‘I Lost My Mum to Cancer’- Peruzzi Sadly Reveals

Nigerian singer and Davido’s right-hand man, Peruzzi has spoken to popular media personality Chude Jideonwo in an exclusive interview where he opened up about how the most important person in his life succumbed to cancer.

The singer whose Rum and Boggie album toppled Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ to peak at number one on Apple Music and subsequently made the new face of Apple Music’s Africa Now recently, revealed that he lost his mother to cancer when he was very young and it was very devastating as he’s the only son of his late mother. He’s quoted as saying;

‘My mum was my best friend, I’m the only son, last born, I lost my mum to cancer. It was a busy period for me when it happened, I just dropped ‘For your pocket’ (and) 2 days after my mum dies. 

It was like me taking the time to cry in my house, tying to hide from my guys because we were already tweeting ‘For your pocket is out now’. I didn’t want them to stop tweeting so after some time I tried very well to tell them ‘allow, me when it’s time to cry I’ll cry very well but please let’s not stop sharing the song let’s continue’. 

I had my time, I used to cry when I was taking my bath. I used to tell myself till tomorrow morning I am going to cry. Whenever I had the time to take a shower I’ll know that’s my time to cry, and as I’m crying the water is washing everything away.

Then I’ll come outside again like it was nothing and back to work. So it was in between that period, that was when Davido posted my song on his Snapchat. I didn’t know him before.’