Jeezy has admitted that he was sexually abused as a toddler by a babysitter.
Talking to actor Nia Lengthy in a candid interview posted on his YouTube channel on Tuesday (November 7), the rapper opened up about his childhood trauma in addition to his ongoing divorce from Jeannie Mai.
Discussing trauma with Lengthy, Jeezy admitted that he was “left with a babysitter who was older and her touching and doing issues to me that don’t usually occur to children.”
The Boyz n the Hood star then requested, “Like molesting?” to which Jeezy replied: “Proper.”
Whereas he didn’t specify how previous he was when this occurred, the “Put On” rapper mentioned he was “launched to intercourse at a really younger age.”
Watch Jeezy’s feedback across the 1-minute mark under:
Jeezy additionally detailed different moments of trauma from his childhood that had an enduring affect on him, recalling an incident the place he watched a neighbor shoot his spouse when he was 8 years previous.
“I keep in mind it prefer it was yesterday. They received into an argument,” he informed Lengthy earlier than occurring to explain hiding beneath a sink as the person shot his spouse “like 4 instances” however didn’t kill her.
Reflecting on the incident, Jeezy mentioned: “Earlier than I used to be 8, I had already accepted that that is the norm. I used to be already desensitized. I used to be already considering that is what life is.”
Jeezy has just lately been rather more open about his personal life following the publication of his memoir Adversity For Sale in August.
Jeezy ‘Did not Know’ He Was Struggling From Melancholy For Nearly A Decade
Throughout a latest interview with PEOPLE, he admitted that he had suicidal ideas as a youngster following his incarceration at a Fort Stewart boot camp after being caught dealing medication.
Close to the tip of his time on the boot camp, Jeezy mentioned: “So it was all these items in my head. I simply keep in mind standing there and it was for a short second, I might say not less than about 10 minutes, I really contemplated leaping within the water.
“I had by no means had suicidal ideas, however I [thought], ‘Effectively, shit, if I simply soar within the water, I ain’t gotta cope with this. I ain’t gotta return house. I gotta do none of this stuff.’”
He additionally revealed that he didn’t soar within the water as a result of a voice inside him informed him to “man up.”
