“I ask myself sometimes if I am going to live long… whenever God decides that I am going to die, I am going to die and I am cool with that.”
This is a 19-year-old talking.
It’s the Afrobeats star, Khaid - who was signed by content creator, Sidney Talker in 2022.
For the first time ever, he speaks (even if with a lot of fear) about the gang war in his hood that almost killed him last year and left him in the hospital for a long time after life-threatening internal bleeding.
Those dramatic photos in the hospital weren’t a stunt. It wasn’t content. This young man - one of fastest rising music stars in the country today - almost died.
Khaid’s life has been shaped by pain, tension, and then deep reflection. He tells me first about life as a mechanic and how he quit that job due to hints of intimate abuse from his mentor. He talks about his battle against depression.
And then for the first time ever, he opens up about the conflicts he’s faced in the hood, even showing me the scars.
He recounts the harrowing moment—being hospitalized while someone broke into his car downstairs. For his safety, he had to continue his treatment at home. But Khaid tells me he’s not afraid of death, and that his new faith (he left Islam for Christianity a few years ago) assures him of a full life.
I ask him, if his life continues to be in danger - why does he continue to visit the hood that makes it so? Why can’t he leave his old life behind with all the money and fame he has accomplished?
You have to watch to understand why this brilliant, talented young man - one of the deepest, wisest teenagers I ever sat with - is haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Watch the full conversation right on WithChude.com.
And I’d like to know what you think in the comment. 🙏🏿
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