Nigerian rapper, MI Abaga, and journalist Joey Akan are presently trending on Twitter.
The issue began when the music critic turned to Twitter to criticize Nigerian rappers for not meeting with American rapper Dababy when he came to Nigeria to film a music video with Davido.
He tweeted,
“Why is Dababy not having one-on-one with local Nigerian rappers? No meet-and-greet? No hailings? “wE nEeD tHE CUltuRe to resPect Nigerian wrappers.” You rappers should go and drag Davido na. Since entitlement is usually your first name.”
M.I, responding to the tweet regarding Dababy’s visit, was irritated and proceeded to drag Joey
MI quoted Akan’s tweet writing
“You have a small mind.. so not sure you understand what false equivalency is.. What’s d point of dis tweet?
To insult rappers for wanting respect? I guess self respect would be an offensive idea to you. Insecure little Joey insulting people to feel better grow up”
Akan responded.
“I’ve stood you up 3 times M.I, when you wanted to use me to attack an artist, you ruined their career. I refused, and you’ve hated me for it.
Leaking dirt on your artists to further damage their career. You know why I never attended those meetings? Because you’re evil,” Akan tweeted.
“Stop doing this. Did you try to use me as a tool to destroy an artist that once called you father? And ate from the same plate as you?
I ghosted you because you wanted to compromise me for evil. Answer the question. And stop calling me and threatening me. Vector was right.” He added
MI then tweeted that Akan was no longer welcomed in Nigerian HipHop.
“We spoke on the phone.. and you called Nigerian rappers poor and depressed. You are no longer welcome in our culture.. good bye @JoeyAkan.”
“Let it be known that @JoeyAkan is an enemy of Nigerian HipHop! A vile mind that continuously spits on our efforts and debases the Hiphop community! You are persona non grata and no longer welcome in the culture.”
And so it continues. While the origin of the seeming “beef” between both MI and Joey Akan is unclear, it was obvious there was more to it.
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