"I went mad" : Depression, religion, Diam’s candidly surrenders

His word is always eagerly awaited. While she has been extremely rare in the media since she left the scene in 2010, Diam’s agreed to speak. The 41-year-old former rapper has agreed to surrender himself in a major interview on the occasion of the release of the documentary “Salam”, which chronicles his career. Parisian, without avoiding any issue. The artist went back to the period when he was particularly affected by depression. “I went crazy. I lost my mind. I was hit with drugs that first neutralized and then unblocked me” Explains Diam’s entry. “I feel like I’m back from the dead. I should be dead. Usually, artists are no longer there to talk about why they got addicted like Amy Winehouse, why they shot themselves in the head like Kurt Cobain. I guess if I hadn’t opened the Quran one evening on a beach in Mauritius and found meaning in my life I would have really disgraced myself.” The old rapper continues.

If Islam gave meaning to her life, Diam’s understands that in 2008 photos of her wearing a hijab were published. Paris MatchIt may have shocked some. “People only had one side of the story. At that point, I was told that he was scared, that he was a bad example, that he would hurt young suburban girls. Before that, I was told: you’re a feminist, you’re a feminist. model But I never wanted that. I came to tell you about my life in music. Fights “Not much. Not long ago, a lady said to me a little angrily: You belonged to me, you belonged to me. My singer, it’s not what you do. I want to answer when people say things like that to me: You weren’t there, you don’t know what I’ve been through.” He concludes the “La Boulette” commentator. The documentary “Hello” will be screened in theaters for two days on July 1 and 2. GrossX in September.

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