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Nigerian recording artiste, Adekunle Gold has mentioned that people came at him after he made revelations about his sickle cell ailment.
The āOrenteā crooner disclosed that he was āattacked and abusedā on social media following his revelation.
Speaking in a recent interview with CNN, Adekunle Gold said he decided to create awareness about sickle cell disease after summoning the courage to speak up.
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The singer said he is on a mission to make people living with sickle cell feel āsafe.ā
He said, āI want people living with sickle cell to feel safe, to feel like they have help and support.
āThey call you a sicklerā¦ Recently, when I talked about it [my struggle with sickle cell] on the song [ā5-starā], I saw a lot of tweets from people attacking and abusing me.
āIām speaking about sickle cell disease now because I just got the courage to come out and speak up openly about it. A lot of people canāt share their stories like I can.ā
Adekunle Gold said he has been aware of his diagnosis since he was a child, adding that growing up, he constantly put himself in situations that made him sick.
āIāve known about my sickle cell disease all my life. I knew since I was a child that I couldnāt do certain things. They said, āYou know you have sickle cell, you canāt play football in the rain just like your peers.ā And I was like, āNo, I want to play.ā Iāve always been rebellious,ā he recalled.
āIāve known about my sickle cell disease all my life because growing up, I had crises every time. I was in the hospital back-to-back.
āAs a child, I constantly put myself in situations that made me sick. And it affected me a lot. For example, Iām not supposed to be in the rain, so what happened to me was that I would have pains in my joints from being in the rain. But I always knew that I didnāt want this thing [sickle cell] to define me.ā
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