Tom Hanks's son Chet Haze reveals he was in rehab for cocaine addiction

In 2011, Chet Haze was a rising rap star, but since then...nothing. Tom Hanks's 24-year-old son (real name: Chester Hanks) has largely been out of the limelight and he's revealed why: He's been struggling with substance abuse.

"I have an announcement. A tabloid is about to run a piece on me being in rehab for cocaine addiction. It's true and I'm currently 50 days clean and sober from everything including alcohol," Chet says in a video uploaded to Instagram on Nov. 19. "I don't five a f--- what people think. F--- the media."

In a caption along with the video, Chet admits he was 16 when he started struggling with substance abuse. "Finally at the age of 24 I decided to get some help," he wrote, adding, "I can honestly say I'm the happiest I've ever been."

Despite his struggles, Chet appears to be dead set on a music career. After tweeting the rehab video, he got right back to business, promoting his new song, "Karma Tattoo."

Back in January 2011, Chet was a theatre student at Northwestern University when he went viral with the rap single “White and Purple (Northwestern Remix)” -- an NU-specific remix of Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow," which caused some controversy because it was released after Mo Greene's eerily similar "White and Purple (NU Anthem 2010)." Later that year, he released his first music video, "Hollywood."

Over the years, Chet has continued to make music under the radar, though he was back in the news again last year when he went on a Twitter rant against haters who criticized his music using his dad's films as punch lines.

But Chet comes by the jokes honestly, considering his dad was the rapper first. Remember Tom Hanks's City of Crime duo with Dan Aykroyd in 1987's "Dragnet"?

"I feel repulsed and fascinated at the same time," Tom told The Guardian after re-watching the music video last year. We know how he feels.