Controversial artiste, Ruggedman, has
definitely learnt his lessons from what transpired between him, 9ice
and his ex wife, Toni Payne.
As it was alleged then that he had an affair with 9ice’s ex-wife, Toni Payne, leading to the crisis in the marriage.
The rapper had since denied the incident and said that all he was
trying to do was to clear his name from the messy scandal.
He recalled what really transpired between him and his colleague.
“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 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,'' he said
On what the incident taught him, Ruggedy Baba said,
“I learnt from the whole scenario that there 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.