Bella Shmurda reveals why he stopped smoking weed

Afrobeat singer, Abiola Ahmed Akinbiyi, popularly known as Bella Shmurda, has disclosed the reasons behind his decision to quit smoking weed.

Shmurda in an interview with the UK’s “In My Opinion” podcast, was asked to divulge a personal truth about himself that some may find surprising.

In response, he said that he stopped smoking igbo (marijuana), stating that he used to smoke but had to quite due to anxiety and concern about the future.

He claimed to have quit smoking four years ago and to have consumed only smokes and alcohol since then.

“I don’t smoke igbo [weed]. I used to but I started having anxieties smoking weed. I started getting scared of the future.

“So, four years ago, I stopped smoking weed. I just take cigarettes and liquor.”

He said contrary to claims that smoking weed boosts creativity, “it wasn’t helping the creativity in my case.”

“Everything I was doing when I was smoking weed, I was having anxieties. At a point, it was affecting me in the studio. I would just be lost in the middle. It wasn’t working anymore. I just have to stop. That was earlier in my career. It wasn’t helping.”