Gospel artist, Victor Thompson, known for his famous track “This Year,” has recounted how he used to sell weed, and alcohol to sex workers.
Victor Thompson spoke candidly with Chude Jideonwo about his experiences selling marijuana and alcohol to sex workers as a means of survival after losing both parents at the age of 12 and his incredible transformation story.
The gospel musician described his everyday challenges, including working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
According to him, during the day he sold sachet water on the streets, and at night he ran a small shop near a brothel, selling booze, marijuana, and cigarettes to sex workers.
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In his words:
“At a time, I was selling alcohol, weed, cigarettes, and hawking pure water. In the morning and afternoon time, I did vulcanizing, shoe-making and hawked pure water but at night go back to my shop which was close to a brothel to sell alcohol, weed, and cigarettes. Most of my customers were the prostitutes.
“I lost my parents when I was between 12 and 14. My dad passed first, I think I was 10 or thereabout. When my dad died, my aunties threw us out of our dad’s house. We didn’t have a place to sleep. God so good, a carpenter was so kind and gave us an empty land to sleep. It’s a bush so at night, I would sneak my mum in, so that was how we lived for years. But she couldn’t cope then she passed.”