Nigerian-American Singer Jidenna Talks to VLadTV About Needing Ammunition at His Father’s Burial
Earlier this year, Wondaland records artiste, Jidenna, released a single titled, Classic Man. Then he performed it at the recently concluded BET Awards. Of course, with a name like Jidenna, Nigerian SocialMediaVille was buzzing…. “Who is this new kid on the block?”
Well, the Nigerian-American artiste has a lot of people going on Google to find out more about him! In an interview with VLadTV, Jidenna Mobisson talks about being light skinned, and the insecurities that come with it in Nigeria!
Then he went on to talk about being from the South East part of Nigeria, and how when he had to come for his father’s burial with AK47s and Commandos!
Say what? Tell us more Jidenna!
Our family was light. Therefore when we go to our village… and when I actually buried my father, I had to bring a lot of AK47s. I had to employ military commandos… just to bury my father. Because when you’re light skinned, you’re heavier target for being kidnapped. Because you’re seen as more valuable. You’re seen as err… you’re White. Therefore you have more money. You’re American, therefore you have more money. If you have more money, you’re easy to kidnap. And if you’re easy to kidnap, we’re gonna get you. For me being light skinned in Nigeria, in my family, it was difficult. It was always challenging. We were hounded. We were robbed.
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