American - Musician | May 4, 1985 -
The trick of Afrobeats is it doesn't just move your upper body, it moves your hips as well, and I think that's what people have been missing in popular music for a while. I think that's what people need around the world.
Jidenna
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The affinity towards suits was a functional thing for me early on because I was thrifting at secondhand shops, and it was also initially a way of grieving - my father had passed, and he used to wear suits all the time.
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I feel like we haven't dealt with the ghosts of America's past, and the way to deal with it is to confront it, so every time people see me, I want them to be reminded and to confront that ghost.
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I think it's important to not just think about what you want but what's needed in the world.
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I was born in Wisconsin, but I quickly moved to Nigeria as a toddler.
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I think one of the things that I picked up from Nigeria is the constant pressure to be excellent. Parents drill in this responsibility towards family, but also a responsibility toward making sure your family name is heralded.
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California was special. It's a place where I learned how to be adventurous, both in style and fashion, but also in terms of the way I think.
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I think hard-core capitalism tends to commercialize everything.
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Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?
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If I'm shopping at the Gap or Old Navy, I'm saying that I'm an ordinary person: I don't want to be seen; I don't want to stand out. That's a statement. If I'm wearing a leather jacket, there's something about me that's kind of a rebel. So everybody says something, whether they want to or not.
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My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.
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I believe what Wondaland is doing is creating depth.
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