The ‘Send Me Away’ hitmaker revealed that he was drinking alcohol everyday and everywhere until he decided to give up the addiction.
Nasty C explained that he quit alcohol because he doesn’t want to look older than his age.
The 28-year-old rapper claimed that South Africans believe that excessive alcohol consumption could make someone look 10 years older than they actually are.
Speaking in a recent interview with British-Nigerian media personality, Madame Joyce, Nasty C said, “I was addicted to alcohol. I was drinking every night. Everytime I go to the studio, restaurant, I drink. Everytime I perform, I drink.
“Also, my tolerance when it comes to alcohol was very high, too. When I drink alcohol with friends, I would be the last one to be intoxicated. And I feel it’s a bad thing because you never know when something is going wrong until it’s too late. I got off the vodka a little bit but I was drinking everything else. Whisky, cognac, tequila, rum – I was drinking everything.
“I gave up alcohol because I don’t want to get a ‘phuza face.’ There’s a thing in South Africa we call a ‘phuza face’ – when you age really quickly because you drink a lot of alcohol, when you start looking 10 years older than you actually are.”
