Nigerian rapper, Blaqbonez, Emeka Akumefule has shared the origin of his stage name in a recent interview.
The rapper had shared this in conversation with influencer and podcaster, Temisan on his Tea With Tay podcast where he’d spoken about his music and music name origin, his time in OAU, getting signed to Chocolate City and his latest album, “Young Preacher“.
According to Blaqbonez who declared that he’d stolen his name when asked about the origin said; ”
I stole it, it was my friend’s name, his name was Blaqbonez and he wasn’t using it. He just liked rap so he gave himself a rap name. He wasn’t even rapping. So like one day I was like “Yo, you no dey use this name, I like am l” And that’s how I started hearing this name.”