Lil Uzi Vert announced that he is bleaching his skin.
“Bleaching my skin needs umbrellas,” Uzi tweeted along with a video. His skin looks a bit paler in the video.
Uzi is not the first rapper to announce plans to bleach his skin.
In 2016, Azealia Banks took to Instagram to brag about using Whitenicious, which is said to have lightening effects on hyperpigmented skin. She addressed the criticism in a Facebook video post.
“No one gets upset when I [wearing] 30 inches weave, tear off my edges, and do all sorts of sh*t things like that,” she said. You guys like it, but what’s the difference? “
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Less than a year later, she’s back: “I’m finally back to my natural skin. I’m curious/desperate and testing every whitening/lightening product on the market. Literally! It’s come a long way but I’ve finally found a good exfoliator/lightening regimen without bleach!!”
