Doja Cat admits she’s ‘struggled with cocaine’ during pop career but insists she’s not ‘demonic’

DOJA Cat has admitted she’s “struggled with cocaine” but has insisted she’s not “demonic”. The rapper and singer took to TikTok to share a series of videos as she opened up about her past issues with drugs and alcohol. Doja Cat has opened up about her battle with drugs and alcohol Credit: TIKTOK/@DOJACAT The rapper and singer took to TikTok to share her thoughtsCredit: TIKTOK/@DOJACAT She revealed she was fearful about speaking on the topic but was taught “to do something every day if I’m on a journey to healing.” The 30-year-old went on to explain that people on the internet think she’s “demonic” and that she has “demons” and “evil” in her. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! She suggested the claims were a good opportunity to teach people about demons and evil as she connected it to her past issues with alcohol and drugs. “The best example for my experience is using the internet as a means of validation to the negative thoughts in my head which were then brought on by drinking alcohol,” the Kiss Me More singer expressed. “I’ve never had a real problem with drugs except for weed but alcohol is something that I’ve definitely had a problem with. “I was never an alcoholic but I definitely had problems. So if I can teach anybody anything, I will tell you that it’s not good to pair these two things together.” Doja, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, went on to divulge: “I have struggled with cocaine, I think could have been like eight years ago, but I’m well past that so thank God.” She said that an extreme issue that is often overlooked or misunderstood is “undiagnosed” or “uncared for” mental illness paired with social media. Most read in Showbiz It comes after she revealed her plans to quit fame earlier this year Credit: Getty She shot to fame back in 2018 Credit: AFP “If people are commenting stuff that makes you hate yourself or validates the stuff that you already hate about yourself, just know that first of all, you probably need help – second of all, they probably need help.” “Once you understand that that person is doing it out of their own personal – dare I say demons – it becomes more sad than it becomes angering and irritating,” Doja explained. She concluded her rant by advising social media users to consider before commenting online. “Think about what you’re saying, think about if it’s a projection. “Be clear in your words – this isn’t a place where people want to be clear. Not everything is the truth, not everything is so cut and dry.” It comes after she revealed back in May that she plans to quit fame and wants to take at least “three years off.” She told Elle magazine: “I think I want to take three years off. I want to just do whatever. I might do another mural. “I’m going to furnish this whole upper area of my house because there’s literally nothing in here and there’s been nothing in here for four years or five.” She shot to fame back in 2018 after her music went viral on social media, specifically her song ‘Mooo!’ which became a meme-driven sensation. Her song ‘So High’ caught the attention of Kemosabe and RCA Records and she went on to sign a record deal with them. She’s released five albums in the last eight years and is often regarded as the ‘Queen of Pop-Rap’. Billboard named her “one of the world’s biggest pop stars” and in 2023, Time listed her as one of the world’s most influential people. Comment now