Nigeria: Drug Addiction in Music Videos - Who's to Blame?

1 September 2018

From time immemorial, celebrities have used various kinds of drugs to enhance their performance. But why are security personnel attached to these celebrities powerless when it comes to drugs? Anthony Ada Abraham explores the answer to this question.

For centuries, musicians have used drugs to sustain their performance especially on stage, and listeners, on their part, have used drugs to heighten the pleasure from music. The relationship between drugs and music is also reflected in lyrics and in the way these lyrics were arranged by the musicians.

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