Nigerian singer Michael Adebayo Olayinka, widely known as Ruger, has opened up about the emotional trauma he faced following his first “heartbreak” at a young age.
The ‘Toma Toma’ hitmaker revealed that he experienced his first heartbreak at just six years old when he caught an older woman — who had playfully claimed to be his girlfriend — sleeping with another man.
Speaking during a recent episode of The Bro Bants show, Ruger shared that the experience deeply affected him and contributed to him developing toxic behaviours as he grew older.
He said, “The last time that I experienced heartbreak I was very very young. There was this aunty that I liked, she used to call me ‘my boyfriend.’ So, I assumed that she was my woman. I was just 6 years old.
“I got heartbroken because one day, I saw some guy smashing her through her window. The guy was tearing her up, bro. I cried. I was traumatised. I started singing ‘Imagine That’ by Styl-Plus. That was what started my toxicity. That experience broke my heart.”