Malawian hip pop artist, songwriter, Mandela Mwanza well known as Third Eye has come out regretting, saying he wished he could have used his years of the youth much better than starting alcohol at the age of 16.

The award-winning rapper wrote on her twitter page saying he regrets starting drinking beer at the age of 16.

“I am 39 living with choices I made at 16 when in really started drinking. I’d be selfish to keep my new light to myself. Since 16 I been on that bottle and only found what being a week sober feel like 3 years ago. I feel like I could have used my youth better,” tweet Third Eye.

Mandela Mwanza, is a hip hop artist who dropped out halfway through his philosophy degree at Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, to concentrate fully on his music career.

Mwanza established himself in the music circle in 2007 after releasing his debut album called Imagine Being Jesus and Not Knowing It.