Afrobeats singer Adekunle Gold, has opened up on his battle with sickle cell, particularly a period where he suffered greatly during an episode.

Speaking an interview with media personality Angela Yee, the husband of singer Simi, revealed that he faced the toughest episode of sickle cell crisis at the age of 20.

According to him, the pain was intense, which made him appeal to his Maker to take his life, noting how his mother who always rebuked such claim was left with no option.

He said:
"At 20, I had the craziest crisis of my life. I told God to take my life. And my mom couldn’t even rebuke me. Normally, she would but that night, it got to a point where it felt like the only thing that makes sense should just happen."