- Began in 2009/2010, involved persistent vomiting of blood with no medical diagnosis.
- He credits his recovery to Ifa after abandoning Christianity and Islam for traditional beliefs.
- He says the music industry exposed him to recurring spiritual warfare, which only Ifa shielded him from.
Nigerian singer 9ice says a mysterious “spiritual attack” caused him to vomit blood for half a year until traditional healing turned his life around.
According to Eko Hot Blog, Alexander Akande, popularly known as 9ice, opened up about one of the darkest periods in his life during a recent sit-down on The Nancy Isime Show.
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He described months of vomiting blood physically debilitating, yet unexplained by any medical practitioner. That alarming health crisis persisted for six months before he turned to spiritual solutions .
9ice revealed that doctors were unable to diagnose the cause, pushing him to seek help from a traditional healer. “Someone referred me to Ifa. I just wished I had known it earlier,” he reflected . The referral marked the turning point: following traditional rituals, his symptoms gradually vanished and he says he regained his health.
The singer shared that he does not identify as a Christian or a Muslim, but embraces a traditionalist and calls himself a Babalawo a guardian of ifa wisdom. He regrets not embracing this spiritual path sooner and encourages other Africans to rediscover their cultural faith.
During the interview, host Nancy Isime asked whether he had faced spiritual confrontations in his music career. 9ice answered strongly—he’s faced multiple spiritual battles over the years. He singled out the blood-vomiting phase as one that nearly ended him and forced him out of his own house.
Rather than attributing his ordeal to sickness, he insisted it was supernatural. After embracing Ifa rituals and protections, he says the attacks stopped and his life turned around. He warned that ignoring traditional spiritual systems comes with risk, especially for Africans working in intense creative environments like music.
Overall, 9ice’s testimony serves as a rare public confession about the spiritual edge that music artists confront, rooted in Yoruba cosmology.
It also revives discussions on how conventional medicine sometimes misses deeply spiritual disturbances. His message is direct: embrace your heritage, respect spiritual reality, and protect yourself with the traditions you were born into.
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