Kwesi Arthur has rendered an apology to former friend and collaborator Kojo Okoampah, alias Bigg Homie Flee.
In an X post, Monday, October 9, 2023, rapper Arthur said sorry to “Homie Flee for the lyrics” in one of his latest songs called “Pain Interlude”.
Arthur took responsibility for the release of the song, which he appears to confirm was a diss record targeted at Bigg Homie Flee, also a Hiphop/Hiplife artiste.
“I hope this message finds you well,” Arthur concluded the post with #AllLove attached.
The surprising apology sent the Drama hitmaker’s name into the trending table on X (Twitter).
In the comments, rapper Medikal left a somewhat cryptic message: “Too [clock emoji].”
On March 3, 2023, Pain Interlude was released by Kwesi Arthur. The blood-red cover art also showed an avatar of the rapper bruised, battered and stabbed in the back, with the knife stuck in his flesh.
Kwesi Arthur had by this time cut off his famous dreadlocks, just as he had cut ties with the team at Ground Up, Chale.
In the song, he mentioned a “big homie” who had turned into “a bit*h homie”. This was taken to be a jab at Homie Flee, as seemingly confirmed by his X post, Monday.
Kwesi further lamented on the song that his “friends turned into foes,” and in fact, while he thought “look out for your brother [was the] code,” what the fellow rather did was to “break the code”.
In the official music video for the song, entirely shot in black and white, Arthur was seen in a fierce fight with an opponent in a boxing ring. Even though he fell a couple of times, eventually, his hand was lifted as victor and the title belt hand over to him.
In the concluding scenes, he was seen taking an issue to the media on what looked like a late night TV show.
The catchy chorus of Pain Interlude says: “Let me talk about the pain…,” as he noted things “will never be the same…”
Upon the release of the controversial song, Bigg Homie Flee reacted on Twitter (X).
“Multiple failed attempts and kwaku ananse stories just to assassinate my character [but] no weapon formed against I shall prosper, [my] spirit[‘s] too big. Pampamsrada, mensei da,” he wrote, ‘mensei da’ meaning ‘I shall not be destroyed’.
Again, he narrated how the “last time we had a heart to heart [conversation], [yo]u told me you felt lonely. I emphathised and felt [yo]ur pain but that’s how the game go[es]. [Yo]u w[ere] the [one], chosen, it’s really lonely at the top”.
He insinuated Arthur listened to hearsay and eventually lost his prestigious place on the music scene: “[It] breaks my heart [yo]u let these mere mortals trick you out [of] y[our] spot”.
First citing a Jay-Z rhyme to rebuke Arthur for being a traitor, Homie Flee cited Nas’ Ether referring to Arthur as “a son” he “watched grow up to be famous”. In the caption for the tweet, he eulogised Arthur as “the baby (unfolding future) goat (Greatest of All Time) in my eyes,” the partner with whom he “birthed this entire n[ew] generation” but still noted the end of their relationship, lamenting that he had hoped for “a better ending”.
“5 years later, the end [bandaged heart],” he also tweet-quoted a 2018 post show a 2016 picture capturing him and Arthur on the set for Grind Day’s music video.
Apparently reacting to the line from Pain Interlude, Big Homie in another tweet put up a defence that: “I will go to the grave before I be[come] a b_* ni99a…”.
Finally, the Hiphop poet bemoaned “All this [thing is] just entertainment to y[ou] all but this really [is] my life. Wonim (do you know) pain?!”
Bigg Homie Flee, a Brooklyn-based Ghanaian, can be heard on Arthur’s 2017 breakthrough hits Grind Day, and its Remix featuring Medikal and Sarkodie. He did another catchy intro for Kwesi’s Hollywood hit with Vic Mensa, Winning (2021) and is featured on the hit song, Drama, which opens Arthur’s debut album, Son of Jacob (2022).
Source: classfmonline.com
