This was after the artiste in the past received backlash for publicly smoking for someone many consider a role model.
In a 2021 interview on Hitz FM, the artiste made a statement indicating that he wasn't going to stop smoking anytime soon.
"First, let me make it clear, smoking is not good but if you do a little research on cigars, in my world of entertainment, it’s for celebrating success and achievements.
“If you see the athletes that is what they do, they don’t smoke on regular basis but when they have something to celebrate that is when they use it...the only thing that threw me off is expecting me to apologize which I get it; that’s how we are in our culture.
“ It’s very disrespectful to say that..but I don’t know who to apologize to for holding a cigar,” he said.