I think each artist lives with purpose. A strong sense of purpose. We know who's come before us.
From Jidenna
All across this world, especially within the African diaspora, we feel like there is a constant devaluing of our culture and our livelihood.
Swanky means classy and funky.
I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color.
My style is not specific to the antebellum South, but it's heavily inspired by the Jim Crow era.
I've gone down several paths. I started school as an engineer, but underneath it all, I knew I wanted to use instruments, not build them.
For me, it's important that as you're introducing yourself, you show different dimensions.
Like most people, I had several awakenings.
When I originally came to the U.S., my mother came with a couple hundred dollars to her name. I didn't know we were struggling because she hid that from me. But it was definitely a struggle to get through life and get through school.
The one thing that I learned in college, actually, was that you may reach tremendous highs and tremendous lows.
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