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He explained that the diagnosis was the reason behind his prolonged break from the music industry.
Nigerian singer and rapper, Oludemilade Martin Alejo, popularly known as YCee, has opened up on his struggle with mental health.
While speaking in a recent episode of the Afropolitan podcast, YCee revealed that he was diagnosed with a mental health condition in 2020.
He explained that the diagnosis was the reason behind his prolonged break from the music industry.
“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 hospitalised several times and still dealing with therapies. It was up and down. Sometimes it is looking good and sometimes, it just gets really dark,” he recalled.
