Nigerian singer, Tekno who has been off the scene for a
while has just granted a 'tell all' interview with Daddy Freeze where he
revealed in details the struggles he went through when his vocal cords shut
down for months.
Narrating his ordeal, Tekno said he spent months and
millions of naira on hospital bills. He also revealed he was operated on by a
robot and how he now carries a magnetic device in his system.
Read excerpts of the interview below...
I went under the radar for a bit because I was sick and It
all started at an event in Ghana, I performed with Wizkid and Davido but
somehow I cracked my voice on stage that night. So when I got back to the
hotel, I told my guys I didn't want to go out again because I really injured my
voice and just wanted to rest.
The next day, I had a show In Togo, I performed, still
stressed the voice and came back to Lagos but it wasnt getting better, so I
went to see a doctor, he put a camera down my throat but he didn't really see
anything so he just gave me anti biotics and said i should be fine in a week or
two but I didn't get better and by this time I had started cancelling shows.
So I decided to fly to London, saw the first doctor and he
said 'your vocal cord is just irritated' he gave me drugs and said I should be fine in about two weeks, but
nothing changed.
So I decided to fly to Los Angeles and again I saw the first
doctor , he said the same thing. At this stage I was loosing my mind already
because it didn't make sense anymore, I couldn't sing, I couldn't talk,
sometime they tell me to stay quiet for a week (laughs).
Some people around me started saying it may be from Ubi
Franklin because my contract was going to expire in a few minths and he didn't
want me to sing again, some others said It could be Iyanya, someone else said
It could be a girl, another person offered to take me to see babalawo, I was
really getting frustrated. Someone even told me to buy a goat and three
matchetes for sacrifice
This all happened over a period of like four months, no
work, no recording, no performing, I was just spending money from hospital to
hospital. Then I started doing vocal therapy and it got to a point i just
thought doing a surgery was the best option.
I eventually flew to New York to see another doctor who
promised me i'll be fine and sing again. At this point, I had spent alot of
money and done all sorts of weird and disgusting tests and scans.
The surgery option i opted for was the one that had to do
with them putting a magnet inside my throat. The surgery was done by a robot,
they cut me in five fdifferent places. After the surgery, I couldn't move, i
couldn't breath, couldn't sneeze. It was hell.
