Deity without a penis? Christ Bearer, a rapper associated with the Wu-Tang Clan, says he severed his own penis last April in hopes of becoming a god.

Christ Bearer, aka Andre Johnson, explained his actions to Eonline:

I cut it off because that was the root of all my problems. My solution to the problem was the realization that sex is for mortals, and I am a god…Those kinds of activities got me into trouble, and I came here to be a god.

The rapper, who goes by the name of Christ Bearer, did admit he was using drugs at the time, but insists he “was in complete control.”

Christ Bearer said he wasn’t trying to commit suicide when he cut himself and jumped off the second-story balcony of his condo in North Hollywood last April. He said he had been studying some literature about monks and vasectomies and was extremely high when he took the knife to his genitals and jumped.

Reports indicate the rapper was high on PCP at the time of his self-mutilating transformation.

The rapper also notes, contrary to some media reports, that doctors couldn’t re-attach his member. “But, it still gets hard, the little bit that I got. I still got some penis that works,” he says. “I definitely still get extremely aroused if I see a beautiful woman.”

As for why he jumped: “That was just my response to the demons. They were doing their best to get to me, but being alive solidified my thoughts,” he says. “I’m alive, penis or no penis.”

The Daily News quotes the rapper as saying: