Cheque opens up on struggles with self esteem

Nigerian rapper and singer Akinbi Bamidele Brett, popularly known as Superboy Cheque has opened up about his battle with acne and how it affected his self-esteem.

The 29-year-old, while speaking with Yanga FM, explained that he almost quit music because of his struggles with acne. He added that in his search for a solution to his acne problems, he almost disfigured his face.

”I struggled with acne years back. It was terrible. My desperation to cure it led me to buy a makeup that almost disfigured my face. It was embarrassing. I almost quit music. I couldn’t even approach women then. After my breakthrough song ‘Zoom’ and I got signed by a record label, it dawned on me that I would be attending interviews and would be in front of cameras. I am a perfectionist. So, I went to get a makeup from a store to clear but instead it almost disfigured my face. I woke up one morning and realised that my whole face has been damaged,” he recalled.

Cheque revealed that the turn of events also affected his social life as he became too self-aware and uncomfortable in front of cameras.