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\nRizzle Kicks burst onto the music scene with their debut album, Stereo Typical, in 2011<\/p>\n
Harley Alexander\u2011Sule, of hip\u2011hop duo Rizzle Kicks, has described how the pair found a lack of mental health support from the music industry when they started out.<\/p>\n
Rizzle Kicks burst onto the music scene with their debut album, Stereo Typical, in 2011 \u2013 and released a follow-up album in 2013 before Alexander\u2011Sule and Jordan Stephens concentrated on solo projects.<\/p>\n
The pair, who reunited to release new album Competition Is For Losers last year, feature together on the latest episode of mental health charity Mind’s YouTube series, Behind The Song.<\/p>\n
The pair, both 34, open up about experiences of panic attacks, drug abuse, anxiety and stigma surrounding mental health in a joint effort with the charity to tackle misunderstanding about mental health problems.<\/p>\n
Stephens said they both felt under pressure to continue their original success.<\/p>\n
He said: “Ultimately what happened was we were put under pressure in the second album and then in pursuit of the third album we both fell into difficult cycles.<\/p>\n
“I fell into quite a lot of drug misuse, drug abuse.”<\/p>\n
\nRizzle Kicks burst onto the music scene with their debut album, Stereo Typical, in 2011<\/p>\n
Alexander\u2011Sule said: “The music industry wasn\u2019t set up back then for artists who had problems with their mental health.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s not their fault that it happened, but should have been their responsibility for a 22, 23-year-old boy who is going through a lot at that time to be supportive. There was never that support.”<\/p>\n
In the episode, Stephens recalls receiving a call saying Alexander\u2011Sule had disappeared before a show, and supporting him through a panic attack over the phone.<\/p>\n
“We weren\u2019t even that close at the time, but I still ran to find him. Looking back, it shows how much we needed support we never got,” he said.<\/p>\n
Rizzle Kicks\u2019 conversation follows previous Behind The Song episodes featuring artists such as Joy Crookes, Yungblud, and Mind ambassador Perrie Edwards.<\/p>\n