From Caribbean360

CALIFORNIA, United States, Wednesday May 14, 2014 – Andre Johnson, the Los Angeles rapper who hacked off his genitalia before taking a dive from a second storey balcony in North Hollywood, has finally spoken out about what motivated last month’s gory self-mutilation.

Depression drove him to do it, he revealed.

Johnson, who performs under the stage name Christ Bearer with the Wu-Tang affiliated group Northstar, was reportedly high on the dangerous psychedelic drug PCP on April 16 when he performed his apparent DIY eunuch stunt.

The 40-year-old nevertheless went on to tell celebrity website TMZ that he was smoking weed and reading about monks and vasectomies just before the self-castration.

He felt as if his “world was collapsing,” he said, after a restraining order prevented him from seeing his two daughters. He also revealed that he had a third child on the way.

TMZ also reported that doctors were able to reattach Johnson’s member.

Johnson claims that he will regain full functionality of his privates, although his ability to father more children is considered unlikely.

Conflicting reports surround the case, which is classified as an attempted suicide by police.

According to friends in the apartment building where the castration took place, Johnson pulled off the mutilation quickly before hurling himself over the balcony.

E! Online nevertheless reported that Johnson cut off the tip of his penis first, then removed his testicles and the remainder of his genitalia.

The E! report said that the rapper was under the influence of PCP at the time, a mind-bending drug which is also known as Angel Dust or Phencyclidine.

PCP is a “dissociative drug” meaning that it distorts perceptions of sight and sound and produces feelings of detachment from the environment and self.

Meanwhile, as the drama unfolded and occupants of the apartment building raced downstairs to see if Johnson had survived the fall, they found him on his feet, screaming. He was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in critical condition.

The butchered organs were recovered upstairs.

The Wu-Tang website describes Northstar as a duo from the north side of Long Beach who have produced songs warning of the dangers of drugs and saluting their own Muslim beliefs.

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