Blaqbonez Closes Out the Year with NOMADINHO: 4TH PRIME
4TH PRIME, his fifth studio album, a 15-track project that brings together a growing network of collaborators.
Blaqbonez features Asake on “Chanel” and “IKEBE 3000,” while Victony, TML Vibez, Igwe Aka and Abuja-based Monochrome make appearances on “YAHOOZE,” “FINESSE YOU,” “I LOVE THIS” and “FYP,” respectively.
But beyond its guest list, the album arrives against the backdrop of a rap feud that has remained unresolved for over a year.
Once close collaborators, Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck have since found themselves on opposing sides of one of Nigerian hip-hop’s most public disputes. Their relationship previously produced records like “Tesla Boy” and “Technician,” but tensions became public in February 2025, when Odumodublvck claimed that no rapper had made an album on the level of his 2023 project, EZIOKWU. At the Headies that April, his middle-finger gesture during a performance fuelled speculation that the moment was directed at Blaqbonez and his camp.
By June, Blaqbonez’s collaboration with A-Q, “Who’s Really Rapping,” was being interpreted as a response. Odumodublvck, however, suggested the conflict extended beyond music. In September, he made unverified allegations of sexual abuse against Blaqbonez, who responded with “ACL,” a track from No Excuses. Despite the back-and-forth, a resolution remains elusive.
Yet the feud has not defined Blaqbonez’s year entirely. While tensions played out publicly, he continued to expand his reach beyond Nigeria. No Excuses featured international and local heavyweights, including AJ Tracey, Olamide and Pa Salieu, and was followed by a sold-out UK tour. His collaboration with Asake, “Chanel,” climbed to No. 5 on Billboard’s Afrobeats chart, while his last three singles accumulated more than 53 million streams combined.
NOMADINHO: 4TH PRIME arrives as a snapshot of that momentum: a project shaped by collaborations, commercial progress and the continuing evolution of an artist intent on extending his reach. Whether it marks a new chapter in Blaqbonez’s career or simply consolidates the ground he has gained, the album closes out the year with his ambitions firmly in view.