Nigerian music producer Olumide Ogunade popularly known as ID Cabasa has stated that Nigerian artists often take drugs to escape pressure because it can be lonely at the top.
ID Cabasa stated that artists who promote drugs and take substances are also fighting for survival. He said there should be a system that will inform the people about what is good or bad and their effects. He further stated that when a person withdraws from drugs, there should be a replacement to fill that vacuum to stop them from going back.
He said most artists are lonely and there is a need for them to hold onto something. He said, "When you go to Eko hotel and you stand at that pinnacle and look down, there is a possibility that you'll fall. You'll feel dizzy and you'll want to fall. Just look at that as any top artist that you know. When they look down, they feel dizzy. They need something to put their hands on so they don't fall."
ID Cabasa said it is those drugs that gives them a temporary feeling. He expressed that no painkiller really kills pain. It only suspends the pain for a while and the only way to cure the pain is to find the root cause of the pain.
He said, "Any drug you take has an effect on you. If you want to create, make sure you expose yourself to learning, relationship, spirituality."
He added that creativity is nothing new because things are created from what already exists. The only genuine creativity is hiding your source of creation. He mentioned that singer Blackface may be right about those stealing his music but he may be wrong as well because he didn't create them entirely.
"You cannot create outside your experience. You create from what you have experienced. Are you just sitting in your house and saying, 'it is by the time I take one drug that an influence will come over me'. It is by learning, by the books you read, the people you listen to, the way you connect to the environment."
ID Cabasa stated that artists who promote drugs and take substances are also fighting for survival. He said there should be a system that will inform the people about what is good or bad and their effects. He further stated that when a person withdraws from drugs, there should be a replacement to fill that vacuum to stop them from going back.
He said most artists are lonely and there is a need for them to hold onto something. He said, "When you go to Eko hotel and you stand at that pinnacle and look down, there is a possibility that you'll fall. You'll feel dizzy and you'll want to fall. Just look at that as any top artist that you know. When they look down, they feel dizzy. They need something to put their hands on so they don't fall."
ID Cabasa said it is those drugs that gives them a temporary feeling. He expressed that no painkiller really kills pain. It only suspends the pain for a while and the only way to cure the pain is to find the root cause of the pain.
He said, "Any drug you take has an effect on you. If you want to create, make sure you expose yourself to learning, relationship, spirituality."
He added that creativity is nothing new because things are created from what already exists. The only genuine creativity is hiding your source of creation. He mentioned that singer Blackface may be right about those stealing his music but he may be wrong as well because he didn't create them entirely.
"You cannot create outside your experience. You create from what you have experienced. Are you just sitting in your house and saying, 'it is by the time I take one drug that an influence will come over me'. It is by learning, by the books you read, the people you listen to, the way you connect to the environment."