Ghanaian rapper D-Black has opened up about the personal turmoil he experienced following the leak of sex back in 2020.
In September 2020, a video allegedly leaked by a lady who was involved in a sexual relationship with D-Black made the waves on social media platforms in the country.
However, D-Black remained unfazed by the scandal and even made jokes about it on social media.
The rapper explained that the incident occurred while he was in America during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He recounted the shock of realizing his voice was identifiable in the video, despite not being visible in the act, stating that he later learned the lady he was dealing with was bipolar.
“It happened during COVID when I was stuck in America. I didn’t know that the person I was dealing with was bipolar. She did that. I didn’t realize my voice was in the video because you don’t see me doing anything. It was until the next morning that I watched myself,” he revealed.
He mentioned that he was inundated with calls after the leak, including from his mother, which he chose not to answer as he struggled with the situation.
“So when it happened, I didn’t know what to do. My mother was calling me. Everybody was calling me but I didn’t pick up anybody’s call. I woke up to like 300 missed calls. I was like which lie do I tell my mom? I said I’m not going to pick up anybody’s call,” D-Black said.
D-Black noted that he quickly contacted a director to push the release of a new video in a strategic move to shift the narrative and divert attention from the scandal.
“As soon as it happened, I called a director. That’s the only person I called. I said ‘The video has to drop tomorrow, so make all the talking change to something else’. Because I had not released a video in a while. I’ve tried as much as possible to be clean, but this was the first scandal I had been involved in,” he disclosed.
D-Black Speaks On ‘Fake’ Dr UN Awards
D-Black recounted the humorous experiences he had at the infamous awards event orchestrated by Dr UN.
In 2020, several top Ghanaian celebrities and personalities, including musician and businessman Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, also known as D-Black were honored.
The award scheme, known as the Global Blueprint Excellence Award, a creation of Kwame Owusu Fordjour, popularly known as Dr UN, eventually turned out to be a scam.
Four years later, D-Black noted the red flags he saw during the event and how he almost left on multiple occasions.
“I almost went to that event with my mother. I didn’t go with my mom because I had seven invitations, and my crew was eight people. So even my driver stayed in the car,” he said.
He also recalled the official-looking invitations, the presence of dignitaries, the event, and a well-orchestrated event.
“I don’t know how that guy managed. Everybody here, you would have fallen for it. You don’t see him. All you got was a solid e-mail invitation. And they will come and drop the cards for your office. You will see the crest, and see the United Nations embossment. That guy came with security, management; everybody. Very convincing,” he recalled.
“He says he went to Havard but kept making grammatical errors in every sentence. He says the Guest of Honor was the Minister of Information, but I didn’t see him anywhere. I saw some chiefs and Daughters of Glorious Jesus, very respectable people, so I felt secure for a while,” he said.
The rapper described the surreal moment when he along with figures like Sarkodie were called up to receive their dubious awards.
“Just as I was about to leave, they called Sarkodie to receive his award. He took his, and as he was about to leave, the man told him to stay and help give out the awards. I wanted to leave again, and that was when my name was called. So I had to go take my award and take pictures,” he stated.
Reflecting on the incident, D-Black suggested that even the team behind “Dr UN” might have been duped by their leader’s antics.
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