Back in the days, veteran rapper Ruddedman and indigenous Afro-pop singer 9ice are close friends and to the extend that music lovers still reefers Ruddedman has the person that brings 9ice to limelight.
But years ago, something went wrong that led to both singers hardly see eye-to-eye. On 2010, 9ice releases out a controversial song titled ” Once Bitten ”, tongues wagged.
Rumour-mongers claimed that 9ice sang about his marriage affairs in that song. Many were quick to say 9ice was referring to Ruggedman as the man he said he caught sleeping with his lover.
The issue look credible in the eyes of many Nigerians because months after 9ice releases that controversial ” Once Bitten ” song, he ended his marriage with Toni Payne .
Though some of 9ice’s friends were expecting him to speak with the media that he was not referring to Ruggedman and Toni Payne in the song, but this did not quickly come, which made some of them to conclude that 9ice was happy with the controversies surrounding the song, which was boosting its rating on the charts then.
Speaking on a TVC programme, ” Entertainment Splash ‘‘, 9ice explained that he is yet to forgive Ruggedman.
According to him, he cannot forgive the rapper because what caused the ‘malice’ between them was yet to be settled.
He said, “I can’t forgive Ruggedman if he does not apologise to me.” When asked the offense the rapper committed, the singer, who is now a Special Assistant to the Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, said, “He interfered in another man’s matter.”
He further revealed that, “Ruggedman did not sleep with Toni Payne, he dares not do that,” saying in Yoruba language that ‘Iyawo ole ni won ma ngba’, which loosely means ‘it is only a lazy man’s wife that can be snatched.’
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