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"I might have made the biggest mistake ever but I'm proud of that."

The words of Andre Johnson, the man who says he cut off "a lot" of his own penis last year.

The rapper, who goes by the stage name of Christ Bearer, made headlines in 2014 after injuring his manhood in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California.

He's now offering an explanation as to why he did it.

Speaking to Vlad TV, he says he was "high with no sleep" and claims he was on various drugs and alcohol.

In short, he says he'd been involved in an ongoing dispute about access to his children and wanted to give himself a vasectomy.

A vasectomy is a surgical procedure for male sterilisation.

"I blasted off high," he says in the interview. "I don't know what I grabbed. I was in a cartoon world. I was in a sub-atomic world.

"I did grab a knife out of frustration that I could not see my kids and I had vasectomy on my mind."

After he cut the penis, Johnson jumped off a two storey building.

At the time it happened, it was reported the rapper had tried to kill himself but Johnson denies it was a suicide attempt.

He also described the moment he realised what he'd done and says his manhood was leaking blood "like a water hose."

There were also rumours the part of the penis was reattached but he says that's "mythological".

He claims he's "still able to work with what I've got".

"I'm proud of what I did," he says. "In the annals of history I don't think anybody did it."

According to the Wu-Tang Corp website, Johnson was discovered by the rap collective and performs as a duo with artist Meko under the name Northstar.

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