Alive -“Hii ni hadithi ya kweli ya Vast Bracket, safari yake hadi alivyopona kansa mwaka 2013. Huu ni wimbo wa shukrani kwa kumfanya mshindi aliyeishinda kansa.”
Hayo ni maneno yanayoonekana mwanzoni mwa video ya wimbo mpya ya kundi la Bracket kutoka Nigeria iliyotoka wiki hii, ambao wamemshirikisha Diamond Platnumz na Tiwa Savage.
Kipindi Vast anaumwa kansa
Memba wa kundi hilo aitwaye Vast, mwaka 2013 alikuwa akipigania uhai wake baada ya kuugua kansa ya damu ambayo baadae alifanikiwa kupona, ndio sababu ya kundi hilo kuamua kurekodi wimbo huu ‘Alive’ kwaajili ya kumshukuru Mungu kutokana na kumuwezesha msanii huyo kupona.
Vast ni yule ambaye anaimba vesre ya kwanza na kwenye video anaonekana yupo hospitali.
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Vast aliwahi kuelezea jinsi alivyougua hadi kupona katika mahojiano mbalimbali aliyofanyiwa 2013:
“It all started when we went on an American tour and I started feeling feverish. I found myself taking my bath with hot water even on a very hot day. That was when I started noticing something was wrong. I noticed that whenever I drank alcohol, the fever would come in an aggressive way. I eventually went to a hospital in London. The doctor told me not to worry that everything would be fine. He said to start the treatment, they would have to do something that would allow them take something from my spine. It was a very painful procedure.”
“There was a time that I felt I would die. My only fear was that I was not close to God. I was afraid that if I died, I would not make it to heaven. We musicians have a particular lifestyle. You may plan to be upright, but when you go into entertainment business, it would change you. I was regretting that I was not close to God. I did not want to go to hell. I felt so happy that I survived,”.
“After the treatment, I did two other tests and the doctors confirmed that I was okay. After three months, I am meant to go for a PET scan. I could remember that before the treatment, we had a meeting and agreed that we had to bring £50,000. After the seventh chemotherapy session, the whole money finished. They had to send more £8,000 into the account I was using. The last time I went to withdraw money, what was left there was £120. So I used about £58,000,”
What kind of cancer did you have?
“I had Lymphoma. It is a blood cancer. When I asked the doctor what could the cancer of the blood, he said, nobody knows the cause for now. According to him, it’s like a situation where a dark complexion couple making a baby and the baby turns out to be an albino and if you are asked to explain why, you cannot tell.
I must say that when I was hospitalised, my partner was doing a good job. He would call the producer and they would make a beat and send it to me. He even made the chorus. I picked one of the songs when I came back and hit the studio. We did one of the tracks, it was fantastic. We did another song and it was good as well, all within two days.”
What have you learnt from your experience?
“I learnt that life is very precious. No matter what you do and wherever you are, don’t look down on anybody because you don’t know who will help you tomorrow. Another thing is that you don’t have to be scared of death. You have to face the challenge. Live a normal life. If you are scared of death, you will die. At a point, when I got very scared, the sickness came in full force, but when I started picking courage, it subsided and I recovered.”
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