Amid News of Pending Release Of Song, Liberians In Disbelief Over Jzyno and TeddyRide Reunion

Monrovia, Liberia: Who doesn't like a side of beef with their music? Since Jzyno's first song, "Butter My Bread," featuring Ghanaian "Lasmid," crossed the African continent and became a global hit, these two rivalries, Jzyno and TeddyRide, in the Liberian musical industry have just been a fact of life. 

Now, we can cover the waterfront with TeddyRide and Jzyno tempestuous at each other's throats.

Over the years, both superstars had a number of social media confrontations running, largely attributed to TeddyRide not always being allegedly pleased with how Jzyno got away with aping his sounds across the continent.

The most recent hate speech from TeddyRide was when he accused Jzyno of accumulating streams, which resulted in an increase in the numbers of "Butter My Bread," but Jzyno's current female manager, Zawadi, also took the stand, making a post in response to that claim for her artist, alleging that brands TeddyRide works for are "hand to mouth."

Here is how the controversy first came to play. 

Jzyno, in a live video in 2023, recounted a time when TeddyRide went to see him in Ghana, specifically in Accra at a Kumasi hotel.

Upon his stay, Teddy literally pushed Jzyno in the eye despite hosting him and knowing that Teddy is his fellow Liberian artist, just because, according to Jzyno, TeddyRide wanted to have a taste of the energy he was getting from his former record label, AMG.

He further recounted that both Teddy and his then manager, "Aries," the AMG boss, met at the hotel and had a conversation in which Teddy had expressed his interest in joining AMG Records without earlier consulting Jzyno, and that's how TeddyRide joined the team, and their first project given to them by the boss, Aries, was the song "Ay Equal No Parting" in 2019. 

Jzyno lamented that teddeyride took full control of the collaboration and didn't give him the opportunity to showcase his creativity.

After the first encounter in Ghana, both artists came down to the motherland, Liberia, where a memorable run between the two happened during the collaboration, producing the hit song "Kpan Kpan Me" in 2020, which has hit a million streams on YouTube, a record that launched Jzyno into the Liberian music industry, giving him his Liberian audience.

Jzyno said all those times recording "Kpan Kpan Me," he concealed his discontentment and put aside whatever issue it was. 

Jzyno narrated that a sum of 200 USD was given by Aries of AMG to initiate the first project, "Kpan Kpan Me."

According to him, he handed over the funds to TeddyRide under the pretense that he had a better studio connection that would ensure quality production. 

According to Jzyno, not only was the money mismanaged, but the recording process lacked professionalism, and TeddyRide once again dominated the creative direction of the song without giving Jzyno room to contribute equally.

Liberian producer "Kelzbeats" produced "Kpan Kpan Me" during that year. 

The disappointment of Jzyno for Teddyride continued to escalate. Teddyride also took the internet by storm, describing Jzyno as an "opportunist" and one who seeks favor from the audience at the detriment of his colleagues careers.

Fast forward to 2023: after the success of "Kpan Kpan Me," Teddy made life hard for JZYNO when music supporters received a beef alarm that surfaced between Teddyride and JZYNO after JZYNO eventually came out to express sadness at the "Teddy Movement Festival" on March 19, 2023, that took place at Bernard's Beach on Sunday.

JZYNO, who flew from Ghana to Liberia to attend the Teddy Movement Festival, was treated badly by his ex-record label mate, Teddyride, and we all witnessed that event.

In a conversation with the singer, Jzyno called Teddy to perform their hit song "Kpan Kpan Me." He insisted not to show while sitting comfortably in the artist's booth. 

He received backlash from Liberians, claiming JZYNO brought him back to the spotlight with the song "Kpan Kpa Me" and also an ex-record label mate; therefore, Teddy not showing up to perform along with JZYNO is sad and must be brought to the public. 

Much of the reason why the beef lasted so long was continued acrimony between TeddyRide and Jzyno. They fought consistently over creative control of their songs.

After nearly three years of back-and-forth beefing, fast-forward to April 11, 2025: fans were caught off guard when the two artists started trolling one another on social media, which sparked rumors of a possible resurfacing of the beef between them. 

Jzyno, in his first post, said, 

"Bro, for now, I don’t have any appreciation for Teddyride. It’s been two years since that brother of mine blocked me on Facebook. I’m too real for that fake love. I still can’t find his page or even the post he made congratulating me. Y’all tell him to unblock me."

Liberians felt it was another controversy Jzyno was establishing, as he is noted to stir social media stunts whenever he's about to release a solo or a whole project. 

In response to that, TeddyRide replied and said, 

"I don't want beef or noise

It was out of love I congratulated Jzyno

I unblocked him on instagram since last year

I called him and messaged him; he didn’t reply or call back after Eikon told me he wanted to talk to me.

Now he’s calling my lil love I'm showing him fake love and demanding I unblock him on FB?

Check this screenshot 

I, man, if I show you love, it’s genuine if I hate , it’s genuine 

But still congratulations on your new jam

I get my jam coming too

We jamming the same week, like, bukeee, my brother

"Jzyno again replies:

Congratulations to us.

JZyNo - Kpan Kpan Me feat. Teddyride’ just hit 

1 million views on YouTube."

The conversation kept growing until Teddy did a heartrending post stating:

"The banger is reaching 1m

We just wanna to entertain 

Yall sorry for the up-and-down small, small noise

This JZy  No one likes my business; he can call showleleh zagada from day one

U still my G

We will feast soon."

Some believed it was merely a publicity stunt, but they confirmed in a late Friday, April 11, 2025, evening post, taking to Facebook that they had decided to put their personal grievances aside, surprising even their closest associates.

Interestingly, the surprising truce, however, came at a time when both artists had pending 2025 solo projects—TeddyRide's "Showleleh" and Jzyno's "From West to the World." 

Their decision to reunite has raised concerns among fans and prominent figures in the industry alike, who speculate that the timing is strategic. 

By reconciling, the superstars may be leveraging the momentum of their past drama to instill anticipation in the public for their upcoming releases, boosting engagement and streaming potential for both projects.

Some fans view the reunion as a genuine step toward unity in the Liberian music industry, while others believe it's a calculated move to increase visibility in a competitive market. 

Whatever the case, the energy between them seems to have shifted, at least publicly.

But a few Liberians on social media are still in disbelief of this union, with some firmly stating that this could be a social media stunt considering news of both artists having planned to release songs soon. 

It can be recalled that JZyNo, who is Liberia’s biggest music export, recently announced a major international collaboration with American rapper The Game, a key figure in the 2000s West Coast hip-hop movement.

This will be Jzyno’s first international project of 2025, following his Billboard U.S. Afrobeats chart debut in 2023 with "Butter My Bread."