Coming after Big Brother Naija’s Uriel turned down veteran Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman’s invitation to his house, he has finally spoken about the situation, saying; Uriel wasn’t and cannot be rude to him.
Speaking with Sunday Scoop, Ruggedman said,
“It’s nothing serious. It’s just people trying to blow things out of
proportion. Uriel and I have been friends for over seven years and
that’s why I could send her a message that way and we even joked about
it. If you go back to read our exchange on social media, you would see
she wrote that she had an interview on that day and that’s why she
couldn’t make it. She reacted that way because we are friends and not
because she was trying to be rude.”
On future project, he said:
“I should release an album because I have new songs with 2face, Small
Doctor, Koker, Efe Warri Boy, among others. However, I can’t tell when
exactly the album would be coming out. The newest song I have is titled,
Is Police Your Friend, and I used it to talk about police harassment
issues which have become too rampant. The song features the voice of the
police PRO and she said that it is wrong for a policeman to check a
citizen’s phone without a warrant. She also made clarification on other
issues such as tinted windows’ permit, and others. I’ve also been going
on a radio tour talking about these same issues. It’s all about
entertaining and enlightening the people at the same time. I don’t have
to be an ambassador of the police to take any step that would educate
the people. As an artiste who has a voice, you should go beyond just
entertaining to making an impact on social issues. The good thing is
that the campaign that I have been championing has been yielding
fruits.”
Explaining why it is taking him so long to get married, he said,
“I’ve not been that lucky when it comes to relationships. There was
someone I was supposed to get married to, but her mum preferred somebody
else who was richer than I was. I was just coming up in the industry
then. However, she regretted it later. I want a woman who would
understand and support my job. I want a woman who would be confident
enough to know that she’s my number one even if she sees me with 10
women in public.”