Vanessa Mdee has shocked her fans after announcing that she has officially shelved her career as an artiste. Yani, she has quit music.
She has become very active in releasing content in her podcast ‘Deep Dive with Vanessa Mdee’. She has had Rotimi in it but her recent one, she opened up about the stress of being in the music industry.
“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but my mission is to be a light. I know that I would probably disappoint a few people and that’s okay, I know that my fans don’t wanna hear this but guess what I will never be too far away from you, trust me. The reason why I had to leave the industry is because I needed to choose my life, the music industry is demonic. People will tell you half-truth about what really goes on, and the truth is I just wanna be an advocate for honesty and beauty and being a sincere advocate for what facing your demons can do for You.” Vanessa opened up
Adding that,
Now my fans are probably asking themselves right now; Are you gonna ever sing again? Are we never gonna see you perform? Let me reiterate, I love music, I love to create, I love to perform, I’m a vessel, this is what I was brought on earth to be, but maybe I was a vessel to be here in this moment to have gone through everything that I have gone through so that I can tell you most honestly the truth about things you will never somewhere else
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Vanessa also opened up on the time she went through depression that lead her into alcoholism.
“My advice to someone out there is that be true to who you are. I used to say this in many interviews but not really understand any of it. It sounded like the right thing to say. But be true to who you are, I had to look at myself, face myself that it was pain, it was shameful, it was scary but I had to do it because there was no other way and in that I found peace and in that I found elevation, I found desire and passion for life. Trust me I used to wake up every morning questioning what the hell is this about, why are we doing this again, a lot of people used to say to me but you are in America now, (I live in Atlanta now) and that is the Mega of Music you have the perfect opportunity. I’m gonna tell you this, and this is a note to my African stars and artistes out there, don’t chase the American dream there are too many Selena Gomezs out here, not yet even conceived and there is only just a few chances not to kill your dream but be great where you are, that’s the only way to do it. They will come to you, organically nobody is really giving chances to Africans like that, it’s when you shine in your space, is when the chances will come to you. Don’t kill yourself chasing the American dream.” Vanessa advised
Coming out to her fans and being vulnerable was definitely not easy but her story will help a lot of the people deep in depressed.
