Afrobeats singer, Olaitan Abdulrahman Ikuforiji, popularly known as Oxlade, has opened up on how his past escapades cost him endorsement deals worth over N400 million.
In an interview with Joey Akan, Oxlade talked about having to give a blackmailer some cash and said that the most difficult thing for him to deal with was watching his grandmother cry.
He went on to say that the grandma had questioned whether he intended to kill her and that this had badly impacted his mental health. He emphasized that he needed to travel to a rehabilitation clinic in London.
Oxlade claims that since the incident, he has stopped talking to some “close” friends and family members because he realized that “it would always be your own people.”
“It was a peace of mind for me when my escapades made it to the public because I was getting blackmailed. I paid the blackmail money eventually.
“The sad effect was hearing my Grandma cry asking me if I was going to be the one to end her.
“It affected my family and mental health, I lost all my four endorsement deals. It was up to N400 million, I went back into the dark, nothing really hit me, not until my grandma asked if I wanted to kill her. I went to London for rehabilitation,” he said.