Interview: Nneka on BBC + Heartbeat
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by Ovie OIf there’s any major artiste we slept on right here on notjustOk.com in 2009, it has to be Nneka! (well, most people slept on her anyway). She’s been doing quite well in Europe but never really got a head start in Africa… till her MOBO Award win, followed closely by a Channel O nod. Today, this Waffi babe (born and bred) has broken every barrier when it comes to African music, and she’s started hitting the US hard with a tour billed to start soon. A possible Grammy candidate, if you ask me.
She recently gave a candid interview to Bola Mosuro of BBC Network Africa about how her career has blossomed since her MOBO win. You can watch the interview below.
Credits to BBC Africa.
*O.O*
Here’s Heartbeat, her breakout single…
…and then be prepared to be blown away by her performance of the song “Come With Me.”
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Y all of una dey act as if say warri nah tribe? Warri is a city that comprises of different languages…urhobo, ijaw, istekiri, isoko,okpe and what not… Yes Nneka is Igbo, nobody go fit argue dat one..the gurl get Igbo first and last name so mi i no gbadu y some of una still dey show una 2 naira self…
Y some of una come dey act as if Igbos no dey delta state or warri to be precise??? Wetin happen to all the one million plus delta igbos???
Nneka is an Igbo gurl that was born and raised in warri…
For ppl like Justify, WARRI is a CITY in delta state not Language/tribe or what have u…una dey fall my hand no be small…
Mi I like this Nneka gurl already…she reminds me so much of Asha…Thanks gurl for repping Warri ooo…Waffi/Saffi till I die!
beautifully talented. She gud die.
what kind of people are we??? must everything be reduced to ethnicity, tribe, religion, my people are better than yours mentality. Maybe a lot of you will benefit listening to this young woman’s music. As for me she sounds like any other person from Nigeria, but with a +ve message. Ride on Nne Nne, 2010 is yours.
ovie….this is a great post…..
Amazing talent….so blessed
Mehn this girl is infectious!!! Cant wait to see her perform.
I am speechless at moment.nne u r one in a trilliön, zillion if it ever exist.in short u r gud.
aww i always loved Nneka. She actually has a new mixtape out called The Madness. people should download it.
why una dey dispute waffi versus non waffi, like EBUBUE DIKE yarn:
WARRI NOR BE TRIBE, WARRI NA STATE OF MIND
even me sef me parents nor be urhobo, but na dere them born mi and raise, and having lived alot of places in Naija, Warri is hard to duplicate, Warri nor get part 2, PLUS THE NNEKA CHIKA DEY ALWAYS CLAIM WARRI HERSELF, MAKE UNA LEAVE MATTER, THE GIRL DEY ALWAYS SING ABOUT THE NAIJA DELTA, UNA DEY CRACE SEF
The girl raw o….by the way why una dey argue whether she be waffi chick or not…Waffi no be tribe or ethnic group na state of mind…we have better thing to argue about now common y’all…
It shall be well with you, my brotha. What people fail to realise is that no one’s arguing she’s not Igbo. No one says she’s an Itsekiri girl, or Urhobo girl, or Ijaw girl, or what have you (those are the major ethnic groups around Warri). What we’re saying is that for the simple fact that she was born and raised in Warri, she’s a Warri girl!
The babe sings about the hardships, the sufferings, the situations faced in Warri and the Niger-Delta as a whole ‘cos that is what she knows. She doesn’t know shit about Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia or what have you. If you see her on the streets or on shows and ask her where she’s from, she’ll specifically tell you “Warri” not even Delta State, but “Warri.” In other words, she reps…. (…wait for it, cos I know it’ll hurt Justify…)…. WARRI!!!
To end this kini, as Ovie O said, “Full-blooded Waffarian… but more importantly, full-blooded Nigerian.” Finito!
Alright wise guy….go ahead and look up the meaning of “full-blooded”…I no go insult u cos’ uv just done so with ur comment.
Justify na u dey insult your self, lets take for example if pesin yarn say “him was born to do this” does that mean there is a scientific component to careers in our blood??? abi na japanese dem take teach you english, guy bone matter, the Nneka girl for interviews dey talk Warri, if you nor like am, do me this favor: CHOP DUST, <—-
Waffi we hail
I smell grammy..> Chikena..!
Interestingly, I come on here to see that folks are suddenly fighting over Nneka and her origin, then, as most educated folks do, I google her up and her wikipedia info comes up. What do I see?
Birthname: Nneka Egbuna
Also Known as: Nneka
Born: December 24th, 1981 (age 27)
****Origin: Warri, Nigeria.****
Genres: Soul, Hiphop, R&B, Afro-beat, Reggae.
Occupations: Singer/Songwriter.
Instruments: Guitar
Years Active: 2004-Present
Label: Yo Mama’s Recording. Co/ Sony Music Entertainment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nneka_%28singer%29
Another headline somewhere on the web reads: Nneka: Effusing A Message from Warri, Niger Delta, to the World.
http://rubeneberlein.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/nneka-nigeria-niger-delta-warri-music/
And then her OFFICIAL MYSPACE ACCOUNT goes on to list her location as “WARRI/NIGERIA, Germany”
http://www.myspace.com/nnekaworld
And then I ask myself, are they debating where she’s from? and I answer: “Could some people possibly be more ignorant than this?” It’s written clearly for all to see that she’s a Warri girl. She was born there, went to primary and secondary school there till she turned 18 and then moved to Germany.
It ain’t rocket science, is it? @Justify and @Dopeboy, try carrying a bit more research before spewing junk. It’s not an insult. It’s a friendly advice.
men u are so dumb cant u read simple english u twat….on d same wikipedia page it was written “Nneka is the daughter of an Igbo Nigerian father and a German mother[1]. Nneka is an Igbo name taken from the language of the Igbo people who live in the Eastern part of Nigeria and means “Mother is supreme, mother is the best”. The singer was born and grew up in Warri, in the Delta region of Nigeria”.
U are a big fool its not an insult its just an observation.
Look at this fool u went there to read all this yet u couldn’t read out the Igbo origin…. maybe one day warri will make a reasonable artist out of them pack of thugs u have there (it’s happening in the ghettos of america) but until then…my brotha kick back grab a cold one and enjoy Nneka’s vibes.
Lmao @Jurisdiction #EpicFail….U cant do all that research and still come up short..If it is any consolation, she probably reps “Waffi’ more than anything being that she grew up there and speaks with a ‘Waffi’ accent…We should all just celebrate the fact that she is a Nigerian as opposed to Waffi this Igbo that….
Wishing all on this page A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year…Be Safe y’all..