Controversial artiste, Ruggedman, was definitely not one of Kenny Ogungbe’s best friends especially after ‘dissing’ the Kennis Music boss in his then hit song, Ehen.
But now, Ruggedy Baba, as he is also known, may have realised his mistakes as he told Saturday Beats recently that he had apologised to Baba Keke (as Ogungbe is also called).
“When I did the song, Ehen, I
didn’t really know him. But I believe I had to do what I did. Whenever
anyone asked me about the song, I would say it was not a personal thing
but a musical thing. Whenever I see Baba Keke, I greet him and I give
him his respect because he is older than me.
“Right now, everybody is enjoying because of what I did back then.Continue...
Even if they do not want to give me the due credit,
people who know the truth know it. From my end, myself and Kenny
Ogungbe are fine and I have actually apologised because I believe that
if you do something that annoys an elder and you cannot apologise, then
it is personal. I have seen him and apologised and we have partied
together a lot and anywhere I see him, I greet him,” he said.
But Baba Keke wasn’t the only person that Ruggedy fell out with.
Back in the days, he and another rap
artiste, Mode9, were reportedly at loggerheads and even went as far as
recording ‘beef’ songs targeted at each other.
But Ruggedman told Saturday Beats he did
not have any issue with Mode9 because the rap artiste did not mention
his name in any of his ‘beef’ songs.
Ruggedman said, “Mode9 is a rap artiste
like me but unfortunately for him, he has some issues with me. But then,
in most of his songs, he never came out to mention my name. That is why
I did a song called, To Whom it May Concern. If he wants to
talk about me, he should say it to let me hear and he should call my
name. He never called my name, so as far as I am concerned, he was not
talking to me. I am a very direct person and when people said I should
reply him, I asked on what basis? Mode9 was just rapping and rappers
brag. When it comes to me and Mode9, we are both rappers, doing what we
know how to do best. Like I always say, I wish everybody the best.”
Ruggedman was also in a messy scandal
when it was alleged that he had an affair with 9ice’s ex-wife, Toni
Payne, leading to the crisis in the marriage.
The rapper denied the incident and said that all he was trying to do was to clear his name from the messy scandal.
“As for 9ice, I have not seen him in a
long time but all I wanted to do was to clear my name from the whole
issue that happened. To me, it was a bad thing. In Nigeria, it is bad to
be branded as a home
breaker and that was why I fought tooth and nail to clear my name. I
never had any issue with 9ice and he never told me directly that he had
any issue with me. Even in his song, Once Beaten, Twice Shy, he never mentioned my name; neither did he mention Toni Payne.
“I did not reply the song but I talked
to him because it was his song that was causing the whole problem. I
called him like a friend was supposed to do and told him that his song
was causing some issues that I did not like. I asked if he was talking
about me and he said no and I told him to tell his publicist to clear my
name but he refused and I wondered why. I watch too many American
movies, so I recorded the phone conversation because I felt that for you
to have kept quiet for over six months and the whole story started from
your song, then his silence meant a lot of things. I told them that I
would give him a week to clear my name and when he did not do anything, I
put out the conversation.
“When I called him at first, he said he
was too busy to do anything but when I posted the conversation, he
suddenly had time to talk and even had time to record a song to ‘diss’
me. Unfortunately ‘dissing’ me is like going into the bush with a stick
to fight a hunter. I was sorting the whole thing out my way but when he
put it into music, I had to respond because he mentioned my name in the
song. I did not reply by insulting him, instead I reminded him of how he
started, where he came from and where he is in life right now. I
reminded him of what I did for him and for him to go against me was not
right and I ended it with ‘God bless you.’
“What I learnt from the whole scenario
is the need to be very careful and expect anything from anybody.
Although that is how I have been living my life, I did not expect it
from somebody that was close to me. But now, I expect it from everybody including my mother. Now I am careful about everybody and everything,” he said
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