[Exclusive]40s rapper who 'purchased cannabis jelly' was Billstax.. Indicted on drug use charges

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It has been confirmed that Billstax (46, Shin Dong-yeol), a rapper from Mnet's "Show Me The Money," has been indicted on charges of drug use.

According to StarNews's confirmation on the 21st, the Suwon District Prosecutors' Office sent Billstax to trial on the 16th on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act.

Billstax is suspected of purchasing and smoking cannabis and cannabis jelly from a drug dealer, Mr. B, in November last year.

In this regard, according to KBS reports, an investigation revealed that Mr. B, a man in his 30s who sold cannabis to Billstax, had been cultivating cannabis multiple times at his home and manufacturing cannabis jelly from August 2024 until June of this year. The Government Joint Investigation Headquarters for Drug Crimes, which indicted Mr. B on the 7th, is known to have discovered that two people, including Billstax, purchased and used cannabis while tracking down Mr. B's other crimes.

Billstax is a rapper previously better known by his stage name "Vasco." He debuted in 2004 with his first full-length album, "The Genesis," and gained attention by appearing as Vasco on Season 3 of "Show Me The Money." Billstax changed his stage name from Vasco to his current one in 2016.

This is not the first time Billstax has had a record related to drugs. In 2018, Billstax was indicted without detention on charges of smoking marijuana and using ecstasy and cocaine in 2015.

Billstax has repeatedly expressed his views regarding the legalization of marijuana over time.

When releasing his fifth full-length album "DETOX" in April 2020, Billstax stated, "By my standards, marijuana is not a drug, yet the society's appearance of definitively labeling it as such without any hesitation looked like the state of being addicted to drugs and deteriorating. I was frustrated by a society that is addicted to wrong propaganda in the form of drugs and cannot escape." He added, "I absolutely do not think my actions are directed against the state. I believe my actions are about changing the perception of the people, not the state. I am fighting against that perception, not against the state."

Billstax said, "Ultimately, the process of changing the perception that it is a drug feels like a detoxification process to me. That is why I released it with the ironic title 'Detox.' I hope that medical cannabis, which is already legal, will have its regulations lifted sooner so that everyone can benefit from medical cannabis." He continued, "Members of the National Assembly and politicians who still cannot get out of the colored glasses that see this as a drug are blocking progress, but if we all want it, I believe we can detoxify the perception of the National Assembly itself. And going further, I also want to achieve legalization for recreational use."

In this regard, attempts were made to contact Billstax himself, but he could not be reached.

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