See
his exchange with Toni Payne below
Teebillz wrote
"I really
thought this Nigga was classy until I saw @bizzleo1 post. I think you just a
classy liar @jidenna you already there so why you got to be a Falsifier to kick
it in Hollywood bruh? Im a very proud dark skin Yoruba Nigerian! if I hear say
any naija person buy your music, ARE YOU LIGHTER THAN @bankywellington or you
sing pass am @jidenna ? #NoExcuseForIgnorance"
This
is what Jidenna said, which angered many
I am
Nigerian-American and more specifically I am Igbo American, Igbo being the
ethnic group where I am from and that means you are in the South East of
Nigeria.
You are way from the city so it means when you go to your village you are the only person or one of the few people that look like you. In my case, our family is light. Therefore when we go to our village, when I actually buried my father I had to bring in a lot of AK47, I had to employ military commandos because when you are light skinned, you are a heavier target for being kidnapped because you are seen as more valuable. You are seen as white therefore you have money.
You are way from the city so it means when you go to your village you are the only person or one of the few people that look like you. In my case, our family is light. Therefore when we go to our village, when I actually buried my father I had to bring in a lot of AK47, I had to employ military commandos because when you are light skinned, you are a heavier target for being kidnapped because you are seen as more valuable. You are seen as white therefore you have money.
You are American
therefore you have more money. If you have more money then you are easy to
kidnap and if you are easy to kidnap then we are going to get you. So for me
being light-skinned in Nigeria, in our family, it was difficult. We have been hounded.
We have been robbed. Our family has been assaulted. We have had a lot of
issues. You can say these to a family that is dark skinned color. They may or
may not have these experiences but for us we have always been the target but
when you come to America, its the opposite. The police may look you over. They
may not pull out the gun faster the way they would have done if you were
darker"he said.
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