Expressing her concerns regarding the 'galaxy gas' trend, the 'Kill Bill' hitmaker points out how the manufacturers use 'childlike designs' like 'stars and bright colors' to sell the drugs.
- Sep 20, 2024
AceShowbiz - SZA has publicly expressed her concerns regarding the "galaxy gas" trend. Recently, the "Kill Bill" hitmaker called out Whippets manufacturers for allegedly marketing drugs specifically to "black children."
On Thursday, September 19, the 34-year-old singer-songwriter made use of X, formerly known as Twitter, to get things off her chest about the trend. She tweeted, "Sorry to be old n annoying but.. Is no one gonna talk about how galaxy gas came out of no where and is being MASS marketed to black children?"
SZA went on to ask, "The government is doing NOTHING ? .." Confused, the "Nobody Gets Me" songstress questioned, "Since when are we selling whip its at the store ???? Somebody protect the children."
In the same tweet, SZA uploaded a screenshot of websites discussing the negative effects of Nitrous oxide. One explanation read, "Nitrous oxide's long-term use can lead to range of neurological, hematologic [related to blood], and psychiatric complications, including nerve damage and psy ..."
SZA further elaborated in a follow-up tweet, "Something about the childlike designs and marketing is so spooky like .. stars and bright colors? you tryna entice the kids on purpose ?" She continued, "Why when u google does it say it was founded in metro Atlanta in 2021 but no further info ...sumn tells me the owner looks like colonel sanders."
After sharing the tweets, SZA received mixed responses from social media users. A few of them praised her for speaking up on the matter, with one writing, "This s**t is hella weird thank u for making light of this cause huh??" Meanwhile, another sarcastically wrote, "Only in the US is where you ban books but normalize kids doing drugs and school shootings."
A third noted, "They been doing all this when I was in high school. Social media just wasn't as big. Kids stayed passing out in class especially the Hispanics." In the meantime, a fourth argued, "Its not about who makes it, it starts with the parents who need to educate they children but we got kids raising kids thats the first issue right there."
