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What’s up, guys? Frazier here for Complex News.

Cryptocurrencies have been all the rage for a while now but reached a fever pitch towards the end of 2017 when Bitcoin, the very first decentralized cryptocurrency ever invented, nearly reached an astronomical $20,000 a unit. Once associated strictly with the tech-inclined, crypto has gone mainstream and has infiltrated all sectors of society, even the rap world.

Enter Lil Uzi Vert and his infinite amount of drip. After tweeting out the perhaps rhetorical question of who would hypothetically want to acquire some “drip coin,” Uzi hopped back onto Twitter to share an interesting screenshot. The image featured a drip emoji superimposed over Bitcoin market stats with the caption “Omg don’t be 2 late.”

While some fans seemed to be excited by the possibility of getting their dry hands on some drip coins, other were more concerned with Uzi dropping new music.

So, is Uzi’s drip coin cryptocurrency real? Sort of. Complex reached out to reps from a website that is advertising Dripcoin and they say that though Uzi is not involved or affiliated, the idea to start it did in fact come from the rapper. The folks behind the budding cryptocurrency describe themselves as being a:

“project to try and harmonize musicians and producers. We're striving to create revenue for producers previously providing free beats to artists. As well as providing those artists the currency to pay the producers. Eventually we plan to expand into artist merchandise and products. Dripcoin is simple, it is only whole coins.The team here at Dripcoin are after one thing, and that is creating a community and an economy around talent and creation. We want to be able to feature as many artists as possible across our Twitter and Instagram.”

Doesn’t sound like a half-bad idea. If you head to Dripcoin’s website, you’ll see that they’re giving away 1,000 Dripcoins to people for the low price of free 99. Hey, you never know, they might be worth something one day, might as well get in while you still can, especially since it’s free and all.

Speaking of crypto, 21 Savage’s manager Stone Mound Meezy took to Twitter to say that 21 would no longer be rocking jewelry. Instead, the rapper will be investing in businesses, property, and yes, cryptocurrency. Maybe he’ll cop himself some Dripcoins while he’s at it.

That’s the news for now, but for all the latest news on Lil Uzi Vert, subscribe to Complex News on YouTube. For Complex News, I’m Frazier.