Blaqbonez has released the deluxe edition of his No Excuses album today, and buried inside the update is a new version of ‘ACL’, the track that has been at the centre of one of Nigerian rap’s most compelling beefs in recent memory.
The re-release comes after rumours, which Odumodublvck appeared to endorse with cryptic posts, that he had acquired ownership of the original instrumental, leading to the track’s removal from streaming platforms. Blaqbonez’s response was not a statement. It was a new beat and fresh bars.
To understand why this matters, you have to go back to where things went wrong. Blaqbonez and Odumodublvck were once allies, mutual admirers who saw each other as part of a shared mission to push Nigerian hip hop forward.
Their 2023 collaboration, ‘Technician’, and other releases felt like a statement of that bond. Then the vague posts started. Odumodu began hinting at unnamed rappers questioning his staying power, and the subtext was hard to miss.
Blaqbonez answered in October 2024 with ‘Haibo Freestyle’, a composed but pointed display of lyrical confidence. Odumodu came back harder a month later with ‘Pussy Niggaz’, and any pretence of friendship dissolved publicly from that point.
When Blaqbonez dropped No Excuses in 2025, ‘ACL’ became the centrepiece of the conversation.
Fans called it a non-debatable diss. The track took aim at Odumodu’s tendency to wage rap wars on X rather than in the booth, questioned his self-proclaimed royalty status with a “king vs pawn” line, and generally painted him as someone whose bark had overtaken his bite. It spread quickly.