Lil Uzi Vert Reveals He’s Bleaching His Skin

Lil Uzi Vert: “I’m Bleaching My Skin”

Lil Uzi Vert announced that he is bleaching his skin.

“Bleaching my skin need umbrella,” Uzi tweeted alongside a video. His skin does appear to be slightly paler in the video.

Uzi is not the first rapper to announce skin bleaching plans.

Bleaching my skin need umbrella 👁

— Uzi London 🌎☄️💕® (@LILUZIVERT) February 2, 2022

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— Uzi London 🌎☄️💕® (@LILUZIVERT) February 2, 2022

In 2016, Azealia Banks took to Instagram to boast about using Whitenicious, which claims to lighten hyperpigmentation. She addressed the critics in a Facebook video post.

“Nobody was upset when I was [wearing] 30-inch weaves, tearing out my edges, and doing all types of sh*t like that,” she said. “You guys loved it, but what is the difference?”

Less than a year later, she backtracked: “I finally am back to my natural tone.”

She continued, “I got curious/desperate and experimented with literally every skin bleaching/lightening/brightening product on the market! Its been a long road but I’ve finally figured out a good exfoliating/brightening regimen that doesn’t look bleachy!!”