Jidenna speaks on racial discrimination

The Nigerian-American singer who is currently in South
Africa promoting the release of his debut album, ‘The Chief,’
granted an interview to Times Live, where candidly gave his
thought on racial divide between peopleIf people come at
me as somebody in between races, they are killing
themselves. I am a human. It’s like my dad said, ‘don’t call
yourself half black, and half white,’ if anything you’re twice,
but you’re not half anything. One of my jobs is to teach
everyone that we’re all human. That’s what mixed people
do,’ Jidenna said.
He stated that he intends to help bring people together
through his music and spoke openly about the inspiration
behind the track ‘White Niggas’ on his album.
‘White Niggas encourages people to really put themselves in
other peoples’ shoes,’ he explained
With regards to growing up in America, he disclosed that
growing up as an African child in America, they (African
children) were teased a lot, but he promises to embed a
sense of pride amongst the African youth.
‘I know growing up it was hard to claim your ‘Africanness.’
We were teased a lot. Now I get parents telling me that
their kids are proud to be Nigerian. I’m all about building up
and building pride in who we are.’
The music star revealed his desire to help in educating
children in Nigeria an act he believes would help build a
stronger nation.
The Chief Album’ is his first studio album which was
released in February 2017