Rizzle Kicks star reveals he was accidentally overdosing on drugs for ’18 months’ straight before he was stopped

Warning: This article contains a discussion of drug addiction that some readers may find distressing.

Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens has opened up about his relationship with drugs, revealing he was “overdosing for 18 months” after self-medicating.

Stephens, 32, rose to fame as one half of the hip hop duo alongside Harley Alexander-Sule.

Best known for songs like ‘Down With the Trumpets’ and ‘Name in Lights’, the pair have sold millions of singles throughout their career.

However, the singer and presenter has now opened up about the difficulties of finding fame at such a young age, revealing the moment he discovered he had accidentally overdosed on ADHD medication he had bought during an episode of the podcast Matt Willis. To the repair.

Stephens explained that he had been diagnosed with ADHD as a teenager but, at the time, had done “nothing about it”.

Rizzle Kicks found fame at a young age (Jim Dyson/Redferns)

I would later start taking a drug called Modafinil over the counter after being able to buy it through a friend.

Modafinil is a stimulant medication that can sometimes be prescribed to treat ADHD symptoms.

After revealing the diagnosis and medication during an audition for a TV show, he was referred to a psychiatrist, where he discovered he had been taking a much higher dose than recommended.

After being asked what dose he was taking by the psychiatrist, he revealed that he was taking 200mg tablets “sometimes two tablets a day”, and after receiving a prescription for a lower dose, Stephens consulted the leaflet and discovered that he had actually been overdosing. after reading the symptoms.

“So by those metrics, I had basically been overdosing on Modafinil for about 18 months,” he added.

Elsewhere in the interview, the singer admitted to struggling with a cocaine addiction and explained how he had initially started taking it as a “coping mechanism” for the intensity of his newfound fame.

Explaining how it had been “surreal” for him and Alexander-Sule to rise to fame so quickly, Stephens admitted he had found the whole process overwhelming.

“You’re like Jimmy Carr is playing or I’m like, I’m going to play FIFA and then like, Daniel Sturridge is like he was standing at the event looking at me like oh I love your new song,” he recalled.

Formed in 2008, Rizzle Kicks went on hiatus after eight years, explaining that they had stopped making music due to addiction and mental health. The pair reunited earlier this year with new single ‘Javelin’, explaining how they wanted to ‘grow up’ away from the spotlight.

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