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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Na wa ooo.Which time nneka turn warri name na chairmen….Una don see better artist ovie don dey claim am observer sef don dey call am in sistah thank larry page and sergey for google d gurl na pure ibo gurl abeg.
oohh!! well as Ovie and him waffi bros dem don claim Nneka “Egbuna” (thank God for Wikipedia) wetin man go do now….abeg make una give us D banj true igbo man, after all him claim say him be Igwe (no mind kelly handsom). For me born Gidi Brought up Gidi/NY but yet Anambra is where I rep and shall rest…Naija’s constitution don’t allow that state switching yet.
Ok this chick is really raw men as in raw talent….she has soul too..I cant wait to hear more of her stuff….Nice one
AND SHE IS CUTE SEF, NA ONLY WARRI FIT STILL LOOK FLY WITH RUMPLED SHIRT ON!! WARRI WE WILL NEVER NEVER CARRY LAST OHH!!! I KNOW THIS WARRI RAPPER THAT WILL BLOW ALL THESE OTHER RAPPERS IN THE WATER WHILE NNEKA HOLDS US DOWN ON THE SINGING TIP!! WAFFI WE TOO MUSH SEF!! THE PATIENT DOG GO STARVE OHH!!
ovie I hail!! as a warri boy we IS proud of we warri sistah!!! but you are not the only ones that slept on…..THE WHOLE NIGERIA slept on her and kept naming other artists as best naijan artists because they are big on the Nigerian scene!! I have been hammering Nneka on my previous comments, thanks for sheding light!! SHE IS ON THE FIFA ‘10 VIDEO GAME ALSO!!!!….
Two things I like about her:
1) UNlike MOST Nigerians and Like Fela, she shuns all that elitism and diva-rism, no red carpet, glam-bullshit
2) On her new mixtape she collaborated with the best rapper alive in my opinion: JAY ELECTRONICA!! if you never heard of him then you aint HIPHOP
Observer, I swear, your head is there! I also heard her song on the FIFA ‘10 game at a buddy’s place. I’ve also been doing alot of Nneka browsing lately make man no carry last (kpata-kpata na draw. U know every.)
Na D.S.C. Primary school she go sef, but na NNPC Sec. she finish. Omo, she hold her side pieces o! Her pepper rest like stew. But you go surprise say her lingo sef strong pass your own and my own. Full-blooded Waffarian… but more importantly, full-blooded Nigerian.
For me, what sets her apart is her realness. No mesca-forming, no misyarning, no phorne-ing. She’s already going places.
this is another of her video u missed ovie, thnk god say una notice the girl atlast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CG5aRNCn28
good to see our DELTA STEEL COMPANY pips making it, all my school 1 and 3 people stand up
correction….Guy NNPC no get secondary school for warri na just nursery and primary…na warri i for grow too
Ovie I always dey hail you everytime for all my comments as per say I respect warri pepu, and wetin you dey do with this site na proof to the yarnings when we waffi pepu get say: Warri nor dey carry last, una site dey kamkpe past all the others when I don see but I get one problem with this your comment
As a true warri kpako, your pidgin nor even dey up to par, e dey sound Ejebah Estate-ish from your typing but, Waffi na still waffi
heart break ko heartscatter ni… the name of the song is heartbeat oh
lol. Corrected. thanx. Brain-freeze… I had a long day.
she has a free mixtape download: J.Perion & Nneka Present “The Madness (Onye-Ala)” – http://www.jperiod.com/nneka/
She really can sing…Love the songs posted…Love the fact that she speaks with her Nigerian accent and doesn’t try to fake a foreign one…I wish her continued success….It’s 9ja