Decorated rapper and entrepreneur Trigmatic has opened about why he does not take intoxicants nor chase women.

He sat down on Accra FM’s midmorning show Ayekoo Ayekoo, during which time his host, Nana Romeo, opined musicians often were either smokers or Casanovas, asking why it was so, too.

“I don’t smoke, I don’t even drink alcohol. I also control myself,” Trigmatic reacted.

He added smoking and womanising were all “part of entertainment,” however.

“It’s because of the history behind entertainment itself. That’s why I say there’s the music and the culture that comes with it,” he noted.

The former radio personality proceeded to explain musicians were often used to market and inspire trends which could be vices.

Intoxicants

“The music is not the problem. But the culture is not created by the musicians. The culture is created by – you’d be amazed – people who are sitting in high places; government, businessmen, here and there. Why? Because it becomes a tool to sell whatever is driving their vision. So if it’s clothing, the music becomes a tool. It may also be alcohol or the smoking you referred to. There are people in high places who cultivate these things, for weed, there’re people who are probably into cocaine. I mean, when you go to some of these South American countries, it’s the thing. The idea is, ‘We’ll use you to propagate that’,” Trigmatic said.

The singer-songwriter and rapper said in the case underlined above, the musicians were used by higher-ups to “make it look cool” and attractive to the masses, driving profit.

Womanising

He noted women were pulled to famous people.

“You may not go looking for them but they will come,” he said.

Trig, as he is affectionately called, cautioned intoxicants and womanising could lead to ruination.

“But one thing I’ve come to learn is, whatever you chase eventually runs away from you. And if you are a man who wants to be strong and independent physically, mentally, emotionally, don’t take or try anything that controls you. So personally, I don’t take anything that puts me under subjection. That includes womanising,” he said.

“If I meet someone and I like them, I can approach them to tell them I like them. But in my mind, she is not the ultimate, she’s not the ultimate in my life. I cannot make anything besides Christ, as a believer, override my mind.”

He asserted this form of self-control and stoicism “makes you look even more attractive.

“Because when women talk privately, you find out they disdain womanisers. So how you present yourself and how you are perceived are important.”

He emphasised “women like beauty, what has mass-appeal, what has money, and all that but if you allow this to control you [it’s detrimental].”

Noting he was introverted, he observed an active social life often drew people into unhealthy lifestyles for the sake of fitting in.

“I, on the other hand, I’m thinking my health is at stake,” he said.

Pride

“When someone becomes successful and is prideful, the pride had already been there, they only lacked a catalyst. I always say there’s music and then there’s music culture. The culture around music is dangerous – that’s what comes with the fame and all that. For some people, they get into things untypical of their true character but it’s the danger that comes with the fame,” the musician and author said.