Ghanaian musician Fameye has opened up about the emotional burden of growing up without his parents, revealing that despite no longer expressing his pain through his music, he still cries in private.
Speaking in an interview with Kobby Kyei aired on August 6, 2026, the award-winning singer reflected on how losing his parents at an early age has shaped his life, career and personal decisions.
According to Fameye, many people could hear his pain in his earlier songs because they were inspired by the difficult experiences he had endured.
"From the beginning of my career, people could feel it in my music that I cried a lot. They normally say I'm always sad when I'm recording. Now, I don't cry in my songs, but I cry behind closed doors," he said.
The musician admitted that the absence of parental guidance has contributed to some of the mistakes he believes he has made in life.
"At a point, when I look at my life, I feel like I wouldn't have made certain mistakes or decisions I've made today if I had parents. Some of the things I've done and the words that come out of my mouth sometimes come out of pain. It might be because of some treatment I never experienced," he explained.
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Fameye further disclosed that one of the darkest moments in his career came during a dispute with someone in the music industry, when he felt helpless because he had no parents to stand up for him.
"When something is wrong with me, I have to solve it myself. One of my darkest moments was when I had a problem with someone in this industry. They were saying they would take me somewhere and curse me, but where were my parents who would defend me?" he recounted.
He stated that he often envies people whose parents publicly support and defend them, especially on social media.
"We sometimes see parents fighting for their children on social media and I wish something would happen that my parents would also fight for me online, but that has never happened for me," he shared.
Fameye also became emotional while recalling the birth of his first child, saying the experience reminded him of the absence of his late mother.
"When I welcomed my first child, I was really broken in a way. I was asking, 'Where is my mother who would bathe the child and take care of the grandchild?' My woman and I did everything ourselves," he revealed.
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