Nigerian rapper, singer, and songwriter Oludemilade Martin Alejo, professionally known as Ycee, has opened up about his battle with mental health.
In a recent interview, he disclosed that he was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in 2020. Though not revealing further, he said that after medications and multiple hospitalisations, he lost his creative side.
According to him, he had to accept that the version of him he knew wasn’t coming back. Ycee said his mental condition affected his creativity, and he can no longer freestyle like he used to.
“I was diagnosed with a mental health disorder in 2020.
After medications and multiple hospitalisations, I had to accept that the version of me I knew wasn’t coming back.
It affected my creativity.
I could no longer freestyle like I used to”.
Ycee isn’t the only celebrity with a mental condition.
Chacha Eke-Faani’s mental health issues were brought up a couple of years ago when she revealed she was leaving her marriage and hinted at being abused by her husband.
Opening up on her mental health, Chacha, during one of her outreaches for mental illness, recounted how she would always destroy properties in her house, during her man!c episodes.
She also recounted an ugly experience in Enugu at Rit Hotel, where she smashed everything, wrecked the whole hotel, and reduced everything her family had to only what they were wearing.
Two years later, she repeated the same incident which led to being hospitalized where she was eventually diagnosed and given drugs which she would always flush in the toilet.
In 2019, Solidstar shared a post where he recounted how he had overdosed on drugs, which led him to bleeding. The Afropop artiste also apologized to whoever might have been hurt due to the incident.
In 2022, Solidstar narrated how he nearly died because of drug abuse and addiction.
In 2023, the singer topped headlines after his younger brother, Joseph Iniyezo, had publicly cried out for help over him, as he revealed he was sick and battling mental health. In a disturbing video, Joseph disclosed the state of Solidstar, as he noted how the singer had been critically sick, and battling mental illness, hence his withdrawal from the spotlight.
