Priddy Ugly on how he let down HHP
Priddy Ugly recounts how he disappointed the late HHP while recounting the creation of his song, Thula Mama featuring the late rapper and t. Reba Red.
Taking to Twitter, Priddy wrote, “It came from a series of tweets that I was posting at the time. HHP had just heard a song titled Thola Zaka that I was featured on & tweeted about me. I reposted his tweet & he followed me & read my tweets & proceeded to DM me about those particular series of tweets, he asked if they were from a song, I said that they were just tweets that happened to rhyme. He told me to compile them all & make a song out of them.”
Jabba loved the song and they planned to meet, but Priddy Ugly was not available; the late star waited for hours and called Ugly, but no response.
“I sent Jabba the song, he loved it. On the day we had scheduled for him to pull up on me, my mother made me go & run errands with her, & I forgot my phone at home, we were gone for hours. By the time I got back home, I had over 20 missed calls from Jabba. The security at the estate we were having the session at, said he came & waited for 4 hours in his car before eventually leaving, the security knew who he was but couldn’t let him in because he hadn’t been granted access,” he wrote.
Priddy Ugly said HHP left, and he felt disappointed and embarrassed for letting him down.
“Disappointed at myself for letting Jabba down, I embarrassingly tried to call him back, he didn’t answer. He sent me a text 2 hours later stating that he had to leave to go fetch his son from school & would come back in the evening, bare in mind we didn’t live in close proximity to one another. He requested an East Rand Kota to make it up to him.”
However, Jabba didn’t make a big deal out of the incident as they bonded later and had a swell time together.
“He arrived later on and gave myself, Refi & Wichi really warm reception like nothing had happened. We chilled & spoke about life for hours. Eventually midnight hit & I told him that we needed to go out to do a show at Cantare, he asked if we could spare him 10mins – we did, he went outside to meditate, came back after 5mins, recorded his verse, one take, no pen, no phone, no pad… The next day he even got his guitarist to add extra production at no charge.”
Priddy eulogised the late star and said he misses him.
