Nigeria, May 21 -- Nigerian veteran dancehall star John Asiemo, popularly known as Daddy Showkey, has recounted a harrowing near-death experience.

Daddy Showkey, alongside his contemporaries, African China, Danfo Drivers, Baba Fryo, and Marvelous Benjy, were Ajengunle's most prominent music exports from the 1990s until the early 2000s.

The 53-year-old revealed in an interview on the latest episode of the Honest Bunch podcast that he was once a notorious gang member.

Daddy Showkey, the 'Galala' hitmaker, noted that he and his gang members had access to guns, which they used to terrorise residents of Ikorodu in Lagos.

He said: "I was in a gang back in the day. I won't lie. Some of us found a gun that we used to pick valuables from a ref...