Ace Nigerian rapper, Jude ‘MI’ Abaga, has recounted being chased off the crimson carpet on the 2008 Headies awards to create contrivance for ragged actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, to seize photos.

Twinny News studies that MI Abaga, in a recent interview on the Vbyz TV Cartel, described the interval main up to the awards as one of unrecognised laborious work.

Abaga acknowledged that despite being nominated within the ‘Most efficient Rap Single’ class, folk on the crimson carpet did now no longer know him, as they acknowledged, ‘popular, salvage out of right here’ to accommodate Omotola‘s picture session.

The 44-year-inclined rapper added that each person on the ceremony checked out him otherwise after taking his award.

He acknowledged, “I with out a doubt had been grinding and no-one cares about who I’m and in February 2008, I was once introduced as the winner for ‘Most efficient Rap Single’ and literally my lifestyles modified that day. I remember I was once walking into the team with my manager and as we had been walking in Omotola got right here in with her security.

“The folk on the crimson carpet did now no longer even know I was once nominated, so that they had been factual enjoy ‘popular salvage out of right here’. So we went to face at one other nook and on legend of Omotola was once transferring serve and forth to seize her picture, they saved chasing us from position to position.

“I was once factual taking a contain at stardom and two hours later, I had an award in my hand, a gold plaque from Ayo Animashaun and after that plaque, all people was once enjoy ‘MI is within the game’. After that it was once ‘Fetch’, ‘Talk About It’ and ‘Fantastic Music’.”

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