Stephen Otieno Adera aka Steve Simple Boy has revealed that he died momentarily when he was very sick before he came back to life.
The rapper opened up about his miraculous resurrection during an interview with YouTuber Trudy Kitui.
Simple Boy spoke about dying and coming back to life after Trudy asked him if the environment he was brought up affected his mental health.
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The YouTuber said her fans had been asking her that question for a long time and she ultimately sought answers straight from the horse's mouth when she got the chance to interview Simple Boy.
"Wanaulizanga comment section, naona watu wanauliza ata wengine wanasema 'Trudy ushawai ulize Stevo hii swali?'nasahau saa leo nimekumbuka. Labda ile environment ulikua unaishi ukiwa mdogo ama ukigrow up iliaffect mental issue yako?" Trudy asked Simple Boy.
The rapper said when he was young he got very sick and died before God restored his life.
"Ok, jambo la kwanza mimi nikiwa mtoto mdogo nilikua nimegonjeka sana sana hadi nikafariki. Hadi nkafariki by the way. Kupitia neema zake Mungu akanirejeshea uhai tena," he said.
Simple Boy added that his mother took him to the hospital where he died after attempts to revive him failed. He only reckoned that it was the grace of God that brought him back to life.
"Mama yangu mzazi alikua amenipeleka hospitali sasa akagive up wakasema ah ah huyu ameshaenda. So nkadungwa mashindano, nkapatiwa madawa hazikua zinafanya kazi. Yani ile kupitia uwepo wa Mungu nkarudi back," he said.
Science describes coming back to life after death as Lazarus Syndrome.
Lazarus syndrome refers to your blood circulation returning spontaneously after your heart stops beating, and fails to restart despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In short, it's returning to life after it appears that you've died. [sic]
Asked if his resurrection affected his mental health, Stevo Simple Boy couldn't agree more with the interviewer.
"So from there that is how you got maybe affected [mental health] ama kuna pia after there kuna vile tena life ilikua…? Trudy asked.
"Ni hio tu nilikua affected na hio," Stevo Simple Boy responded.
Early life
Stevo Simple Boy was born and raised in abject poverty and has struggled to break free of destitution even after he became a celebrity. The rapper emerged among 9 Kenyan celebrities who got broke in 2023.
In an interview with Diana Marua in 2022, Simple Boy revealed that he was a slow learner and struggled in school.
He studied in Homa Bay county from nursery to class seven and sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination in Kibera, Nairobi.
"Nlikua ule mtoto special. Kuna wale watu ambaye hawashiki vitu haraka, nlikua mmoja wao. Nlisoma nursery mbaka class 7 nkarudi Nairobi nkafanya darasa la nane," he said.
The Kibera-raised rapper didn't join high school to pursue secondary education after he sat for KCPE. He started doing menial jobs to survive in the slums.
Simple Boy disclosed that he worked as a construction worker, a security guard and a waiter in a hotel where he was paid Ksh100 a day.
