CMB Prezzo about his cocaine overdose

Legendary rapper Jackson ‘CMB Prezzo’ Ngechu has opened up about his struggle with fame and overdosing on cocaine.
The 44-year-old, who shot into the limelight in 2004 when he launched a music career that ushered in an era of musical extravagance in the country, says fame has hurt his life.
“With fame comes a lot of hullabaloo, ups and downs, distractions, women, drugs, you name it. I am not going to say that I never did drugs. I used to do the drug yayo (cocaine), but over time I got control of my situation. There are drugs that I used and lost myself in and never touched again after I sobered up. Prezzo confesses.
Yayo is a slang term for the illegal drug cocaine, which has several other slang terms, including nose candy, coke, rock, and snow, among others.
On overcoming his drug addiction, Prezzo says that his strong mentality helped him avoid falling into the drug abyss.
For Prezzo, drug abuse is only a fraction of his struggle with fame. He also had to overcome depression when his highly publicized marriage to his ex-wife Daisy Kiplagat fell apart.
Now that he has turned his life around, Prezzo considers himself lucky.
“I was shot in the head at close range (by thugs) but I am still here. I overdosed on cocaine and was in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) of Nairobi Hospital for a week, but I am still here. I was stabbed in the back while studying in Canada, but I am still here. When I sit back and ask myself why is God giving me all these opportunities, I believe that God has put me here for a reason.