Madchild of Canadian rap duo Swollen Members opened up to VladTV about getting addicted to pain killers at the height of his career. 

He explains that the money and fame led to him surrounding himself with a group of people that liked to do drugs and party all the time. Madchild says that he would drink heavily and mix pain pills before there was any public awareness about the medication being synthetic heroin. 

The recovery path for Madchild was a four year battle, which he said was challenged by painful dope sickness. He adds that despite all the pain, it was his group and family that supported him out of it. 

Check out his full story in the above clip.