{"id":707080,"date":"2026-07-23T12:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707080\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:59:10","slug":"rusko-steps-away-from-music-citing-mental-health-issues-%c2%b7-news-%e2%9f%8b-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707080\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusko steps away from music, citing mental health issues \u00b7 News \u27cb RA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rusko steps away from music, citing mental health issues \u00b7 News \u27cb RA<\/p>\n<p>Published<\/p>\n<p>Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 07:00The dubstep producer is on a &#8220;search for healing and recovery.&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMucmEuY28vaW1hZ2VzL25ld3MvMjAyNi9ydXNrbzIyMDcyNi5qcGc=.jpeg\" alt=\"Rusko steps away from music, citing mental health issues image\"   class=\"Image-sc-mve7dk-0 cUdKrd\"\/>Leeds-born dubstep producer <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/rusko\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/dj\/rusko\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rusko<\/a>, real name Christopher Mercer, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5WlxIJE16\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da5WlxIJE16\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> an indefinite hiatus from his career. The producer said it was clear he was &#8220;having a breakdown mentally&#8221; after touring for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For now, I have to follow my instincts and search for healing and recovery,&#8221; he shared in a statement on July 17th. &#8220;While I can&#8217;t guarantee any kind of return, I hope in my heart, one day this is not goodbye, but more &#8216;see ya later, alligator.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the post in full.<\/p>\n<p>If you or anyone you know is struggling in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted via the free phone helpline 116 123.<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rusko steps away from music, citing mental health issues \u00b7 News \u27cb RA Published Thu, Jul 23, 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[7731,102,21342,1906,6623,234509,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-707080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-english","tag-health","tag-magazine-news","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-rusko","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}