An Infamous 6-yr Old Beef Finally Comes To An End

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“What 9ice and I did for the industry with the song Ruggedy Baba is huge and more important than any alleged beef.

That’s why I decided to make the new song about our positive contribution to our industry and not about beef.

I decided not to add anything about the past in the new song “Religion” cos that’s one negative, misinterpreted aspect of our lives I want buried with the past” wrote Ruggedman on Instagram.

The legendary rapper has every reason to be cautious even though there is peace between him and 9ice. A lot has transpired and lives have been changed since he and 9ice became enemies.

In 2010 9ice released a song titled ‘Once Bitten, Twice Shy‘ off hisTradition album. In the track, he sings about a lover of his who cheated on him with his friend. Many people believed 9ice was singing aboutToniPayne and Ruggedman.

It was a turbulent time for Ruggedman as many people pointed the finger at him for crashing the marriage of his former collaborator. To make matter’s worse 9ice’s refusal to clear the air about the misconception increased the rumours that Ruggedman was guilty.

In an infamous phone call leaked online on May 11, 2011, Ruggedman can be heard telling 9ice to come out and clear his name but the Alapomeji singer dismissed the rapper’s plea. Who leaked the phone call? Your guess is as good as ours.

Naturally, this led to bad blood between 9ice and Ruggedman and the two started taking shots at themselves on several tracks which lasted till 2012. Even at the end of the name calling on tracks they were still some sort of cold war between the two.

In 2015 the cold war had started to thaw. On October 23, 2015, Ruggedman revealed that he had ended his beef with 9ice.

The official cease-fire came on January 25, 2016. Three days after apologising to his former wife, 9ice in an interview offered an olive branch to Ruggedman.