{"id":137117,"date":"2024-01-08T08:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/08\/d-black-reveals-how-alcohol-became-a-remedy-for-stage-fright\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T08:11:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:11:16","slug":"d-black-reveals-how-alcohol-became-a-remedy-for-stage-fright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/08\/d-black-reveals-how-alcohol-became-a-remedy-for-stage-fright\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Black reveals how alcohol became a remedy for stage fright \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Musician Desmond Kwesi Blackmore, known popularly as\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/people\/person.php?ID=1768\" target=\"_blank\">D-Black, has said that at the start of his career, he was always shy.<\/p>\n<p>He said he always avoided eye contact because that was the only way he could perform without fright.<\/p>\n<p>To deal with this, he said he resorted to taking shots of alcohol before he could perform on any stage.<\/p>\n<p>He made this revelation on UncutWithDBlack show.<\/p>\n<p>The Vera Hitmaker said in broken English that \u201cBack in the day, I for take shots before I go fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video below<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Saturday the 1st episode of Uncut premieres !! My guests <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1RealJoeyB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@1RealJoeyB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ELgh_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ELgh_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyaddoboateng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pyaddoboateng<\/a> go make u laugh die \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 ! 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