255" hit about suicide prevention featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid from his 2017 album, Everybody. While the song reached No. 3 on the Hot 100, it has done something even more life changing: he's received numerous "thank yous" from fans that say he helped saved their lives.

Logic's Suicide Prevention With "1-800-273-8255"

Success and motivation haven't stopped for Logic, who released several mixtapes songs online before getting a record deal with Def Jam and releasing his full-length debut Under Pressure in 2014. He released two albums, YSIV and Bobby Tarantino II, in 2018.

Billboard's recent feature on the rapper shows him in a very familiar light after it all: a poor rapper reaches success and gets the Rolex and the house in Calabasas, but it also dives deeper into how fame has changed his life and given him opportunities to further his creativity—Logic co-wrote Everything Must Go produced by J.J Arbams and starring Will Ferrell—but also put him in the uncomfortable place of public criticism.

 “I was like, ‘It’s just so fucked up that people can think I’m this way or that way. I’m a good man. Why would someone talk shit about me?’” he asks in the article when speaking on his experiences with social media.

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— Bobby Billboard (@Logic301) December 6, 2018

Logic's battle with how the world receives him has been a big part of how he sees his music, especially as a biracial rapper. On Everybody, he faced a lot of the noise.

"That's how I knew it was good because I was so scared to talk about even me being like biracial or what that's like, 'cause you look at me and then I talk about my experiences and you’re kind like 'Ahhh I don’t know how to take this.' But it's like you can take it however you want, but it’s the truth," he told the Recording Academy last year.
During that same interview with the Recording Academy, Logic spoke at length about mental health and his experience with anxiety. In the interview with Billboard he mentions how he continues to face challenges, especially with the negativity that can live on social media.  “The last two-and-a-half years were probably the hardest years of my life, mentally,” he says.

He told the Recording Academy that it wasn't always easy to talk about mental health. "I was so scared for so long to say that because society has lead me to believe that my anxiety is stupid and shouldn't be talked about, or that suicide, 'Who cares, who's weak enough to kill themselves?,' which is the most terrible, disgusting, ugly thing somebody can say," Logic said. "That's why I decided to write about these topics."

But Logic finds the positive picture to it all: “I am bringing up and shedding light on the negativities that have shown themselves in my life to paint the picture of letting go and of setting myself free and surrounding myself in happiness.”

The words ring strongly with what he also shared with the Recording Academy about Everybody.

"Once I realized, hey it’s the truth and it’s my story and it's something that doesn’t necessarily need to be contained maybe because other people think it should be because how I look or speak or this or that, I'm just gonna tell my story and I'm glad I did."

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Inside Logic's "1-800-273-8255" Suicide Prevention Song | Mental Health Awareness Month

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Renée Fabian
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May 18, 2018 - 4:42 pm

It's been a big year for rapper Logic, and perhaps surprisingly, a lot of that comes down to his willingness to tackle the difficult subjects of mental health and suicide head on.

Logic's Suicide Prevention With "1-800-273-8255"

One of the singles off his 2017 album Everybody, "1-800-273-8255," leapt onto the music scene and brought the Maryland native to a whole new audience. Not just any phone number, 1-800-273-8255 happens to be the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which offers services to those experiencing a mental health crisis, including suicidality.

The song, which also features Alessia Cara and Khalid, poignantly captures a dialog between a suicidal hotline caller, the counselor on the other end of the phone and the resulting journey from feeling hopeless and alone to finding a little hope.

Though suicide is the leading cause of death among 15–24 year olds, and it claims more than 38,000 lives each year, few artists tackle the subject head on in the way Logic did. He revealed during a visit to the Recording Academy's Santa Monica, Calif., headquarters that he was inspired to write the song after he went on a tour around the country to meet his fans. Many told them his music had saved their lives.

This got him thinking about not only the power of music to heal, but also how, as a society, we often don't talk openly about mental health. Though he said it was hard to talk about topics such as suicide and anxiety, which is featured on another track on Everybody, "Anziety," he knew it was vitally important.

"I was so scared for so long to say that because society has lead me to believe that my anxiety is stupid and shouldn't be talked about, or that suicide, 'Who cares, who's weak enough to kill themselves?' Which is the most terrible, disgusting, ugly thing somebody can say," Logic said. "That's why I decided to write about these topics because I was scared to write about them. And since I was scared, I was like, 'Well damn, it must mean it's good.'"

And it was good. "1-800-273-8255" earned Logic his first two career GRAMMY nominations at the 60th GRAMMY Awards for Song Of The Year and Best Music Video. Logic, Cara and Khalid also gave a stunning performance during the 60th GRAMMYs telecast alongside real suicide attempt survivors, which had an even more profound impact: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline received triple their normal volume of calls following the performance.

For Logic, opening a dialog was also personally important because he has faced his own challenges with mental health.

"I wrote these things from a selfless place in my heart because there's so many people out there struggling, and I was struggling," Logic shared. "My highest grossing year was my most unhappy year of my life because I was working myself to death."

Nowadays, Logic has been working to find a way to balance a high-pressure career with the things that matter in life. The advice that works best for him?

"Balance yourself," he says. "That's what you have to do, and that's what these songs are about."

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Logic Scores Second Consecutive No. 1 Debut With 'Bobby Tarantino II'

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The GRAMMY-nominated rapper shows us the other side of his coin on new mixtape
Brian Haack
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Mar 19, 2018 - 2:54 pm

GRAMMY-nominated rapper Logic's third studio album Everybody drew huge critical praise immediately upon its release last May. In addition to drawing Logic his first two career GRAMMY nominations – Song Of The Year and Best Music Video, both for suicide awareness ballad "1-800-273-8255" – the album also scored the young rapper's first-ever No. 1 chart debut on the Billboard 200. 

Now, less than a year after dropping Everybody, Logic is back with the hotly-anticipated second installment of his Bobby Tarantino mixtape series, which has also officially debuted at No. 1, putting Logic in an elite club with Migos, Eminem-affiliates D12, A Tribe Called Quest, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and Beastie Boys.

The intro track for Bobby Tarantino II is a skit from popular Adult Swim show "Rick And Morty" (which featured Logic as a character in a recent episode), and takes a good-natured stab at the vocal minority of Logic's fanbase who love his mixtapes but deride his albums as being too heavy with messages.

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A week after the release of Bobby Tarantino II, Logic also announced a huge summer tour, dubbed "Bobby Tarantino Vs. Everybody," slated to kick off on June 8 with support from rising stars Kyle and NF. Tickets and full details for the 33-date tour can be found on Logic's website.

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Travis Scott Donates $100k To Houston Arts Education Agency

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Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Jan 10, 2019 - 1:40 pm

As platinum album ASTROWORLD and its tour continue to see success, Travis Scott hasn't forgotten about where he comes from. 

The "SICKO MODE" rapper has donated $100,000 to Workshop Houston, an arts-based educational youth development agency in his hometown of Houston, the Houston Chronicle reports.

According to the Chronicle, some of the money will go to a fashion design program (students will reportedly recreate Michelle Obama's ‘Milly’ gown) and a drone racing competition.

Scott learned about the agency when they participated in his Astroworld festival, an event featuring a Ferris wheel and other carnival games in what used to be the Six Flags Astroworld theme park. Scott hopes to have the festival every year. 

ASTROWORLD itself is an ode to Houston and the theme park. "[ASTROWORLD] might be the best music that I made. I have two records on the album that are like, man, they are the best," Scott told GQ in 2017. "They tore down 'AstroWorld' to build more apartment space. That’s what it’s going to sound like, like taking an amusement park away from kids. We want it back. We want the building back. That’s why I’m doing it. It took the fun out of the city.”

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Australia's Pill Testing Debate Heats Up Following Music Festival Deaths

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Authorities have threatened to cancel future music fests in order to decrease accidental on-site deaths, but others say pill testing could do more
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Jan 2, 2019 - 1:19 pm

The conversation over whether pills should be tested at Australian music festivals is intensifying after two recent deaths.

A man died on Dec. 30 of a suspected overdose at the Lost Paradise music festival in New South Wales, and another man died on Jan 1. of a suspected drug overdose after attending the Beyond The Valley festival in Victoria.

Pill testing is one possible solution to the overdose deaths continuing to happen at music festivals in Australia, according to medical experts. But the option has been met with resistance.

Although the Australian Bureau Of Statistics can provide date on the number of people who have died from drug-related cases, the data does not show how many occurred "at large scale public events," according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

In 2016, there were 1,808 drug induced deaths in the country, according to the Australian Bureau Of Statistics. Illicit drugs increased that year, with the death rate from Psychostimulants quadrupling since 1999.

Authorities have threatened to cancel music festival events; the New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would do "everything we can" to shut down the Defqon.1 festival after two people died in Sept.

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But some say shutting down festivals is not a realistic way of keeping people from taking illicit drugs and welcome pill testing as a way to decrease deaths.

In the past, Berejikian has had a zero tolerance stance on pill testing, stating: "Anyone who advocates pill testing is giving the green light to drugs. That is absolutely unacceptable."

But as other leaders in parts of Australia rule out pill testing at music festivals, following the recent deaths, the Premier is warming to the idea.

"If there was a way in which we could ensure that lives were saved through pill testing, we would consider it—but there is no evidence provided to the government on that," Berejiklian said, according to the Guardian.

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The country held its first pill test trial at the Groovin the Moo festival in Canberra in April. Participants were able to provide a small sample of their pill(s) or powder to volunteers, who then analyzed the m in a mobile laboratory.

Former Australian Federal Police commissioner has said that the governments have to consider all available evidence to save people's lives, including pill testing.

"Pill testing is not a silver bullet, but it's a proven and positive way to help prevent this kind of tragedy, has majority support from Australians and must be at least trialed on a pilot basis —if it doesn't work, then stop it," Palmer told the Australian.

After the death of the man in New South Wales, Brisbane Water Police district commander Acting Superintendent Rod Peet said, "the best safety message is don't take drugs."

ABC Triple J conducted a survey of 11,000 young people that showed 55% have brought drugs to a festival and 83% would use pill testing, if available.

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