Popek: Drug addict alcoholic or warrior fighting demons?

Cyprian Majcher

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Popek, a notorious Polish rapper with a face full of tattoos and a history of addiction, recounts his childhood rooted in theft at age 7, abandonment to state care at 9, and learning guitar under the threat of beatings.

He describes a 4‑week cocaine binge with friends in Germany that left him weighing 49 kg, and a later self‑inflicted eye tattoo that blinded him for 29 days — realizing only on day 26 that he was blind.

A key self‑insight: he used alcohol and hard drugs to numb childhood emotions, not to be entertaining onstage. Money, not drugs, he argues, was the real trap, because unlimited access made him a high‑functioning addict.

His current sobriety strategy is to plan only one day at a time, never saying ‘I’m cured,’ while battling an inner split between Paweł (the normal man) and Popek (the self‑destructive performer).

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Money and fame are overrated like cocaine in Colombia

Brutal self‑awareness about the emptiness of celebrity, directly equating fame with a disappointing drug.

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