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“The tumor? J-Ax found out right after mine. Now I want to see my children grow up »- Corriere.it

from Chiara Maffioletti

The rapper talks about himself after the rapprochement with his colleague and the launch of the concert

Outside the Palazzo Reale dozens of people wait composed, braving the heat of midsummer, of those who only in Milan. Some have signs: “Fedez, contact me.” They know he is inside, they saw him from a story he posted on Instagram shortly before (for those who still had some doubts about his power), in which he anticipated that in the morning he would announce a project. They do not know, however, that, in a few weeks, precisely on June 28, Fedez it will be a few steps from there, in Piazza Duomo, for Love-Mi a free concert he organized with a charitable purpose: to help the Tog foundation, an excellence that treats children with severe neurological problems. «The idea – he explains – was to link this event to my summer tour. Unfortunately, after what happened, I can’t do it. So I’ll focus on this one date, I’m training to be able to stay on stage … if there is any doubt in the audience there will also be my surgeons … so that if it should help, “he jokes.

At the end of March, exactly two months ago, he was operated on for pancreatic cancer.

“The operation went well, the tumor was caught on time and at 90% everything is fine. I have been removed from my gallbladder, duodenum, part of my pancreas and intestines. Fromhistological examination it turned out that there are no micro metastases, which is why I did not have to undergo chemotherapy. I’m very lucky”.

What is the difficult part now of getting back into sense in view of this event of yours?

«Physically the problem is breath. I recently attended the Tananai concert, singing only one song: it was an incredible joy but immediately afterwards I was already out of breath. By June 28th I expect to be ready and charged ».

After his illness, he said his priorities changed. How?

“Actually my priorities had been changing for some time. They actually concern the attitude with which I face life, it is difficult to explain. Then there was the tumor: when you face experiences of this type you realize that one of the goals you give yourself afterwards is to see your children grow up. Here, this thing gives you a different spirit ».

When he announced he had the tumor, he said that later on, he would share this experience, he would tell it.

“I need still more time to process. To think better about everything that has been. Sometimes it is easy to forget, but I want to keep the window of this experience open. I still need time ».

In the meantime, some of his seemingly simple gestures have helped many people. Like when she showed her scar.

“Yes, even the doctors who operated on me told me that shortly after they were at a convention in New York and there too they were talking about the post in which I showed my scar. I don’t know, I did it almost without thinking about it and even if many thanked me, even now I struggle to understand why. By now that scar is simply part of me, of my history ».

However, as it is doing now with its support for Tog, its history is increasingly linked to charitable initiatives or, in any case, to help others.

«I don’t want to play the part of the holy man or the upright: I have my own benefits, really selfish, in feeling that I have a public utility. It’s something that makes me feel good. I feel good doing it. “

In this regard, he broke another taboo by saying that since using psychotropic drugs he sees “the world in color”.

«It is a way of trying to overcome the stigma that still exists towards psychoanalysis, going to therapy. A stigma that I myself had to break down: I had to mature that one should not be ashamed in entrusting oneself to specialists and asking for help. I think these legacies come from the stereotypes that still exist in our dear civil society, where going to therapy or needing supplementary therapies for one’s mental health is experienced as a symptom of insanity. I think that too many are still subjected to these stereotypes ».

In launching this event wanted J-Ax alongside him with whom he will sing on stage and has not ruled out, in the future, to return to collaborate. After the breakup of the partnership, you haven’t talked to each other for four years.

“For me it was essential to have him close. The day they found the tumor, after a normal check-up, I had an appointment with him, so he was among the first to know, after my family. The first time we spoke again (he had also blocked my number), we were on the phone for six hours, in which we got everything out. But the time was ripe to go further and focus on what was beautiful in our friendship ».

Could a rapprochement also happen with Fabio Rovazzi?

“Somehow it has already been there: there are videos where you can see that we met at a concert and talked to each other for a while.”

It almost seems that in your working relationships she ends up putting feelings into it and then feeling bad about it. No?

«Well yes, in the past I have become too fond of it too morbidly. Mixing work and friendship is not always wise, in fact in this case, with Ale (J-Ax, ed.) We got closer together, not by chance, working on a charity project and we decided not to make songs together. At the moment”.

Why, net of this sensitivity, he says he is struggling to openly show his affection?

“Because I come from a family that expresses affection in a pragmatic way, not in a too blatant way. Perhaps this is why I too try to take concrete initiatives. I don’t try to look like a good person, that doesn’t interest me. And to those who say that I do it for ulterior motives, I reply that in the meantime I do it. Now, for Tog, the goal is to try to collect as much as possible and I turn to all companies that are interested in sponsoring us, so that they can come forward ».

In all this, the relationship with his wife, Chiara Ferragni, seems even more solid if possible.

“All the experiences I have gone through with her, everything that has happened and that we have lived together could only intensify our relationship. We always tell ourselves that we are no longer just a couple, we are a real team ».

Recently there was talk of his lesson to your son Leo, when he explained to him that there are no female or male colors.

“Yes, after which I realized that he was the one who taught me the lesson: while I was explaining to him that there are no specific colors for girls, I realized that my daughter’s room is completely pink. I too am not exempt from this kind of stereotype and my son taught me it ».

A few days ago he met one of his idols: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182.

«A joy. Being in the role of the fan showed me the other side of the coin: my eyes on him are what others may have for me. The first concert I went to was theirs, brought by my mother ».

The last few weeks must not have been easy weeks for her either.

“No – pause -. In no way”.

If you hadn’t found music on your way, have you ever wondered what your life would have been like?

«I do not experience music as a medium but as a communicative outlet. I like to communicate and music is nothing more than a form of communication. If it hadn’t gone well, I think I would have looked for another way to do it ».

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May 24, 2022 (change May 24, 2022 | 08:22)


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