"The diss created a surge of responses on social media from fans who dragged Drake for his thoughtless statements on mental illness. From there, mental illness evolved into an even larger a hot button issue in the rap community. Kanye West recently checked himself into a facility, but has since been released and is doing well. J. Cole released the song, “False Prophets, which called on Kanye to receive help for whatever issues that he may be dealing with. The second verse of “False Prophets” references Wale, who later released the song “Groundhog Day” in response to Cole’s song about him. Wale raps, “Hey, here go that real shit / Battling anxiety and privately them Percocets / Purchased like 30 of them, murdered them in like 30 hours.” He also speaks about his depression later on in the song and not receiving the same outcry of support that Cudi received.
One thing is certain, though. Rap artists are not afraid to speak about their mental issues anymore."
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