‘Why I started smoking’ – Rema

Afrobeats prima Divine Ikubor, popularly known arsenic Rema, has opened up astir however the decease of his dada affected his childhood.

The ‘Calm Down’ crooner said the decease of his begetter near him the work of catering for his household astatine a young property and successful the process, helium was “forced to sell” his childhood.

In a candid chat with GRM, Rema, 24, said helium wants to “feel young again.”

He said helium precocious started smoking cigarettes successful a bid to consciousness “free and interruption immoderate rules again.”

Rema lamented that contempt being an big earlier deciding to smoke, radical inactive criticise his determination due to the fact that he’s a celebrity.

He said, “I truly wanted to consciousness similar a kid again… I consciousness similar I grew up excessively fast. Life switched up connected maine brainsick erstwhile I mislaid my dada and my brother. The value was conscionable connected my enarthrosis and forced maine to merchantability my puerility to supply for my family.

“God willing, everything happened well, it happened fast. And with accelerated fame, comes accelerated maturity. It’s conscionable similar ne'er ending level of seriousness. So overmuch adults. So overmuch meetings. I didn’t adjacent rolled with my property mates.

“So this task [‘HeIs’], I conscionable privation to beryllium a child. And it’s coming out. It’s not maine forcing it out. It conscionable sparked successful my spirit. I conscionable privation to consciousness young again. I conscionable to beryllium a rebel. You know, kids marque mistakes and it’s acceptable. But erstwhile you’re a teen and you marque the aforesaid mistake your peers would make, everyone volition travel for you conscionable due to the fact that you’re successful the spotlight.

“I cognize radical who smoked a cigaret erstwhile they were 13 and I’m 24 smoking a cigaret due to the fact that I conscionable privation to consciousness escaped and interruption immoderate rules. All my beingness conscionable consciousness truthful planned and scheduled. I conscionable got tired.”

‘Why I started smoking’ – Rema