Adekunle Gold opens up on battling dark thoughts in his 20s

By Seyi Babalola
Afrobeats singer Adekunle Gold has spoken out about the stigma he faces as a sickle cell patient.
In a recent interview with media personality Angela Yee, the Orente crooner claimed that when he informs people he has sickle cell illness, they look at him as if he were about to die.
He recalls wishing for death at the age of 20 due to intense aches caused by a sickle cell crisis.
Adekunle Gold said the crisis was so severe that his mother, who usually rebuked him whenever he prayed for death, didn’t try to stop him that particular night.
“At 20, I had the craziest crisis of my life. I told God to take my life. And my mom couldn’t even rebuke me. Normally, she wou...