Waje and M.I sparked dating rumors in 2010 after they collaborated on several romantic tracks.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Afrobeats singer and songwriter, Aituaje Iruobe, better known as Waje, has refuted claims that she once dated popular rapper, Jude Lemfani Abaga, aka M.I Abaga.
She addressed the rumours recently during a guest appearance on the latest episode of The Honest Bunch podcast.
Waje and M.I sparked dating speculations after they collaborated on multiple romantic songs in 2010.
While clarifying the innuendoes, Waje denied ever being in a romantic relationship with M.I.
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She added that she was close to his then-girlfriend and that her relationship with M.I. was strictly professional.
Waje explained, “Because of the rollout and romantic theme of my collaborative song with M.I, One Naira, a lot of people speculated that we were dating. But we never dated. We were just friends who saw how great a love story in a song could be, so we created characters that would help drive the song.
“His then-girlfriend was even the one who did the voice-over, not me.”
Separately, Waje stated that while she is currently single, she won’t entertain an unsuccessful man, stressing that she is no longer in her 20s and doesn’t have the time to “build with” any man.
