When 9ice released the Tradition album, I’m sure he would have thought the “Gbamu Gbamu” track will be the hit track, and really, he was right but only for a few months, as the rift between him and his wife continued to swell, the song” Once beaten twice shy” started getting popular and topping charts in the Naija music industry and rumours started spreading like wild fire.
Due to taunting jeers, calls and posts from fans, enemies and other people, Ruggedman decided to call 9ice out of good will to gently ask him about the new hit track and exonerate himself, but Ruggedman made a mistake of not only recording the conversation but also posting it online, but one thing was certain from the recording, 9ice declared he wasn’t talking about Ruggedman and exonerated him.
A month ago, news about 9ice recording a new song to be released on the 20th of September, Ruggedman’s birthday titled “Talk I’m Listening” to be presented as a birthday present for “Log-head-man” came to limelight, when the song was finally released, it revealed some inside stories about Ruggedman. On the track, 9ice was practically telling Ruggedman that his time on earth is coming to an end, that he’s (9ice’s) grandpa is calling Ruggedman. He also called him a bastard and he also told him (Ruggedman) to quit and retire amongst other things. Seriki also said Ruggedman had sex with his dancer, and note that at the end of 9ice’s version a voice said, “We kill for fun”, so if Ruggedman is assassinated tomorrow, the police already have a suspect.
When i heard the “Talk I’m Listening” version of Seriki, i couldn’t wait for 9ice to release his own and when it finally came out i believe i was part of the first group of people to download the highly anticipated song, when i heard it, something told me, Ruggedman will not record any song or track for 9ice cause he’s like a senior to 9ice in the Naija music industry, so he would take the whole scenario maturely, and like my instincts told me, he did but one of his boys came out with a “Hit Track” titled “The Ingrate” and boy, he really did kill 9ice on that track. Chinaydu (Ruggedman’s boy as he called himself) said things like 9ice’s gay and he has a crush on Don Jay, was slapped by Wande Coal, and that he messed up Mandela’s birthday. He also said the girl 9ice was talking about in “Once beaten twice shy” was his ex-girlfriend whom he caught “giving his friend nodding” and not his ex-wife Tony Payne.
If anything is to go by with what these guys said, i would say they revealed thing that were way too personal and should probably be kept from the public. But one thing is clear, Seriki intends to rise to the top by dissing Ruggedman, just like Ruggedman did in the past, and also Ruggedman did have sex with his dancer. Another thing is that if the girl 9ice was talking about in his “Once beaten, twice shy” song was his ex-girlfriend and not his ex-wife like Chinaydu said, then 9ice is a bad husband and probably would be a bad dad for allowing his wife’s name, current or ex to be dragged in the mud.
9ice also has every right to annoyed with Ruggedman because to me Ruggedman betrayed the trust in friendship by even thinking of recording the phone conversation between himself and 9ice, i’m sure if 9ice had said he was speaking about Ruggedman , Ruggedman wouldn’t have posted the recording online.
But if i were to choose who is wining, i would choose Ruggedman and his boy because, one, Ruggedman is taking this situation maturely by not personally replying 9ice’s song and two, because if you really listen to Chinadu’s track, he had more things about 9ice to reveal than 9ice had about Ruggedman in his “Talk I’m listening” track/ song.
P.S: This is just a view of the writer; if you see things differently, feel free to drop your comments below.
