Nigerian rapper Tochukwu Gbubemi Ojogwu, known as Odumodublvck, has set off a fresh argument after declaring that any man who says he cannot die for his woman is a fool.
He made the claim on a recent episode of the In Motion Podcast, tying the position to his Christian faith.
“Any man who can’t die for his woman is a fool. I am a Christian, and Jesus Christ said we should love our wife like Christ loves the Church. And what did Christ do for the Church? He died for the Church,” he said.
He went further on his own household. He said he expects to die before his partner because she is younger than him, and he does not see why she should go first.
“I am probably going to die before my wife, in Jesus’ name, because my wife is younger than me. Why should she die before me? It doesn’t make any sense. I should die before my wife. And when I die, it is my wife who will take and distribute my wealth to my children so that there will be no issue. It is my wife that will continue my legacy,” he said.
He used a chess board to press the point, calling the queen the strongest piece and arguing that a man who does not understand where a woman belongs has missed the game. He also said the men calling him a simp are the real simps, because they cannot make that sacrifice.
“Those of them claiming they’re gangsters, they should come and touch my woman first. Even if the president touches my woman, he wouldn’t go unscathed,” he said.
The comments land while he is still answering a label that clearly irritates him.
“The biggest misconception about me is that I am a misogynist. It bothers me a lot because it is such an unfair thing to say. I am willing to die for my girlfriend; does that seem like what a misogynist would do?” he asked.
He pointed to his verse on Shallipopi’s “Cast” as the opposite of that charge, describing it as a simple exchange of value.
The defence sits against a public feud with fellow rapper Blaqbonez that broke open in August over a woman both men have spoken about. She has alleged harassment, threats and the sharing of private material, and she has said she sent cease-and-desist letters and reported the matter to police. Blaqbonez has disputed her account and asked for proof of the more serious claims. In the new podcast clips, Odumodublvck alleged that Blaqbonez’s camp tried to have him and his girlfriend detained over cyberbullying, and that a female investigating officer reacted strongly to what she said had been done to the woman. He also claimed his girlfriend had sent a police-stamped cease-and-desist for months without a response.
Online reaction split quickly between praise for the devotion and mockery of the absolutism. Some listeners treated the biblical comparison as genuine. Others asked whether a man already unhappy in a marriage should still be called a fool for refusing to die for it.