4th March, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Nigerian singer Abiola Akinbiyi, also known as Bella Shmurda has said he quit smoking weed due to anxiety.
The Dangbana Republik self-acclaimed Top Leader explained that he stopped smoking weed four years ago because he was “scared of the future.”
He, however, admitted that he still smokes cigarettes.
Speaking in the latest episode of the ‘In My Opinion’ podcast, Shmurda said: “I don’t smoke igbo [weed]. I used to but I started having anxieties smoking weed. I started getting scared of the future.
“So, four years ago, I stopped smoking weed. I just take cigarettes and liquor.”
He said contrary to claims that smoking weed boosts creativity, “it wasn’t helping the creativity in my case.”
“Everything I was doing when I was smoking weed, I was having anxieties. At a point, it was affecting me in the studio. I would just be lost in the middle. It wasn’t working anymore. I just have to stop. That was earlier in my career. It wasn’t helping.”