MI Abaga, the veteran Nigerian rapper, has opened up about his journey to marriage and the internal struggles he faced while watching his peers settle down early.

In a recent interview on the Jay On Air Podcast, Abaga candidly shared that he experienced regret for not marrying earlier, especially as he observed his friends becoming parents while he remained single. “I felt a little bad about being unmarried at 37 because my friends, who got married at 25 or 26, now have 14-year-old children. Some of my friends who didn’t marry still had kids early; Jesse has a 21-year-old child, and I don’t have any kids of my own yet, so I feel like I’ve missed out on that,” he explained.

However, from his current perspective, Abaga expressed that he has no regrets. Just a year after ending a previous relationship, he met his wife. “I have no complaints because I had the opportunity to meet this beautiful woman I’m married to now, and I really see some providence in that. At the end of the day, when you’re not ready, you’re not ready. Everybody’s timeline is different, and this is something that is often overlooked in today’s society.”

He further elaborated on his timeline, stating, “I left a relationship around age 39 and met my wife around 40. She was there at my 40th birthday, and at that point, I was ready, so I asked her to marry me, and we got married when I was 41.”

Abaga also reflected on his past relationships, acknowledging that he struggled with immaturity and stubbornness. “I feel sadness when I think about how I behaved in my former relationships. I met a lot of kind women in my life who were supportive, but I just wasn’t mature enough, and I was stubborn.”