Mpaka Records boss and singer Ykee Benda has opened up about the chronic stress and depression he suffered after a long custody battle with his ex-girlfriend and baby mama, Julie Batenga.
Ykee Benda and Julie dated for several years, during which they had their first and only child, Tugume Dante. The singer claimed he believed in settling down with one woman, and because of this, he was compelled to visit Julie’s parents’ home in a traditional kukyala ceremony.
However, they bitterly fell out and went their separate ways. Two years after their breakup, they found themselves entangled in a custody battle for their son, something which he says drove him into the saddest moments of his life.
While speaking to his Snapchat followers, Ykee Benda revealed that, at one point during their battle, Julie left the country without letting him know, forcing him to accept his fate.
Once a happy man, Ykee Benda revealed that he lost himself as he cried for months for his son. He gained so much weight that he couldn’t sleep for a full year and always woke up after only a few hours.
“Until I learnt she disappeared with him out of this country without my knowledge did I say to myself that man, maybe this is just what God wants…..About a week from then, I visited a doctor about my sleep issues (my wife doesn’t even know this ).
I was told I could die if I didn’t work on my stress levels and that it all had to begin with acceptance; I freaked out, and probably that was my wake-up call because I was so fat even when I tried to cut down on my food, nothing worked,” Ykee Benda wrote.
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It was not until January 2025 that he started working on himself, and it has taken him 15 months to feel alive again. He confessed that he now lets his son go to give his mother peace.
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