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  • It’s funny how one song can spark a debate about which musician is the best and who’s not. That’s exactly what happened after rappers A-Q and Blaqbonez dropped their new single, “Who’s Really Rapping,” on Friday, June 20, 2025.

    The Nigerian hip-hop community has been buzzing ever since, largely due to a heated exchange between Blaqbonez and OdumoduBlvck—an issue Odumodu has described as personal. The clash has surprised some fans, considering the duo’s history of collaboration on tracks like “DOLLERZ” (2023), “TESLA BOY” (2023), and “TECHNICIAN” (2024). Still, for others, the tension has been a long time coming, with whispers of friction between their camps circulating for a while now.

    Fans and spectators don’t seem too bothered by whether this is a personal matter or not—they just want smoke. They’re calling for lyrical warfare, not rants and subtweets in all caps.

    Whether you’re just catching up or deep in the drama, here’s everything you need to know.

    February 7, 2025: OdumoduBlvck calls EZIOKWU the greatest hip hop album

    On February 7, 2025, a clip of OdumoduBlvck on Adesope ‘Shopsydoo’ Olajide’s podcast, The Afrobeats Podcast, where he said that not one of his contemporaries has made an album like his 2023’s EZIOKWU, went viral on X. In the excerpt of the podcast, OdumoduBlvck said, “All the rappers in the Hip-Hop space, they should bring their albums together, join all of them together. Pick the best hits on each album. Compile them into one project, it’s not beating EZIOKWU.”

    He also said that he was making his conclusion based on the hits of the moment and not any rapper’s discography. “It’s just like me coming out to come and hide behind the concept of consistency. You can’t hide behind the concept of consistency. I get am before no be property. You must show work now,” he said.

    After he faced backlash, he came online and doubled down on his comments, saying that “my legacy will not be truncated.”

    February 7, 2025: Blaqbonez responds

    Later that day, rapper Blaqbonez quoted the visualiser for his song “Consistency”, and said: “THIS IS CONSISTENCY, say it for those in the back, for the ignorant, it burnsss!” Fans of Nigerian Hip Hop received the post from Blaqbonez as a diss on OdumoduBlvck’s statement about musicians hiding behind the concept of consistency.

    “Blaq VS OD? I’m here for it,” one fan posted on X. “Odumodublvck to reply in 3…2…1,” someone else said. 

    April 2025: OdumoduBlvck throws a middle finger at the Headies

    During OdumoduBlvck’s performance at the Headies Awards in April, Odumodu gave the audience a middle finger (fuck you), and some observers said he did it in the direction of Blaqbonez and his crew, who were also at the award ceremony.

    June 21, 2025: All breaks loose

    Fast forward to the release of the “Who’s Really Rapping” song by Blaqbonez and rapper A-Q last week. OdumoduBlvck made a series of posts on X, attacking the song and Blaqbonez. “Tell that old fool that Odumodu is really rapping,” one of the posts read.

    In another post, he said, “WHO VEX SMIGGLE?” referencing to the Lord of the Rings character. He also said, “A-FOOL,” which Hip-Hop fans say is a play on A-Q. He also mentioned a rapper who made a deal they can’t get out of and is now trying to “use my name to sell records.” Even though he didn’t direct that post at any rapper in particular, fans were quick to say it was directed at Blaqbonez.

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    After fans asked OdumoduBlvck to drop a diss track to address the situation, his response was, “Make Kendrick go dey battle Ace Hood.” He later added that he wasn’t interested in “rap beef.” “I no dey do rap beef with una,” he said.

    June 21, 2025:  Blaqbonez responded

    After Blaqbonez congratulated Olamide and praised his new album, Olamide, he added that he was not sure he could have a 15-year career in the industry, but fans should take what he had to offer.

    But after a fan replied to him, saying he hopes he doesn’t die, he seized the opportunity to address the matter with Odumodu in a thinly veiled post. 

    “Them say them go kill me, but I don record enough for 3 more albumss, no fear, because rap actually hard for some people,” he posted.

    June 22, 2025:  Odumodu and Blaqbonez in open brawl

    OdumoduBlvck, who had not directly addressed Blaq, quoted the post on X, saying: “If rap hard for me your last hit no go dey with me,” referencing their 2024 collaboration, ”TECHNICIAN.” “I am everything you want to be nigga,” he added.

    Blaqbonez ignored Odumodu’s post and made a new one in which he said, “Been hot since I step into the game. Everlasting taker.” 

    OdumoduBlvck quoted it the post saying, “You are not taking anything nigga. You are using your label. Nobody book for shows anymore. Me replying you is what you need for your career. And I will give you because you have mouths to feed.”

    Blaqbonez fired back in a counter-post, challenging Odumodu to a lyrical spar: “Enter studio & get tf out my mentions. This no be Twitter warfare & stop calling the show industry crying about me. No be so Kendrick Lamar dey do. Hip-Hop legacy.”

    OdumoduBlvck declined the offer, saying, “You want to make it about studio. Na lie. We go meet again for street. You know the level. This is not a rap beef. Na me and you for this world.”

    At the time of this reporting, Blaqbonez had stopped posting on X, but OdumoduBlvck made several other posts. A-Q also hasn’t responded directly to OdumoduBlvck, but he made a post saying, “It’s funny how one verse can fxxk up the game…”

    June 23, 2025: OdumoduBlvck tells Blaqbonez to leave Best Rapper conversations

    In a clip from an interview with EDK of Jusmen Radio, posted on Monday morning, OdumoduBlvck openly called out Blaqbonez, telling him to stop calling himself the best rapper. “Do you know what it is to say you’re the Best Rapper in Nigeria? Stop joking. You’re not the Best Rapper. M.I is the Best Rapper. Vector is the Best Rapper. If you are the Best Rapper, you would have won the Best Rap Album of the Year. You were not even nominated for Best Rap Single,” he said.

    “So, for me to come and say that I’m the best rapper, that means I have to be the best rapper. But if you’re not, stop saying it. It’s getting on my nerves bro. You can get smacked in the face for saying that type of shit,” he added.

    What fans are saying..

    Some fans have gone on to dig OdumoduBlvck’s old tweets, giving props to Blaqbonez and A-Q on different occasions:

    At Blaqbonez’s show, OdumoduBlvck performed his hit “DECLAN RICE” for the first time:

    https://twitter.com/Odumodublvck_/status/1640713677145014274

    OdumoduBlvck admitting that he copied Blaqbonez’s game plan for his music:

    OdumoduBlvck giving A-Q props:

    OdumoduBlvck quoting an A-Q lyrics on his timeline:

    Some fans are excited that a rap beef between two big rappers will serve them, while the rest are unimpressed by the whole drama.

     This is a developing story.

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  • The next time artists have a score to settle with each other, instead of posting long, subliminal insults on social media or making diss tracks, they should try these more interesting, quicker methods.

    Call first

    Consider a call to iron things out in-house before doing your dirty laundry outside.

    Pray like a warrior

    Pray for the heart of your opp to be softened. Or copy Elijah and invite your opp to an open space then loudly pray, “Send down fire!” For this to work, you must be a child of God. If you’re not, see the next option.

    Impersonate each other

    If like Prettyboy D-O and OdumoduBlvck, comparison is the reason for your beef, this is for you. Swap lives for a day or two and adopt each other’s style. Go to each other’s studio sessions, attend each other’s shows and interviews. The best impersonator is the fraud because why can you impersonate your opp so effortlessly if you weren’t trying to be like them already?

    Go on an ultimate search 

    The beefing artists should just embark on a treasure hunt to confirm who’s the winner of the beef.

    “Verzuz”

    Get fans from both sides in a large space, perform your best music and see who reigns supreme.

    Mouth wash

    Has it occured to you that the reason one person moves like they’ll punch their opp in the mouth is because someone’s talking actual shit? To settle scores, do an oral test. The person with the worst mouth odour loses the beef.

    A dambe match

    Fix a boxing match to knock out your beef in the Hausa martial art style. The man standing over the knocked-out guy wins the beef. We recommend the hard ground under Ojuelegba bridge as a suitable venue.

    Source: Leadership News

    “Old West” style

    Invite your opp to the outskirts of town, then attach a revolver and holster to your waists. Play a song like Davido’s Fem, and as soon as it ends, whoever draws their gun quicker lives wins.

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  • These last three weeks on social media, we’ve seen an interesting back-and-forth between Nigerian street-pop musicians, Seyi Vibez and Portable, with Zinoleesky somewhere in the mix. 

    In these episodes, they get into a dick-measuring contest about who has the better music, biggest cars, most money and street credibility. You know, the usual beef topics; but do you know how it all started?

    What started the fight?

    2023 started hard, and it wasn’t hard to tell people were too frustrated for drama. But not for Portable, who anytime he turns his camera to himself, chooses “chaos”. On January 30, 2023, he posted some video on his IG page where he subtly called Seyi Vibez a beta version of Asake.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CoElbOjtGCG/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Using Seyi’s Chance music video as a point of comparison, Portable pointed out that it was an obvious play on Asake’s style. He didn’t stop there. He went ahead and accused the video director, TG Omori (director of most Asake MVs) of working with a copycat, then warned artists to leave music alone if they can’t be authentic.

    In the aftermath, fans began to air their views about Seyi Vibez, supporting Portable, and even started a “who is better (Seyi vs Asake)?” poll.

    Fans were still expecting a response from Seyi when Portable went to fix fake grills just to clown him.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQR32aNoUW/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Wahala x2.

    Drama inside drama

    While Seyi Vibez was giving Portablebaby the silent treatment, he was getting into a battle of words with Zinoleesky. How did that start? In December 2022, Zino posted his new house and two cars on IG. In May 2023, Seyi posted his own new crib and two rides too, sparking a debate among their fans, about who’s the better and richer musician. Before we knew it, the two artists were throwing subs.

    Zino went off first:

    Seyi Vibez called Zino a chained Django. This is Seyi’s way of saying he’s independent and has all his creative control unlike Zino who’s under a contract has to get his boss’ approval first before releasing a song.

    And even reminded Zino that he doesn’t have chart-topping projects like his debut album, Billion Dollar Baby, its deluxe version and EP, Memory Card.

    Then it turned into a snippet war.

    https://twitter.com/whatsonshuffle/status/1663977944132337664?s=20

    Portable:

    Instagram

    Zino said he’ll never have a number one record — then Seyi Vibez got his number one record with his single, Hat-trick, surpassing Young John’s Aquafina, Asake and Olamide’s Amapiano, and particularly, Zinoleesky’s A1.

    Zinoleesky said, hold my loud and let me show you what this slavery money can get. He got a Ferrari.

    Seyi Vibez after seeing the Ferrari:

    Portable gleefully subbing the new car owners.

    These guys have a kink for unrest

    Seyi Vibez, quiet but…

    Then, he dropped his first album of 2023: Vibez Till Thy Kingdom Come.

    Two weeks after, Seyi Vibez released his second album of the year, Thy Kingdom Come.

    On Flakky, the eighth track off the second album, he opened by talking about an artist’s car being pushed on the street just three days after purchase:

    “G-Wagon, Brabus B 

    Ojo keta ni won pada ti Brabus B”

    You know who has a Brabus B (even though he calls it a G-Wagon)?

    “Your whole career is a debt,” Portable fired back.

    Then went ahead to preview a Seyi Vibez diss track while promoting Brabus B.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuUhDvOtbyb/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Seyi Vibez:

    After letting things cool for a few days:

    On June 8, 2023, a few hours before his homecoming show in Ikorodu, Seyi went to his former hood to share money.

    Portable clowned him again.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/CufD2-5LR32/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    At his homecoming show at Ikorodu on Sunday, Seyi Vibez sent jabs at Portable and Zinoleesky.

    Portable threatened to polish Seyi’s teeth with three or four punches.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cug8JpNxarG/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Seyi Vibez, AKA Para Boy, fired back:

    When will an end come to this cinematic drama?

  • Are we the only ones noticing that BNXN and Ruger only fight when one of them wants to drop music? 

    With new music dropping left and centre these days, Nigerian artists are doing the most to grab our attention these days. 

    If you think fighting is extra, wait until you read some other ways Nigerian artists trick us into listening to their music. 

    Claim to be the best in the game so fans can argue 

    Wizkid has done it, Davido does it once in a while and Burna Boy does it every three to five business days. Claiming to be the best, knowing fully well that your career is built on autotune, is a sure way of attracting all the stan groups to come and defend their faves. By trying to insult and drag you, they’ll end up giving you the visibility you need. 

    Look for other artists to fight with because violence is sweet 

    If there are two things Nigerians like, it’s amebo. To capture our attention, you must combine both of them stylishly, and the only way to do that is to cause drama by fake fighting on the TL. From Victony and Omah Lay’s pretend fight to Buju and Ruger’s monthly fights, everyone is doing it. Get on board!

    Pray and fast that a messy tweet from your past shows up so you can be temporarily cancelled

    Cancelling has become one of the quickest ways to blow. The moment the internet decides to drag you like Tiger gen based on something you said or did, everyone starts trying to catch up with the gist. Before you know it, you’ve become a hashtag, and people start streaming your music either out of curiosity or spite. It doesn’t make sense, but I guess it is what it is. 

    Ask Korty if she has free time to gist with you 

    Korty recently said she’s the goat of YouTube, and if that whole African Giant thing worked for Burna Boy and got him a Grammy, then yes, sis, talk your shit! As the goat of YouTube and Gen Z content creation, Korty should also be on your “How to Blow” list. Make a video with her, pretend to be into some weird shit like cooking based on astrology, and watch the internet eat you up like plantain. 

    Visit the nearest MFM for anointing and night vigil

    It doesn’t matter if your song is about how all power belongs to someone’s bum bum, you still need the support of the Holy Spirit for your song to blow. Remember, what God cannot do doesn’t exist. Find the nearest Bible-believing church and start kabashing ASAP!

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    Backflip and summersault until you come up with a viral dance move 

    Having a good song is important, but having viral TikTok dance is important-er. Argue with the Gen Zs who are running the world right now. 

    Post a chat screenshot of how you got a feature 

    Do you think getting people like Wizkid or Olamide on your song is easy? You have to tension everyone with screenshots of these icons telling you that you’re the next big thing. You need us to know you’re not on our level. 

    Post screenshots of your Apple Music and Spotify rankings

    How else will people listen to your music if you don’t show them that other people are also listening to it? Quick maths, bro. 

    Post image or video of yourself in the studio 

    As an artist, you must remind everyone that the grind didn’t start today. Before dropping your album, a dimly lit studio picture or video filled with smoke everywhere is compulsory for the TL. The best caption that goes with this post? “Something is cooking *insert flame emoji*”

    ALSO READ: Halfway Into 2022 and These Are the Best Nigerian Albums We’ve Heard

  • It could be because of the way you carry yourself or some unsubstantiated rumour they heard about you a while ago, but the chances that you have haters is super high. So, we’ve created a quiz that tells you the president of your haters association.

    Take to find out:

  • If you don’t know about the Drake & Pusha T beef, I’m going to assume you haven’t been on the internet, because OMG!!!!

    Anywayyyy, Let me fill you in

    It started like play when we heard a diss track from Pusha T’s album, saying Drake uses ghostwriters.. which means he doesn’t write his rap?

    “The nerve, the audacity.”

    Drake clapped back, calling out Pusha’s boss Kanye West, for having ghost writers including himself and also talking about Pusha T’s fiancée

    “How did Kanye’s name enter this matter now?”

    What happens next? Pusha T says drake has been hiding a child with a pornstar. We don’t know how true this is butttt…

    …we know Drake didn’t see that coming

    We predicted some things that have probably happened since this information broke out.. For example,

    Drake has probably had to see a therapist..

    Or he’s currently having an emotional meltdown

    no no no no no no no no no noooooo

    And if the press comes near him,

    they might regret it.

    And while Drake is currently trying to figure out how to explain the situation to his fans,

    “you have to believe me guys, you have to”

    His ‘ghostwriters’ begin to realise they’d have to work overtime tonight

    ‘cos they’re getting fired if they don’t go hard on Drake’s response

    In the midst of all of this, We know that Drake’s child is definitely walking into school today like..

    Haayy OVO BABY.

    We’re all waiting eagerly for Drake’s reply and if we don’t get one,

    then our predictions are probably valid!