Yaw Siki has opened up about how hip-hop culture influenced some of the choices he made in his younger days, saying the music genre played a direct role in sparking his early curiosity about drugs.
He traced part of that influence back to his deep interest in hip-hop while growing up, especially underground scenes that often normalised certain lifestyles.
Speaking in an interview on Hitz FM on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, he reflected on his past when he was asked about smoking, alcohol use and other habits he picked up earlier in life.
“Hip-hop itself, that culture made me curious about weed smoking. I wanted to try weed because of hip-hop,” he said plainly.
According to him, repeated references to marijuana in the music he loved helped fuel that curiosity over time.
“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.
He noted that this curiosity eventually turned into real experimentation after he completed senior high school, when he tried smoking for the first time.
Beyond cannabis, he also shared how alcohol became part of his early experiences, pointing in part to his home environment.
Yaw Siki recalled that his mother would often send him to buy alcohol when he was younger, a routine that later shaped his exposure to 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.
Even with those reflections, Yaw Siki stressed that he does not hold any resentment toward his family, including his mother and brother, whom he said also had a relaxed attitude toward alcohol 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.
