That’s the media or music industry sometimes normalizing it all in popular culture. If the artist doesn’t need to be reliant on others to make their own music and have more ownership, they probably will after being allowed to do too much illegal stuff it prevents ever obtaining the other stuff they might hope you don’t ever make a move because they need to make the most money off you. But they’ll let you do drugs and be the highest in their room, and it’ll cost a cut when the cash comes in
