Nigeria's reggae legend, Majek Fashek, who sadly has been trailed with reports of poor mental and physical health, has accused the Nigerian media of blackmail, saying they want to ruin him with their negative reports.

The 'rain maker', who made this known in an interview with Encomium Weekly, said: "The Nigerian press, the print in particular, not electronic, have been blackmailing me. They are trying to ruin me, writing all sorts of things against me. I did nothing".

He also dismissed as another lie, the story by a Nigerian blogger, Joseph Edgar, whose sad encounter with him last month reminded most people of just how serious the 'Send Down The Rain' singer needs help.

Edgar, an investment banker, who was heading to work that particular day said "I spotted a loony figure. Pants sagged, dirty black underwear showing, a caftan perched precariously on his extra lean shoulders, shock of long unkempt dreadlocks cascading down his head and teeth yellowed by years of hard living and a face still surprisingly handsome despite the ravages of illicit living. This was Majek, my hero, the one who brought down the rain".

The blogger went further to claim Majek begged for money to buy 'ogogoro' - a locally brewed alcoholic drink.

But the legendary singer dismissed the blogger's account of what transpired, telling his own side of the story as he recalls it.

"It's not true. The thing is I'm a Rasta Man and a prisoner of conscience. These are my two movements. And a prisoner of conscience and Rasta Man does not avoid the poor. Poverty is a sin, I cannot discriminate against the streets, even though I am a millionaire. I have $100, 000 in one of the biggest banks in America. I'm not a careless man. I'm a father with four boys. What happened was the hotel I was staying didn't have light and they didn't put on the generator. I was bored. So, I went into the streets to buy myself a drink. I like Guinness, sometimes Apeteshi or malt. I use the Apeteshi to consult with the holy spirit.

"The Nigerian print is trying me, I will pour fire on them. Don't they want me to live? You people, the media control the world. People believe whatever you write. You control even the presidents of the world. The area boys and girls are the ones that saved my stardom.

"I didn't even know that guy wrote this thing came to investigate me. Is he CIA? I even bought him bread that day", he narrated.

Not done, Majek claimed that he owns a bungalow in Ogba area of Lagos.

The music legend also explained why he didn't permit his family to travel down to Nigeria to see him a few years ago because according to him it wasn't practical for them even though they were missing him.

"I told them not to, especially because my first son, Randy he has a good job with the American government with a wife and children. And I didn't want him to risk all that", Majek said.