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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
MIAMI — Nicholas Voutsinas, a Kendall-based rapper who goes by the name Fat Nick, started using drugs in 2013 to drown out his anxiety. He would take a swig of drank — a potion of cough syrup, candy and soda — that sat on the corner of his bedside table from the night before and follow it with a Percocet, an opioid pain reliever. This process became a daily routine for about five years: taking multiple pills and always going back for refills. Wash, rinse, repeat. Then his close friend Gustav Elijah Ahr, most commonly known as dark rock and rap artist Lil Peep, died of an accidental fentanyl an…