<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0106_Lil-Twist_instagram2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/06/0106-lil-twist-instagram2-3.jpg\" /&gt;Justin Bieber&lt;/strong&gt; is under the influence ... of a rapper named &lt;strong&gt;Lil Twist&lt;/strong&gt; -- and the rapper may be leading JB down a dangerous path. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twist was with Bieber in a Newport Beach hotel room last week, where, we're told, the rapper was &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/04/justin-bieber-marijuana-pot-blunt-smoking-picture-photo/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;happily rolling blunts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for J.B. and others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... JB and Twist have become tight ... and have been smoking together on a number of other occasions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0106-lil-twist-justin-bieber-instagram-article-2-nye-3\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/06/0106-lil-twist-justin-bieber-instagram-article-2-nye-4.jpeg\" /&gt;You'll recall ... Twist was speeding on the 405 Freeway New Year's Day in Justin's Ferrari when he was pulled over by cops.&amp;#160; A &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/01/justin-bieber-ferrari-paparazzo-killed/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;photog was killed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; trying to snap pics of the traffic stop.&amp;#160; Prior to the accident, Twist and Justin had spent much of the day in a room at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills -- where Justin frequently gets a room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twist's Twitter profile pic makes it&amp;#160; clear ... he's a fan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources involved in Justin's life who care about him are deeply concerned that Twist has become a powerful negative influence in his life and feel very strongly Justin needs a clean break from the rapper or else bad things are going to happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0104_justin_bieber_smoking_1_tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/04/0104-justin-bieber-smoking-1-tmz-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI ... Lil Twist is signed by Lil Wayne and close knit with the Cash Money and Young Money crews."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/06/justin-bieber-lil-twist-marijuana-pot-bad-influence/6/>