Sickle cell “warrior” Excel Praiseworth is making music to manage chronic pain and raise awareness of the disease
"WHEN you are rolling in agony, yeah they call it a crisis. But your bones are on fire, and you can't even describe it…..They say, 'We will try to control the fever, oh, I think you're dehydrated, we'll check your breathing, you need some oxygen', but I just want the pain to go away." These are some of the lyrics in Excel Praiseworth's 'Sickle Song', streamed almost 7,000 times on Spotify alone. Excel, who lives with his family in Abuja, Nigeria, was diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia at nine months old. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention…
