Timaya disclosed in an interview, that he became addicted to drugs during the COVID-19 lock down, but eventually overcame it
By Kehinde Okeowo
Popular Afrobeats star, Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon, better known as Timaya, has recounted how being addicted to drugs inspired his hit song “Cold Outside”.
The ‘Dem Mama’ crooner while speaking during a recent interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, described his experience while putting together the song which featured another singer, Buju as a “tough fight.”
He went on to say he became addicted to drugs during the COVID-19 lock down in 2020, but eventually overcame it.
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Recounting the experience during the chat, Timaya said: “I am not a saint. I have done drugs. Breaking off from drugs was a hell, it was a tough fight.
“I got introduced to drugs during the COVID-19 lockdown, 2020. Everybody was home and there are those young guys in my house who are always so happy. And I was like, ‘Bro, how are you guys happier than me, I am the boss I got money? What are you guys on?’ And they told me that they got molly.
“When I took it, I did not understand myself. I was so happy that I dashed all the money in my pocket. So I wanted to just keep feeling like that. That was how I lost a lot of weight. I was not eating, I was just happy? How you go just want dey happy? You are supposed to first of all, be happy naturally. But when you now need substance to make you happy, it replaces the natural happiness. So you have to be buying happiness.
“When I said I was taking molly, I was taking like three pills everyday and it felt like medication.”