Nigerian rapper, Jeremiah Chukwuebuka Ani, popularly known as Jeriq, has said music kept him away from vices and prevented him from going to prison.
In a candid interview with YouTuber The Smallie, Jeriq revealed that he has been arrested multiple times by law enforcement agencies due to vices.
The Enugu-born rapper explained that music distracted him from vices.
I have been arrested multiple times by law enforcement agencies due to vices. If you look at my hands and legs, you will see scars of handcuffs. Anti-cult, police have all arrested me before.
“Thank God for music. If not for music, I would probably be in prison by now,” he said.
Jeriq also shared the struggles he faced when he initially came to Lagos to push his career forward.
“The first time I came to Lagos, then I wasn’t popping so I didn’t any opportunity to meet artists. If was difficult to collaborate with any artist then because I was still upcoming.
“However, things changed we I came back in 2021 and I was able to do a collaborative EP with Dremo titled ‘East and West’,” he explained.
The rapper added that he is confident that he would gain international recognition rapping in his native language, Igbo.
