Lil Yachty Says He’s Seven Months Clean From Lean: “That S— Was Taking Over”
Written by Kiss Media on 10 November 2026
Lil Yachty is seven months clean from lean — and the way the news came out tells you everything about how casual the habit had become. Last Friday, Yachty linked up with streamer Cuffem for a mukbang on Kick, and Cuffem showed up with a cup of lean to pair with the food. Only problem: he was the only one sipping.
“Chat, I pulled up with a cup,” Cuffem said on the stream. “I thought my ni**a Boat was sipping. He’s seven months clean! I’m the only druggie leaned-out ni**a left!”
Yachty didn’t dodge it. “Yeah, that sh*t was taking over,” he admitted — seven months without the codeine-and-promethazine mix that has shadowed so much of hip-hop for so long.
It’s the latest turn in what has been an eventful year for the Atlanta rapper. Back in September, Yachty made his WWE in-ring debut, opening Sunday Night’s Main Event in a five-minute Beat the Clock-style challenge against Baron Corbin. The deal was simple: survive the full five minutes without getting pinned or submitted, and Trick Williams — the wrestler Yachty manages — would earn a shot at Corbin for the WWE United States Championship. With Quavo walking him to the ring, Yachty made it through the whole five minutes, even with Corbin in control for long stretches.
That WWE run might be connected to the change. Yachty has credited Trick Williams with reshaping how he lives day to day — routine, schedule, healthy, clean. “It’s a lot of dr*gs and women, and it’s just a different lifestyle,” he said of the rap world. “With Trick it is really routine, schedule, really healthy, really clean, on point, just a structured guy. Just being around him has really reshifted my brain in so many ways of life.”
Yachty has also brought back his podcast, A Safe Place, after a lengthy hiatus this year, and he’s been building up the Concrete Boys as a collective. And this isn’t the first time he’s talked about stepping away from lean — back in 2023, he told fans he’d quit. This time, though, he’s putting a number on it: seven months clean, said out loud on a livestream, with no hedging.
That’s the kind of honesty that actually helps somebody listening. If Yachty can walk away from something that was taking over, maybe somebody out there hearing this can too.
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Source: XXL
