Jason Derulo speaks about working with Stevie Wonder

American music star, Jason Derulo, speaks about breaking his neck and working with the legendary Stevie Wonder.

Speaking about encountering a serious injury when he broke his vertebrae in 2012, Jason said: “A C2 vertebrae, it’s called ‘a hangman’s break’ so I was lucky to be walking and to be alive even, it’s a very serious injury.

Jason Derulo

I was preparing for my world tour and I was doing a lot of acrobatics and I slipped during a back tuck and I bailed and then I landed on my head… I was more paranoid than anything in the moment and when I actually fell, I was like, ‘Well damn, this might be it’ because I heard a crack…’ I got up and I walked to the car, my mom was in the car waiting for me… I didn’t want to panic her so I [asked her to take me to the hospital]… I didn’t want to let her know I was in that much pain so I was a G about it and didn’t say anything… It’s not something that you ever think will happen to you… I don’t do that specific move anymore no.”

Jason also spoke about working with his idol, Stevie Wonder: “[It was] unbelievable man, Stevie is someone who I grew up watching, grew up studying, he was the first box set I ever got and I remember it vividly, so to be in the studio and working on one of my songs that I wrote is just crazy… Actually it was a little interesting because he played the harmonica on the song… And he was playing the part a little wrong so I was like ‘How do you tell Stevie Wonder that it’s a little wrong?’ so I was like ‘Stevie, it’s actually duh duh duh duuuuh duh’ and he was like ‘Cool cool man no sweat’ so he was as humble as you can get.”

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