YCee disappeared for four years. The story behind why is heavier than anyone knew.In 2020, at the peak of his run — Jagaban everywhere, Juice on every aux, sold-out shows, a sound that helped define Afrobeats — he got diagnosed with bipolar disorder. What followed was six years of meds that fogged his creativity, hospitalizations, a Nigerian mental health system not built for it, and the strange reality of being one of the biggest songs in the country playing while he tried to put himself back together.He sits down with Eche and Chika to talk about all of it — and goes further than he's gone publicly. The hundreds of millions of streams he never got paid for. The Tiny Entertainment fallout he couldn't shake. Why he repeated SS2 and accidentally fell into music. What it actually takes to disappear for four years and not start tweeting a GoFundMe link. And his unflinching read on where Afrobeats and Nigerian rap are right now — the missed naming opportunity, the foreign players running the industry from outside the continent, the "Olodo Uprising," and why "beef is necessary for the culture" is a lie that gets people killed.Plus: the new album Out of Sight, Out of Mind, why Odumodublvck gets rap right, and a take on J. Cole pulling out of the battle that you've not heard anywhere else.This one moves.Become a Member of The Room (Afropolitan Private Membership)Join our private community for deeper insights and exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/c/AfropolitanpodcastWHERE TO FIND YCEEInstagram: http://instagram.com/iam_yceeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yceeanbtTwitter: https://x.com/iam_yceeYcee's Latest Album Out of Sight Out of Mind: onerpm.link/oosoomyceeEPISODE SPONSORSZobo Money — Zobo is a money transfer app built for Africans in the diaspora. It lets you send money from the US, UK, and Europe to countries like Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, and more. https://www.zobo.money/afropolitanBONUS OFFER: Use code AFROPOLITAN and get a $10 bonus when you sign up, complete your KYC, and send $50 or more to Africa.Hisa — Borderless investments for Africa. Use code AFROPOLITAN: https://hisa.co/CONVO BY AFROPOLITANBook AFROPOLITANTwitter/X: https://x.com/afropolitanInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/afropolitanpodcastNewsletter: https://www.afropolitan.io/newsletterPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/AfropolitanpodcastTIMESTAMPS