Posted by Samuel on Tue 20th Jan, 2026 - tori.ng
In a candid interview with YouTuber The Smallie, Jeriq revealed that he has been arrested multiple times by law enforcement agencies due to vices.
Nigerian rapper Jeremiah Chukwuebuka Ani, better known as Jeriq, has revealed that music helped steer him away from vices and kept him out of prison.
In a candid interview with YouTuber The Smallie, Jeriq revealed that he has been arrested multiple times by law enforcement agencies due to vices.
The Enugu-born rapper explained that music distracted him from vices.
“I have been arrested multiple times by law enforcement agencies due to vices. If you look at my hands and legs, you will see scars of handcuffs. Anti-cult, police have all arrested me before.
“Thank God for music. If not for music, I would probably be in prison by now,” he said.
Jeriq also shared the struggles he faced when he initially came to Lagos to push his career forward.
“The first time I came to Lagos, then I wasn’t popping so I didn’t any opportunity to meet artists. If was difficult to collaborate with any artist then because I was still upcoming.
“However, things changed we I came back in 2021 and I was able to do a collaborative EP with Dremo titled ‘East and West’,” he explained.
The rapper added that he is confident that he would gain international recognition rapping in his native language, Igbo.