Demi Lovato reveals she suffers survivors guilt over Mac Millers overdose

Demi Lovato reveals she suffers survivor’s guilt over rapper Mac Miller’s overdose as she includes a song for him on her new album

Demi Lovato has revealed she suffered from survivor’s guilt after the death of fellow artist and friend Mac Miller.

The 29-year-old singer admitted on The Zane Lowe Show podcast on Apple Music earlier this week that she could have met a similar fate. 

The Good News rapper died of a drug overdose in September 2018 after he took Oxycodone laced with fentanyl. He was 26-years-old. 

Survivor's guilt: Demi Lovato, 29, has revealed she suffered from survivor's guilt after the overdose death of fellow artist and friend Mac Miller

Survivor’s guilt: Demi Lovato, 29, has revealed she suffered from survivor’s guilt after the overdose death of fellow artist and friend Mac Miller

Demi, whose Holy Fvck album was released Friday, revealed she too could have died from the overdose that put her in the hospital just a few months before The Spins rapper passed away. 

‘I had a lot of survivor’s guilt after my overdose, because right after that Mac Miller died, and it just put everything into perspective for me of, “That could have been you, that almost was you, and how are you going to live your life now?”‘ she explained.

‘And it affected me a lot.’

The Billboard Women in Music award winner recounted her near-death experience in the documentary series Dancing with the Devil last year.

Overdose: The Good News rapper died of a drug overdose in September 2018 after he took Oxycodone laced with fentanyl. He was 26

Overdose: The Good News rapper died of a drug overdose in September 2018 after he took Oxycodone laced with fentanyl. He was 26

Musical salute: Demi, who released her Holy Fvck album Friday, included a track called Dead Friends on the new disc, a tribute to The Spins artist and other friends she has lost

Musical salute: Demi, who released her Holy Fvck album Friday, included a track called Dead Friends on the new disc, a tribute to The Spins artist and other friends she has lost

The song Dead Friends on her new disc is a tribute to Mac and other friends she’s lost to addiction. 

‘I’ve lost friends that were around my age, and those hurt so deeply because we’ve been in the trenches together.’

In promoting the new album on social media, the 29 artist wrote, ‘HOLY FVCK gave me the freedom to express myself in ways I didn’t know were possible and find joy I’d been missing while making music. It’s cathartic and grounded, yet exhilarating and a hell of a good time.’

Cathartic: In promoting the new album on Instagram, the 29 singer wrote the new songs were 'cathartic and grounded, yet exhilarating and a hell of a good time'

Cathartic: In promoting the new album on Instagram, the 29 singer wrote the new songs were ‘cathartic and grounded, yet exhilarating and a hell of a good time’

Good place: The SUBSTANCE singer seems to be in a good place. She has been dating Canadian rapper, Jute$, 23, who helped collaborate on the recent album

Good place: The SUBSTANCE singer seems to be in a good place. She has been dating Canadian rapper, Jute$, 23, who helped collaborate on the recent album

‘I don’t know where I’ll be in life in a year, or in five or 10 years – but what I do know is that this record is exactly where I am now, and I am damn proud of it. I hope everyone who listens is too.’ 

The SUBSTANCE singer seems to be in a good place. She has been dating Canadian rapper, Jute$, 23, who helped collaborate on the recent album.  

Two of the men accused of selling Mac Miller the tainted drugs are serving prison time after entering guilty pleas. Each will spend more than a decade behind bars. The case is pending against a third suspect.   

Jail time: Two men who suppled the drugs to Mac Miller have pleaded guilty and are serving prison time. Each will spend more than a decade behind bars. The case is pending against a third suspect

Jail time: Two men who suppled the drugs to Mac Miller have pleaded guilty and are serving prison time. Each will spend more than a decade behind bars. The case is pending against a third suspect

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