{"id":213971,"date":"2025-07-12T12:34:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=213971"},"modified":"2025-07-12T12:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T12:34:30","slug":"i-married-as-a-virgin-but-battled-porn-addiction-gospel-singer-gaise-baba-opens-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/12\/i-married-as-a-virgin-but-battled-porn-addiction-gospel-singer-gaise-baba-opens-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI married as a virgin, but battled porn addiction\u201d \u2013 Gospel Singer Gaise Baba opens up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Gaise Baba, has opened up about his personal struggles with addiction and the difficult journey he faced before fame finally found him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a revealing interview with Chude Jidenowo, the <em>No Turning Back<\/em> singer shared that he and his wife, Funto, got married as virgins, but it wasn\u2019t without a fight. He said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYes, I married as a virgin. I and my wife. But it took more time, sir, before we find the way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213974\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7853.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7853.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7853-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaise Baba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gaise Baba revealed that he was exposed to explicit content at the age of 15 and soon became addicted to pornography, despite having made a covenant of purity with God. He added:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI just scribbled something. I signed it, went to meet the pastor. I\u2019m like, my covenant of purity. In fact, it was shortly after that I got addicted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The singer said that five years ago, after 13 years as a professional artiste and three years after he believed he had received a word from God, he nearly gave up on music entirely. He confessed to approaching his mentor and saying, \u201c<em>I can\u2019t do this anymore like this; I\u2019m going to get a corporate job.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213973\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213973\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-213973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7854.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7854.jpeg 496w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_7854-240x300.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaise Baba, Wife and Kids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But according to him, God sent his wife, Funto, to encourage him to keep going. He added that last year, several prophetic words began to come that an explosion was about to happen in his life. By that time, he had already learned not to doubt God\u2019s promises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a bittersweet twist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/05\/29\/top-10-nigerian-songs-dominating-charts-may-2025\/\">two weeks before his hit song \u201c<em>No Turning Back<\/em>\u201d went viral, Gaise Baba<\/a> lost his mother. He said she called him shortly before her death to tell him he was a special son and that his mission was about to take over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<em>She went to heaven and told the angels to get moving,\u201d<\/em> he said, half-joking, half-serious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Since the release of <em>No Turning Back<\/em> featuring Lawrence Oyor, Gaise Baba\u2019s influence in the gospel space has grown massively, with the song becoming a healing anthem for many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">His story has touched hearts across social media, a reminder that delay isn\u2019t denial, and that purpose can rise from even the lowest points.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Gaise Baba, has opened up about his personal struggles with addiction and the difficult journey he faced before fame finally found him. 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