
12 | POETIK: Losing Mum, Gang Life & Learning to Be a Dad
Poetik said “RIP Charlie Kirk” and copped a backlash he never saw coming. What people didn’t know was that he was already grieving his brother’s murder.
On episode 12 of Past The Name, the bro sits down with Shubz to talk about the life behind the music. Losing his mum at two, being passed between families and countries, growing up in survival mode, gang life, and the drinking he used to block out childhood trauma.
He opens up about the woman who raised him, watching her pass away, and turning up to a music video shoot that same morning because she told him to honour his commitment.
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