One of the most controversial artistes in Nigeria is certainly
Terry G. But then, the controversies that have trailed him have
in no way affected his career.
Perceived to indulge in hard substance, Terry G admitted it
was actually an actress that introduced him to the use of hard
drugs.
Though he didn’t mention the name of the actress while
having a chat with Saturday Beats recently, the singer said it
was never really his intention to get into drugs.
“People actually see me as a very bad guy, so it does not
surprise me when I go to certain places and they offer me
some things because they think I already indulge in them. It
was a gathering of celebrities and they say when you are in
Rome act like a Roman. I was offered and I did not want to
be seen as the odd one out, so I indulged in it with them,” he
said.
Talking about the substance, Terry G said it was cocaine but
he found out that it didn’t “work” for him even after he used
it, so he decided to quit.
“I am the first born of my family and I felt it would not be
good to continue with such. Also, God has blessed me with
enough energy. My fans know me to be very energetic and I
believe that anything that could slow me down can kill me. I
spoke to myself because the substance normally slowed me
down and I decided to stop it. While I indulged in it, nobody
knew because I know how to control myself,” he said.
Terry G could remember how he quit as he said, “I cut off all
relationships that I had with that set of people. We stopped
communicating. I have never bought it before in my life, so it
was easy to stop once I cut those people off.”
Apart from the drug issue, there was a time Terry G decided
to add ‘Zuz’ to his name. A lot of people frowned at it, saying
it was blasphemous.
Reacting to that, Terry G said, “That is what they think. Jesus
is a name. They should make their findings, I am a child of
God and I will never blaspheme. The name Jesus has been in
existence even before our Lord was born. The only comma
there is Christ. I cannot call myself Christ. The spelling of my
name is different. It is Terry G Zuz, not Terry Jesus. But
based on the fact that I love controversy, I did not mind. It is
just the same way I said people should be calling me Lucifer.
I knew it was going to create controversy but what I meant
was ‘look see far.’ Our elders often say that what they can
see sitting down, a child cannot see it even if he climbs a tree
and that is what informed the name. I like thinking out of the
box.”