K.O Explains Why He Quit Consuming Alcohol In 2008

K.O Explains Why He Quit Consuming Alcohol In 2008. It’s no coincidence that the majority of South African rappers are brand ambassadors for prestigious and expensive alcohol brands. This is because hip-hop culture is all about living a lavish lifestyle and always being in a festive mood.

But for veteran SA rapper K.O this has not been the case in his career. During an interview with Dj Sbu on Hustler’s Corner podcast, the rapper revealed that he has not been taking alcohol since 2008. He stated that there was a point in his career where he had to do an introspection since he was failing to send money home even at the peak of his career.

“For me, I remember second year as Teargas this was 2007. We just had a great moment with chance and everything. So 2007 but I still felt like nothing has changed, we are still like, I still can’t send money to my family to get things done, renovations and all these things I always wanted to do as a kid,” he said.

The respectable rapper said he had to think about all that was happening and eventually had to question himself why he had to drink alcohol. “That actually even drove me to a point where just doing some introspection, I’m like so why do I have to drink alcohol,” he said. “Because I feel like alcohol is there for like celebrations or even for partaking in all kinds of superficial things, chasing girls.

These are things meant for celebrations, what am I celebrating because nothing has really changed in my life? That’s why I made the decision to quit alcohol period,” he said. K.O stated unequivocally that he stopped drinking not because he was an alcoholic, but because it was not doing him any good.

“I stopped drinking in 2008, and not because I was an alcoholic, I just felt like it wasn’t serving me in any way and I don’t drink, I don’t smoke,” he said. K.O is currently having the best moment in his rap career since he is enjoying the success of SETE and his album SR3.