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Jidenna
American
Musician
Born:
May 4
,
1985
Father
Me
People
Think
World
You
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If one door is closed, break a window anyway.
Jidenna
Closed
Window
Door
Break
Anyway
For me, I wear a suit because I need to remember what's happened before me.
Jidenna
Me
Remember
Before
Wear
Because
Happened
Need
Suit
I think a lot of people try to be someone else, and Young Thug really is who he is. I love his melodies, how he dresses, how he carries himself.
Jidenna
Love
People
Thug
Try
Young
Think
Else
Melodies
Carries
Dresses
Someone
He
Himself
How
His
Lot
Really
Who
First of all, I respect The Game. He's trail-blazed for artists like myself. I appreciate him, having - living in L.A. myself and knowing what he stands for and what he stood for.
Jidenna
Myself
Game
Respect
First
Living
Having
He
Like
Knowing
First Of All
Him
Stood
Artists
Stands
Appreciate
I started singing because it was a natural evolution in hip-hop to me. Without Prince, I wouldn't have embraced that. I wouldn't have been able to embrace me.
Jidenna
Me
Natural
Singing
Evolution
Embrace
Embraced
Able
Prince
Because
Without
Hip-Hop
Been
Started
Willy Wonka had his chocolate factory; I have my Fear & Fancy Parlor.
Jidenna
Fear
Factory
Parlor
Had
His
Fancy
Chocolate
Yes, it's still a man's world, unfortunately, and we have a long way to go in this country and all countries - but there's something to be said for just feeling the spirit of a true man, and I think that's what 'Classic Man' speaks to.
Jidenna
Man
World
Long
Feeling
Country
Think
Way
Classic
Spirit
Something
Long Way
True
Countries
True Man
Said
Still
Go
Yes
Just
Unfortunately
Speaks
I feel like we haven't dealt with the ghosts of America's past, and the way to deal with it is to confront it, so every time people see me, I want them to be reminded and to confront that ghost.
Jidenna
Time
Me
People
Past
Every
Every Time
Way
Ghost
Ghosts
See
Reminded
Feel
Like
Deal
Dealt
Time People
America
Want
Confront
Them
I think it's important to not just think about what you want but what's needed in the world.
Jidenna
You
World
Important
Think
About
Just
Want
Needed
I think one of the things that I picked up from Nigeria is the constant pressure to be excellent. Parents drill in this responsibility towards family, but also a responsibility toward making sure your family name is heralded.
Jidenna
Family
Pressure
Responsibility
Parents
Think
One Of The Things
Constant
Drill
Excellent
Picked
Toward
Towards
Name
Also
Sure
Making
Up
Your
Things
Nigeria
California was special. It's a place where I learned how to be adventurous, both in style and fashion, but also in terms of the way I think.
Jidenna
Fashion
Style
Think
Way
Both
Adventurous
Terms
Also
California
Learned
How
Where
Place
Special
I think hard-core capitalism tends to commercialize everything.
Jidenna
Capitalism
Think
Everything
Tends
Does Martin Luther King really want his birthday commercialized?
Jidenna
Birthday
King
Martin
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King
Does
His
Want
Really
Luther
If I'm shopping at the Gap or Old Navy, I'm saying that I'm an ordinary person: I don't want to be seen; I don't want to stand out. That's a statement. If I'm wearing a leather jacket, there's something about me that's kind of a rebel. So everybody says something, whether they want to or not.
Jidenna
Saying
Me
Shopping
Old
Seen
Everybody
Statement
Says
Out
Kind
Wearing
About
Something
Leather
Person
Jacket
Want
Ordinary
Whether
Ordinary Person
Stand
Navy
Rebel
Gap
My nickname is 'Chief' because my father was a chief in Nigeria.
Jidenna
Father
Because
Chief
Nickname
Nigeria
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