Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie talks about his life growing up. According to him, his life hasn\u2019t always been that perfect. Moreover, the rapper revealed his guardian maltreated him during his childhood.<\/p>\n
He spoke about this in an interview on Hit FM\u2019s This Is Gospel with Franky 5.<\/p>\n
According to him, his father took him to live with an elderly woman in Achimota who abused him on multiple occasions. He did not know his biological mother at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spent a lot of my life at Mile 7\u2026those were some dark times for me\u2026I went through a whole lot\u2026I didn\u2019t know where my mum was and I didn\u2019t know where my dad was\u2026Dad took me to the woman to stay with her\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cWe were like seven people living in a small room. The maltreatment, as a child I think if you were living with your mum, this won\u2019t be the situation\u2026But I did survive that and that made me who I am\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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