Yaw Siki has revisited his past, pointing to hip-hop culture and his upbringing as key influences behind his early curiosity about drugs and alcohol.
During an interview on Hitz FM, the former rapper reflected on how his exposure to certain themes in music and everyday life gradually informed some of the decisions he made as a young man.
He said his connection to hip-hop, particularly underground sounds he closely followed at the time, introduced him to ideas that later sparked experimentation.
“Hip-hop itself, that culture made me curious about weed smoking. I wanted to try weed because of hip-hop,” he said plainly.
Yaw Siki explained that constant references to marijuana in the music he admired made the habit seem familiar, even before he experienced it firsthand.
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“I loved underground hip-hop music, West Coast underground hip-hop music. They always talked about, ‘we smoke weed every day’ and all that. I’m a serious fan of them. So I was curious about weed because all the people I loved and followed talked about it,” he explained.
That curiosity, he noted, did not remain theoretical for long. After completing senior high school, he eventually tried smoking, turning interest into action.
He also drew a connection between his early exposure to alcohol and his home environment, recalling how routine errands for his mother shaped his first encounters with drinking.
“My mom used to send me to buy alcohol. She loved gin a lot, and it got to a time when I wanted to taste it. So if there were three shots in the bottle, I would take one. That’s how I started drinking, with gin,” he revealed.
Despite acknowledging these influences, Yaw Siki made it clear he harbours no resentment toward his family. He described their actions as reflective of what felt normal at the time.
“They are humans, and probably they thought it was normal, just as we today might think some things are normal in our lives, but they may not be normal,” he stated.