LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- Nigerian rapper YCee has spoken candidly about his mental health journey, revealing that a 2020 diagnosis led to repeated hospital visits, therapy and a long break from music before he finally reached a stable place.
Speaking on the Afropolitan podcast, the Omo Alhaji hitmaker said the diagnosis came during the COVID-19 lockdown and marked the beginning of a long and difficult journey that affected both his personal life and career.
According to YCee, he was in London at the time and spent about six months there, moving in and out of the hospital for roughly three months after the diagnosis.
“In 2020, I got diagnosed with a mental health condition during the lockdown. I was in London for six months and was in-and-out of hospital for about three months,” YCee said.
He later returned to Nigeria to continue treatment because of the visa arrangement he was on.
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Reflecting on the experience, the rapper revealed that navigating mental healthcare back home was far from easy.
“I had to return to Nigeria to continue treatment because of the type of Visa I was on. Coming back to Lagos and getting into the system of mental health in Nigeria, it was a very very long six years. I was on medication and had to be hospitalized several times and still dealing with therapies,” the rapper revealed.
YCee described the period that followed as a long and painful process filled with medication, therapy and several hospital admissions.
“It was up and down. Sometimes it is looking good and sometimes, it just gets really dark,” he added.
YCee’s revelation sheds more light on why he took a five-year break from music, revealing now that he is stable and in a much better place after getting the treatment and support he needed.
