Mike Epps Remembers His Cocaine Abuse, Ice Dice’s Pleas To Cease

Mike Epps revealed he was excessive on cocaine throughout the 2002 filming of his film All Concerning the Benjamins with Ice Dice. The comic mentioned his drug use on an episode of Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s All of the Smoke podcast.

“I’ve been on medicine, I’ve been by way of hell,” Epps informed Barnes and Jackson. “I did a lot of the motion pictures on cocaine. All Concerning the Benjamins, I used to be—man, I used to sit down in Ice Dice’s trailer within the morning and be crying tears. He like, ‘Mike, wipe your face, man. You a king, n####. Cease doing this s### to your self.’ I’m sitting there wiping myself ‘trigger I used to be actually, actually, actually—I had survivor’s regret.”

Epps famous he used medicine to attraction to his outdated pals. He recalled how they rejected him when he was doing nicely however confirmed him love when he was scuffling with cocaine abuse.

“I used to be so unhappy that I left all them n##### right here within the metropolis and I used to be well-known,” Epps mentioned. “And once I would come house, I wished them to be completely satisfied for me. And so they was mad at me. So, I mentioned rattling I gotta destroy myself so that you can like me. I used to be like rattling, my favourite n####, it appeared like he preferred me extra once I’m coming down off coke and I’m crying and I hate myself.”

Ice Dice and Epps starred in All Concerning the Benjamins after working collectively on Subsequent Friday, the sequel to the beloved comedy Friday. Epps portrayed Craig’s cousin Day-Day in Subsequent Friday. Day-Day grew to become one of many lead roles within the Friday franchise as soon as Chris Tucker opted to not reprise his position as Smokey.

Epps at the moment stars within the Netflix sequence The Upshaws, which premiered in 2021. The sitcom was renewed for a fourth season in 2023.