In wake of mental illness American rapper 50 cent weight in on the matter.
The Candy Shop rapper believes that mental illness is a condition which many people “can’t afford” to take time off to deal with due to their “responsibilities” which gives them no choice but to carry on as per normal.
During an interview with ‘Big Boy’s Neighborhood’ radio show, he said: “Certain things I don’t believe in, based on … I think the things you go through make you who you are. And in my journey, there’s certain things that I don’t even let into my system like that.
“I think depression is a luxury. Where I’m from, you can’t afford to be depressed.”
The 47-year-old star expressed that mental health issues should not get in the way of one’s everyday’s obligations.
He added: “You gotta pay the bills, right? So you gotta go to work.
“You gotta get up, gotta go do what you gotta do. You got people right now that’s at work that don’t feel like being there. But they got responsibilities so they feel uncomfortable while they’re working, while they’re doing what they gotta do.
“When these guys get in a slump and they just decide they’re not gonna do anything – I’m like, where they do that at?”
The actor recently on Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez’s case, he apologised to the American rapper for not believing her when she was shot by the Canadian rapper Tory Lanez.
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