Jamal Edwards

Ed Sheeran has spoken about his struggles with suicidal thoughts, and claimed that the UK still has a negative stigma around therapy.

[died in February 2022 after suffering a heart attack](https://www.nme.com/news/music/jamal-edwards-died-of-cardiac-arrest-after-using-cocaine-coroner-concludes-3281949), triggered by substance use. It is something that will always be there and just has to be managed.” “It helps me make sense of my feelings,” he said. The single will available this Friday. “People think it’s weird getting a therapist in England. [‘Eyes Closed’](https://www.nme.com/news/music/ed-sheeran-says-new-song-eyes-closed-is-about-losing-someone-jamal-edwards-3414615), the first single set for release, was written as a tribute to Jamal Edwards. They seemed selfish, especially as a father. Warne also passed away following a heart attack the following month, aged 52. Although he has faced these issues throughout his life, according to Sheeran, last March marked the toughest time yet. He continued: “Obviously, like, I’ve lived a very privileged life. “No one really talks about their feelings where I come from, he said. “Those thoughts were bad enough, but shame arrived as their companion.

Following the tragic death of Jamal Edwards, chart-topping singer Ed Sheeran has vowed to never touch drugs again after his best friend Jamal suffered ...

“I remember just being at a festival and being like, ‘Well, if all of my friends do it, it can’t be that bad.’ And then sort of dabbling. I would not be here without him, professionally and personally. We should have known that we'd be lost without you.“ Ed explained: “I was always a drinker. Brenda's beloved son Jamal gained fame after setting up the music platform SBTV in 2006 and was credited with helping to launch a string of UK music acts to stardom, including Sheeran, Dave and Jessie J. DJ and music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, who was made an MBE for his services to music in 2014, died on February 20 last year at the age of 31. Wearing a blue jumper and jeans, the music icon begins to rap: “Yo Jam, this is a letter to you, it's been a while but it's been hard for me to get in the booth. Because all I want to do is talk about you, but these tears won't let me talk about you. And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze.“ The singing sensation also recently confessed that he 'didn't want to live anymore' after Jamal's death, and after his wife Cherry was diagnosed with a tumour while she was pregnant with their second child. [Ed Sheeran](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ed-sheeran) has vowed never to do drugs again after the death of his best friend, [Jamal Edwards](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/jamal-edwards). [Rolling Stone Magazine](https://www.rollingstone.com/) that once upon a time, he used to take drugs twice a day – but he has now sworn off them forever after the shock of his best friend’s death.

Ed Sheeran has opened up on facing suicidal thoughts after the death of his best friend Jamal Edwards.

and I said, "Yeah, it'll be me in the studio and we'll play a gig". Ed then said to the camera: 'You guys said, "Do you want to make a documentary?" And I was always like, "Well, why am I so … 'And I was like, "Oh, because you love kebabs and drink beer." I don’t know any old rockers that aren’t alcoholics or sober, and I didn’t want to be either.' But having a bottle of vodka is another thing. 'Having a couple of beers is one thing. He explained: 'I was always a drinker. I was like, "No, actually, I really don’t." He continued: 'The help isn’t a button that is pressed, where you’re automatically OK. And you can’t get out of it.' You’re just sort of in this thing.

SINGER Ed Sheeran has vowed never to do drugs again after the death of his best pal.Ed, 32, says in an emotional interview that it would be “disresp.

And I don’t think anyone thought that I knew the rumour. [Suffolk](https://www.thesun.co.uk/where/suffolk/)-based star explained: “My best friend died. I don’t know any old rockers that aren’t alcoholics or sober, and I didn’t want to be either.” Like, I get why people would think that. Earlier this year, he released a freestyle, F64, where he rapped: “People assumed that we were lovers.” Be happy with that and just be done.’ It is something that will always be there and just has to be managed.” [Ed](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/21783350/ed-sheeran-wife-cherry-health-battle-friends-death-documentary/) has revealed he used drugs twice a day — but has now sworn off them for good after the shock of his best friend’s death. And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze. But having a bottle of vodka is another thing. “I remember just being at a festival and being like, ‘Well, if all of my friends do it, it can’t be that bad.’ And then sort of dabbling. I didn’t touch any sort of like, drug, until I was 24.

The music entrepreneur and YouTuber, who set up new music platform SBTV, died of a cardiac arrhythmia brought on by cocaine use last February. He was 31. Jamal ...

And then it just turns into a habit that you do once a week and then once a day and then, like, twice a day and then, like, without booze. “I remember just being at a festival and being like, ‘Well, if all of my friends do it, it can’t be that bad.’ And then sort of dabbling. The father-of-two explained: “I was always a drinker. “The help isn’t a button that is pressed, where you’re automatically OK. And you can’t get out of it.” I’ve always had real lows in my life but it wasn’t really till last year that I actually addressed it.”