{"id":3599,"date":"2025-08-10T05:56:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/08\/10\/ice-t-takes-on-fentanyl-in-new-documentary\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T05:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:56:44","slug":"ice-t-takes-on-fentanyl-in-new-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/08\/10\/ice-t-takes-on-fentanyl-in-new-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice-T Takes On Fentanyl In New Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s37284.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Ice-T.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/ice-t\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ice-T<\/a> is stepping behind the camera with <em>Fame and Fentanyl<\/em>, a two-hour A&amp;E special airing August 25 at 9 P.M. ET, spotlighting the deadly grip of fentanyl across America and the lives it continues to steal\u2014including those of Prince, Mac Miller, and Coolio.<\/p>\n<p>The Hip-Hop icon serves as both host and executive producer of the documentary, which weaves together harrowing stories from grieving families, law enforcement officials and the music industry\u2019s most tragic losses.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to expose the scope of fentanyl\u2019s devastation and educate viewers on its lethal presence in the drug supply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFentanyl, for me, came out of nowhere. By the time I learned about the drug, I had already lost people to it. It\u2019s a poison in the drug world, and I wanted to do everything that I could to make people aware of its danger,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/news\/aes-new-special-fame-and-fentanyl-premieres-monday-august-25-at-9-8c\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ice-T said in a statement about the project<\/a>. \u201cEveryone knows someone who has fallen victim to fentanyl.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<d class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Documentary Special &quot;Fame and Fentanyl&quot; premieres Monday, August 25 at 9pm ET\/PT on A&amp;E\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sW0wU7je6n4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/d><br \/>\n<\/d><\/figure>\n<p>The film arrives as the U.S. sees a sharp decline in overdose deaths.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug-related fatalities dropped from 110,037 in 2023 to 80,391 in 2024\u2014a 27% decrease.<\/p>\n<p>Opioid overdoses, including those involving fentanyl, fell from 83,140 to 54,743 during the same period. Still, fentanyl remains the leading cause of overdose deaths, accounting for nearly 70% of all drug fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the stories that everyone needs to hear,\u201d Ice-T added.<\/p>\n<p>Among those stories are the high-profile deaths of artists who unknowingly consumed fentanyl-laced substances. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/21\/arts\/music\/prince-death-fentanyl.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prince<\/a> died in 2016 after taking counterfeit painkillers containing the synthetic opioid.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/11\/11\/entertainment\/mac-miller-death-fentanyl\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mac Miller<\/a> passed away in 2018 from a mix of fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/rapper-coolio-died-fentanyl-heroin-methamphetamine-overdose-coroner-says-rcna78832\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coolio<\/a>, best known for \u201cGangsta\u2019s Paradise,\u201d died in 2022 with fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine in his system.<\/p>\n<p>The list continues with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/rich-homie-quan\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rich Homie Quan<\/a>, who died in 2024 from a combination of fentanyl, codeine, alprazolam and promethazine.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary dives into how fentanyl is often consumed unknowingly, as it\u2019s frequently mixed with other substances.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, 5 out of 10 pills tested in 2024 contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl\u2014down from 7 out of 10 the year before.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC also reported that overdose rates are still disproportionately high among Black, Hispanic, American Indian and multiracial populations, with the highest death rates among adults over 55.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/ice-t-takes-on-fentanyl-in-new-documentary\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ice-T is stepping behind the camera with Fame and Fentanyl, a two-hour A&amp;E special airing August 25 at 9 P.M. 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