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<p><img width="1000" height="600" src="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Solid-star.jpg-1000x600.webp" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Solidstar Recounts Trekking From Awoyaya To Oriental Hotel While Battling Drug Addiction" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Solid-star.jpg-1000x600.webp 1000w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Solid-star.jpg-590x354.webp 590w, https://www.naijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Solid-star.jpg-400x240.webp 400w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>
<h2>Ace Nigerian singer, Joshua Iniyezo, better known as <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/topic/Solidstar">Solidstar</a>, has revealed his past struggles with substance addiction.</h2>
<p>In a teaser for an upcoming episode of the Honest Bunch podcast, the "Omotena" hitmaker shared that he encountered "ice" for the first time in 2021 with the help of a group of young boys.</p>
<p>According to the artist, the drug had a detrimental impact on him, causing him to hear a voice telling him not to pay for things and making him feel like a king.</p>
<p>Solidstar recounted a seven-hour trek he took from Awoyaya in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, to the Oriental Hotel on Victoria Island during his fight against drug addiction.</p>
<p>He said, <em>"A lot of things happened to me. A couple of young boys introduced me to this substance called ice. This was three years back. The thing really affected me a lot.</em></p>
<p><em>"Sometimes this substance will tell me you are king, you are this, you are that, make I no dey pay for stuffs. Can you imagine say I waka from Awoyaya to Oriental Hotel."</em></p>
<p>Meanwhile, <strong>Naija News</strong> recalls that the Delta-born star, via his verified Instagram page, said <a href="https://www.naijanews.com/2022/11/18/reactions-as-solidstar-shares-near-death-experience-with-hard-drugs/">he almost lost his life due to hard drug addiction</a>.</p>
<p>The singer, who had been battling with drug addiction for a long time, urged fans to smoke marijuana if they find it difficult to stop drugs.</p>
<p>"<em>I almost lost my life because of ice, Pills and cigarettes #stopdrugs if you can't stop them all, smoke Igbo,</em>" he wrote.</p>
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