Rapper, Elohor Eva Alordiah, has stated how depression had stopped her from becoming the best afrobeat rapper.
The singer turned therapist, who has been open about her mental struggles since her split from her fiance, said depression is the pathway to self discovery.
She took to Twitter on Tuesday, to talk about her mental health and how she has been away from the music industry for five years because of her own struggles.
Eva also gave hopes of new music after her hiatus.
In a series of tweets, she wrote, “5 years ago, I gave up my dream of becoming the greatest female rapper in Africa. I was suffering deep, dark depression.
“Today I own a Tech Start-up, I have a new life & I’m recording again!
‘Here’s what I have learned about giving up your dreams, depression & finding yourself. You are an artist, you are not your art. Over the years I had become identified with what I did – Eva The Rapper – I didn’t know myself beyond that.
“The depression was the pathway to my awakening. It forced me to give up who I thought I was, to block off everyone else and their dogmas, and to accept a state of nothingness.
“I found peace when I accepted myself as No thing, No one, No me.”
