I think its Nigeria’s moment, its Africa’s moment; Jidenna talks to CNN

The Nigerian-American rapper and singer,
Jidenna has made to applaud the Nigerian
music industry in a recent interview with CNN
where he expressed his satisfaction with the
Afro-Beat genre. He noted that Nigeria was
taking Africa to another level, after which he
confirmed working on collaboration with
Wizkid. He also hopes to collaborate with Tiwa
Savage, Flavour, Davido and a couple others in
future. In his words:
“I think it is Nigeria’s moment. It’s Africa’s
moment. I think Nigeria is a spearhead
because Nigerians seem to be charged full of
character so people are eating it up all across
the world.” The mute-talented act, who is
gearing up to release his first album “Long Live
The Chief,” has crunched out a few tracks off
the album, some of which he had spiced up
with a little pidgin English. Further speaking, he
said:
“I wanted to see [if] in the US, I can get a song
on the radio that actually has pidgin in it? And
I did it. That’s the beautiful thing… [My album]
you can dance and shoki to it. In the larger
context, my album blends the different worlds
that I’ve lived in." Speaking on what inspires
his lyrics, he said:
“I have all these proverbs stored in my head.
My friends always laugh because they’re like;
you’re always trying to preach and teach
something to us. I grew up with all these
proverbs and I have to share them. I think it’s
the values and principles that make the
Nigerian identity part of me stand out.”