Ishmael Promises To Make Best Of His Comeback As A Sober Man
Ishmael On How 30 years in the industry has been to him.
Ishmael Promises To Make Best Of His Comeback As A Sober Man. Legendary star Ishmael has been gracing the music scene for 30 long years and isn’t planning on retiring any time soon as long as his talent lives. In the height of his career Ish admitted that he abused drugs so much it led to his career taking a dark turn. Now, he promises to come back with some lit music that’ll remind people of his greatness.
“I keep coming back because of the people I work with. They inspire me to get up, every time I fall.”
In his latest single Gimme Gimme featuring Makizar and Fiesta Black, Ishmael says he just wanted people to have fun.
“People are going through a lot; there are deaths, suicides and the petrol price keeps going up. I just wanted people to have fun and forget about their problems. We need more fun songs to cheer people up.”
“Anything could have happened to me, I could have died prematurely or overdosed on drugs, but God clearly had a purpose for my life.”
Ishmael is very open about his previous drug addiction.
“I have been off drugs for a very long time. I stopped counting when I reached five-year mark because I feel that I’ve won the drug struggle.”
Ishmael feels if he carries on counting, it still means that the drugs control his life.
“I’ve made mistakes in life and drugs were one of them and I talk about it today because I want people to learn from me and for me to be an example. Right now I just want to be a good dad and no more drugs, just music for me.” Said the 47 year old.
