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Adekunle Gold says he was ‘bullied’ for opening about sickle cell disease


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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 ā€˜Orenteā€™ crooner disclosed that he was ā€œattacked 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 ā€œsafe.ā€

He said, ā€œI want people living with sickle cell to feel safe, to feel like they have help and support.

ā€œThey call you a sicklerā€¦ Recently, when I talked about it [my struggle with sickle cell] on the song [ā€˜5-starā€™], I saw a lot of tweets from people attacking and abusing me.

ā€œIā€™m 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 canā€™t 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.

ā€œIā€™ve known about my sickle cell disease all my life. I knew since I was a child that I couldnā€™t do certain things. They said, ā€˜You know you have sickle cell, you canā€™t play football in the rain just like your peers.ā€™ And I was like, ā€˜No, I want to play.ā€™ Iā€™ve always been rebellious,ā€ he recalled.

ā€œIā€™ve 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.

ā€œAs a child, I constantly put myself in situations that made me sick. And it affected me a lot. For example, Iā€™m 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 didnā€™t want this thing [sickle cell] to define me.ā€


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