{"id":183221,"date":"2024-08-16T17:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T17:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=183221"},"modified":"2024-08-16T17:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T17:06:54","slug":"why-i-stopped-supporting-verydarkman-ruggedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/08\/16\/why-i-stopped-supporting-verydarkman-ruggedman\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I stopped supporting VeryDarkMan \u2013 Ruggedman"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ruggedman said he stopped supporting<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>VeryDarkMan when he started invading people\u2019s private lives.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He noted that VeryDarkMan\u2019s way of activism is no longer logical.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nigerian rapper Ruggedman has shared his reasons for no longer supporting self-proclaimed activist, VeryDarkMan.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent podcast with echo room, Ruggedman stated that he initially supported VeryDarkMan&#8217;s efforts to expose individuals selling products without NAFDAC numbers. However, he became disappointed when VeryDarkMan began to invade people&#8217;s private lives, particularly women&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Ruggedman expressed his disapproval of VeryDarkMan&#8217;s approach, citing instances where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/07\/12\/verydarkman-trolls-iyabo-ojo-for-jumping-on-viral-genz-challenge\/\">targeted individuals, including actress Iyabo Ojo and her daughter.<\/a> He believes that VeryDarkMan&#8217;s methods have become unprofessional and distracting, leading to unnecessary conflicts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_183223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183223\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-183223 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240816-173758.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240816-173758.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/08\/Screenshot_20240816-173758-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-183223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruggedman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ruggedman emphasized that he values constructive activism but cannot support VeryDarkMan&#8217;s current approach, which he sees as invasive and unproductive.<\/p>\n<p>In his words:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;I liked VeryDarkMan in the beginning when he started with the whole NAFDAC number thing but when he started going personal into people\u2019s private lives, especially with women. That to me, he is just distracting himself.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBut it is like saying a policeman took a shooting which was his last resort as the first. They will tell you but if you\u2019re a professional you are supposed to be used to it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;So even if someone says something against you there is a way you should address it. Not your mama, your papa. You don\u2019t catch me doing that but that\u2019s me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cHis approach is what I don\u2019t like anymore. He was calling out people that sell products without a NAFDAC number, that\u2019s amazing but now what do you hear about him?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIyabo Ojo and her daughter kind of thing, that\u2019s why I said it is his approach I\u2019m not okay with. So any response he gets from them is probably what he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI think what he said stemmed from what I think was Mohbad\u2019s situation. Where he said the old retired actresses are trying to use the situation as clout. Everyone knows it was Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Now you can\u2019t say something like that and don\u2019t expect people to respond. So he started it. 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He noted that VeryDarkMan\u2019s way of activism is no longer logical. Nigerian rapper Ruggedman has shared his reasons for no longer supporting self-proclaimed activist, VeryDarkMan. 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