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Why I became toxic at age 6 – Ruger
Nigerian singer Ruger has opened up about a deeply personal—and rather unexpected—origin story behind his so-called “toxic” tendencies, revealing that it all started when he was just six years old.
In a revealing interview on the Bro Bants podcast, the Asiwaju crooner recounted his first heartbreak, which stemmed from an innocent childhood crush on an older woman.
According to Ruger, she affectionately called him her “boyfriend,” leading him to believe they had a romantic bond. However, that illusion shattered when he accidentally witnessed her having sex with another man through a window.
“I cried. I was traumatised. I started singing ‘Imagine That’ by Styl-Plus,” Ruger said, referencing the heartbreak anthem from the 2000s.
The experience, though humorous in hindsight, left a mark on the now 25-year-old artist. He admitted that the emotional trauma triggered what he described as the beginning of his toxic behavior—a recurring theme in some of his songs and public persona.
The confession comes just months after Ruger declared on Snapchat his intention to settle down before the end of 2025, saying the wave of weddings around him made him reconsider his “playboy” lifestyle:
“Everybody is just getting married. Got me questioning myself… I am settling down this year, period. I’ll soon be 30, tf.”
While Ruger’s story has sparked amusement and empathy online, it also adds a humanizing layer to the fast-rising singer, showing that even music stars carry childhood scars into adulthood.