For the people that are questioning his accent in this video...it's real. Being from another country myself and growing up in America, when I'm in my native country or around my native people, my other accent naturally comes out more. He's not faking anything...it's completely natural. It's the same basic thing as speaking in 2 different languages, there are 2 different accents. I don't understand why this is a difficult concept to grasp.

@sunilsolanki

7 жыл бұрын

LizC23100 Exactly! I'm from England and when I go back there my accent comes back. And the moment I'm in Canada it disappears.

@Tojoj22

7 жыл бұрын

He's has a bilingual accent just like every african in american but yeah bruh should learn igbo and yoruba real quick LOL

@Chocolatebuttacupoet

7 жыл бұрын

CurlyLocks that's not it I just saw a interview with him for Hot 97 and he does sound differently. I get that if he is speaks different languages then he will sound different. But he is speaking English in both interviews . He don't sound like this in the other video. He is just adapted to his environment. That's all.

@emelineemeline9114

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this comment! I switch between accents too, both are real and I don't understand why it's so hard for people to understand

@Wakawakatiti

7 жыл бұрын

LizC23100 my sister...even the reporter s forming a more american accent than the guy but people still hating

He is so fricking gorgeous 😍😍😍

@queenchi5711

7 жыл бұрын

Jess A stop talking about my husband thanks

@Tojoj22

7 жыл бұрын

The classic man is HOT AF

@WellthyAndYou

7 жыл бұрын

Jess A Omg! 😍😍

@carolynkelly8841

7 жыл бұрын

Lol

@MissAfricanAmerican99

7 жыл бұрын

I know. That's why I'm marrying him... 💍💎👰

I so much love the way he respects his root

@sirkisskingsley7553

7 жыл бұрын

James Kibirige couldn't agree more

@dugebuwembo

7 жыл бұрын

sirkiss kingsley Thank you brother

Bi/Multilingual people understand his change of accent. It happens to me too. And you are unaware until someone brings it up. it's normal.

@DarthFurie

6 жыл бұрын

Mmala Mokone yep. Code-switching, happens naturally

He's a beautiful man

@ZachVanHarrisJR

6 жыл бұрын

He's a classic man :)

@ria861

6 жыл бұрын

Ebony Travel true woman is beautiful and man is handsome

@jjongxingdae2869

6 жыл бұрын

Ebony Travel easy.... It's a unisex word

@nicolewhitley3640

6 жыл бұрын

You aint lieing

@Cousin_Bee

6 жыл бұрын

He is distinctively beautiful

I loooove people who embrace where they are from.

people questioning his accent must not be use to being around or being raised in multiple cultures or places. Accents can come and go based on where you are and who you are with, it's a subconscious thing. I'm a New Yorker with West Indian roots. When I'm away from New York my accent is not as strong and has a slight southern twang, because a lot of my friends in college are from the south. When I'm in New York or talking to a New Yorker my original accent comes out. If I am with my West Indian family or speaking get with other West Indians I have a slight accent. It happens and isn't inauthentic. I see it as my brain adjusting to my environment and the culture I'm interacting with at the time.

@tjunohambeka1938

7 жыл бұрын

This is so true,my accent changes as well....

@staceyshere

7 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it any better

@KaluOKalu-td4vb

7 жыл бұрын

eblots ....well put! Couldn't have put it better. 💯

@Tatianarain

6 жыл бұрын

i thought I was the only one this happens to. in nigeria among nigerians a thicker naija accent comes out. in america i will adjust for better communication. i hate how nigerians think everythink is faking. when youve lived and schooled in different places, there is no how you won't have a mix of all those accents. i like that his naija accent came out sef. if he had been speaking akata, naija people will still say he's forming so abeg

@flickyfairy

6 жыл бұрын

this is so true. it happened to me too

His accent coming out and everything! Geesh! 😍😍😍

@solitairedoll

6 жыл бұрын

Donaldson Izekor everyone has an accent. Every damn body.

@TrueBeautyExists

6 жыл бұрын

Donaldson Izekor you can have an accent if you speak your language regularly with parents, friends, in your community, etc.

@whodatgurl13

6 жыл бұрын

Donaldson Izekor you don't make sense. I am American. With an American accent. I am using this example so you can get it.

@whodatgurl13

6 жыл бұрын

Donaldson Izekor No, you're the one with a little mind. And you're stupid and ignorant generalizing like that because I am, like Jidenna a first generation American. I am from Los Angeles, but I currently live in The Bronx. So try again, dumbass!

@whodatgurl13

6 жыл бұрын

Donaldson Izekor Are YOU American? And what makes you think you can determine whether someone is American from a few sentences? Get a life. And do some research so you don't end up looking stupid again.😕

I'm so proud of this guy and I love that he's always wearing African clothes.

WOW Amazing, an Igbo man speaks Igbo

@danielngongang9419

7 жыл бұрын

lol. Sarcasm?

@thepresence2095

7 жыл бұрын

Certain things are not news worthy bro, I once saw a post showing ushers dick and everybody laughing cause his dick is darker than his body, and I'm like WTF a black man has a black dick, whats so funny. Daniel Ngongang

@danielngongang9419

7 жыл бұрын

So....sarcasm it is then.

@lilylovelace6106

7 жыл бұрын

I love this!

@kellyshaw8062

6 жыл бұрын

The Presence ikr lol

Nwanne...God bless you, keep doing Igbos and Africans proud..

@Nwa-amadi

4 жыл бұрын

Correct guy🤛🏿

I love how he showed the similarities between Africans & African Americans, it shows that we’re more alike than different which is beautiful❤️

@graveyardkeeper777

3 ай бұрын

There aren't many similarities and we are more different than alike.

@afrikanheritage99

2 ай бұрын

​@@graveyardkeeper777 You're crazy 🤪

@Zayhir_thePrince

Ай бұрын

@@graveyardkeeper777genetically and phenotypically we are basically the same but culturally we are different yeah

he's very down to earth...i love it

I need the accent disputes to stop. I have a Liberian American friend who sounds more American than me when we're in public, but the SECOND she crosses the threshold of her parent's home its like she was from Liberia herself. I even develop an accent when I'm around her family for more than 4 hours...please chill. Mad y'all don't even have an accent to fake if you wanted to...smh just let him be great.

@aminahpd

7 жыл бұрын

Arsinöe Official what's the big deal anyways

@seeyanuhhs.7372

7 жыл бұрын

jkklaffs la yor pa nuhbag

@trackman411

6 жыл бұрын

Ebony Travel Because alot of people in the US are ignorant and would not support him if they heard his native accent frequently

@thebaadosia5835

6 жыл бұрын

Southern accents

@trackman411

6 жыл бұрын

Thebaa Dosia ??

When you have grown up in different countries, it's normal to have a mixed accent and it's usually not something you think about at the time. It just changes depending on where you are or who you're around. For those ignorant people who think his accent is fake, actually travel somewhere and stop commenting on things you don't have the capacity to understand.

@qafgurlbandj5972

6 жыл бұрын

Preach

@kentsneed

6 жыл бұрын

Hell, even in one country one person can have blended or multiple accents. I don’t understand why this concept is difficult to understand.

*He is indeed a classic mane*.

i love when he said Nigerians are confident...most African Americans are very confident. love your music!

@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799

7 жыл бұрын

Nigeria the most confident black nation on Mother Earth. ... Do your research.

@IamDottieDandridge

6 жыл бұрын

Tamara S. African Americans have no choice but to be confident, given what we've been through we qualify as one of the most if not THE most confident people on the planet.

@williamkhumalo5325

5 жыл бұрын

African American is the one her or his parents are Africans if both your parents were born in America and u were also born in America u ain't a African

@williamkhumalo5325

5 жыл бұрын

Nagerians the disrespectful criminal

@jimonyamore4260

5 жыл бұрын

@@williamkhumalo5325 American nd Nigeria they are both criminal

Kudos to the interviewer. He asked great relevant questions. It's always good to see a good interview on youtube which unfortunately is full of amateurish and borderline star-struck interviewers who always forget their jobs.

@obinnaokoro6619

7 жыл бұрын

Great questions, yeah. I noticed that. But then, his body language and mannerisms whenever Jidenna was responding seemed weird and tacky.

@audrexboy2610

7 жыл бұрын

He was trying to be humble as much as he could as he was speaking. It is normal here.

I adore his humility. He respects his clan and root deeply and that is charitably stunning.

very cool, he's very proud of his roots.

My roommate back in college is Igbo. She was/is brilliant. I did well in school, but SHE had straight A's in chemistry. She was such a nice girl, too. And she was rich as Croesus and would jet to Paris and London to shop. Her father was in contracting and oil. And she was so beautiful she was voted the most beautiful international student at the University of Houston. The First runner-up was Miss Sweden. And the 2nd runner-up was Miss Japan. My roommate's brother was/is a doctor and her fiance (now husband) is a surgeon.

@Love25648

7 жыл бұрын

Allison Wentworth Typical corrupt elites

@samuelukah1376

4 жыл бұрын

The typical Nigerian family... You need to have doctors in your home

@justinfrancis4621

4 жыл бұрын

@@Love25648 Facts man

@zino5297

3 жыл бұрын

So what does this have to do with this interview

@joshuachidubem134

3 жыл бұрын

I'm Igbo Thanks love

Dialect adaptation (&adaptation of any sort) is an amazing skill to have. These are traits of brilliance, applaudise young man 👏 👏 👏 👏

This guy is so cute all round Love how he said that kedu? odimma 😂 and importantly that he's willing to learn.

My Igbo broda #ProudlyIgbo #NaijaAmerica

Nigerians are confident!!! 💪

"Nigerians are confident mahn..."😍😍😘😘

I love how when you're around your people your accent comes out! My husband's Haitian, born and raised in Brooklyn. he doesn't have a Haitian accent unless he's speaking with his family. I'm southern raised, so as soon as I get around my family it just comes right back with no effort. I have to translate for my husband, lol!!

Wao! Kedu, O di nma. They way he speaks it shows he is the true Son of the Soil. Udo di.

He is gorgeous😍😍😍

Words cannot express how proud I am of Jidenna. He is really representing us here in the states. ..I wish him many more success to come.

this guy is truly the chief that can't runaway

I was waiting for Jidenna to mention Davido, their collaboration might be out of this world. Love from South Africa 🎻🎻🎻💕

Good job to the interviewer and Jidenna. God speed to both of those brothers, making moves.

Hihi the Nigerian accent came out😍😍

Wow so this young man is my brother this is amazing wow. You are highly recommended brother you're welcome you even speak igbo language wow that's great i love you because you so much different and also remember your root in fact you're wonderful and intelligent. Wow that's my real blood brother from in another mother.

@graveyardkeeper777

3 ай бұрын

Half igbo brother from a white American mother.

I wish my university offered Igbo! I'd take it in a heartbeat.

@chukasonnwaanumeze9105

4 жыл бұрын

Kpop0223 I can still teach you if you want

who is watching with me in 2017😍👍🙋

no matter where u are,u shd know how to speak d tongue of ur own home town,village,etc ,it makes u outstanding and ppl will love u more BC u can even communicate wit d ppl who don't understand ur I wanna,gonna,shd in case u get ursef in ur home town or amongs dem,so be proud to speak Igbo!!! Igbo a maka¡!!,see pet Edochie dem ,patients ozokwo etc,dey flow in Igbo fluently, despite dia English roles etc,I honor Pet Edochie sooooo much for DAT,o bu nwa afo!! Igbo kwezue nu ooooooo!!!!

really nice, I liked the fact that the interviewer asked relevant questions in a few minutes.. really cool

I love you hide.. and am proud of you been proud of African.I love bro

Yo his lips. He got some nice lips. Lol. I was staring at it.

@Tatianarain

6 жыл бұрын

he looks just like my boyfriend except he is ten times lighter. yeah we kiss a lot. lol

@mallorca280

6 жыл бұрын

KD hahaha! That lips

@karabothaba124

4 жыл бұрын

Tatiana 😄😄😄🤣🤣🤣🤣kill me again

@mamadoudiaby753

4 жыл бұрын

Mee too

yes ! 👑💫 He's even more evolved today2020 What a beautiful soul✨ Gorgeous AF

i grew up around puertorican, mexican and guatemalan family. they all speak spanish but vastly different from one another. i always speak differently depending on the family member all in an effort to b understood.

Very interesting and intelligent man!! He’s handsome as well. ❤️nothing like someone who is proud of where he came from & integrating it into his music. Mad respect.

I can't wait to see what he and Flavor come out with. He should do something with Phyno too.

@momandjas

4 жыл бұрын

BBN he will be all dressed up while flavor will be naked

Man I be hating on Nigerians on the downlow 😍you all are dreamers and achievers 😍much respect

Omg~ Wish my college offered an Igbo course... Also, so much respect for this guy

@skmeyer818

4 жыл бұрын

i can teach u

Jidenna and siblings brought his father's body back to Igboland Nigeria and gave him a befitting cultural funeral. I respect my young brother 💯 God bless you, nwannem ❤️

I relate to this. Im a Nigerian thats been a citizen of England for 13 years now. When im with my people or with family, my Nigerian accent naturally comes out. But out in public, i have a british accent

I love this guy so much respect for his cultural background....so true what he talks about

Sooooo Gorgeous & love him & his music!

I love what he is doing. I am glad he is who he is

@johnsongilson4495

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Linda, how are you doing?

One of my favorite artists right now.

WHERE??? WHERE WAS THIS IGBO CLASS IN THE STATES?????

@akeme25

7 жыл бұрын

I'm saying! I want to take this Igbo class

@TulsaOklahoma-mi2po

7 жыл бұрын

HeyIff I can teach u for free

@ejikewengerizuu1342

6 жыл бұрын

Enugu state.

@koolinwitk1789

6 жыл бұрын

duke can you teach me too...

@artlivesspace

6 жыл бұрын

Krystal Simmons I can teach you

The interviewer was so on point. Good one, bro.

This dude is legit

Aw I thought he was fluent! I enjoy this guy and his music, even bought his album.

I love this accent on him. Jidenna is beautiful

He's so humbled.....love the accent...💖💞💖💞

I love how his accent changes, its beautiful when he taps into his Nigerian accent. My accent changes all the time, some people say I have a British accent and some say I have a mixture with Tanzanian. All I know is, when I am with my family, the accent I was born into is stronger coz I go into Swahili. I love both accents but if I was to pick one, I would pick my Tanzanian half, I just love it. Always be proud of your origin.

Good job.nice interview. Great interactions and questions.

Cool guy welcome home bro one love 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great interview from awesome artist",!!!

Lov u jidenna

I love how Jidenna acknowledges us African Americans.

Thx for letting me remember my roots and just because your in a different country doesn't mean you can't keep your original country's roots

I experience a change in my accent when I go from NC to my own state. It's real.

Love this guy

love Jidenna

Gosh he is so handsome 😍

Very good. Keep it up

Such a beautiful man! 😍😍😍

OMG I love him 😍

He is so handsome

Jidenna Classic man 😀😘

My brother. Claiming all of us and tying us back together.

Wow he's handsome.

I like this interview

Of course he's African...I love the way he's embracing his roots. Hes really cool😊

@graveyardkeeper777

3 ай бұрын

He's half white.

Respect Jidena!

Na wa. Such a fun person to chat with. I'd love to interview him

Nice One Jidenna my Brother God bless you Please join IPOB Biafran Freedom Biafran Freedom Biafran Freedom Biafran Freedom Biafran Freedom Biafran Freedom Biafran Freedom

he respects his root I salute him for that I love you man

Most AA are igbos especially from Virginia check about the igbo landing

@graveyardkeeper777

3 ай бұрын

No, most black people are not igbo.

Pretty as helllll

Never knew he was Nigerian. Ayeee!! 🇳🇬

He is just adorable 💕💕

People who are of other cultures tend to be more accented when around their own kind. it's not a farce. Yaaaaaaay, Jidenna!!

@graveyardkeeper777

3 ай бұрын

He mostly grew up in America, raised by his white mother and his father wasn't really in his life. So, his accent IS fake.

this is good,

@carlostorres1922

7 жыл бұрын

b u plghhhrtg I uuu bbb jk kjiziikjiziizi gvgvv'l ?I was just the 78i l j j99 it was not Olli ij hi oh n g bm

@olanihuntoyin9530

7 жыл бұрын

£5x

Nigerian music is off the chain The men are hott

Goodness 😍

Our own JIDENNA ❤️ ❤️

I love him

His accent is so clear, I love it!!! Who is this learner interviewer, speaking more Fune than jidenna sef... gerriarihia

@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799

7 жыл бұрын

Quiet your mouth, the learner Na you.

I would love to see him collaborate with Yemi Alade.

Love him

too humble. #KS2

Tiwa, Flavour and Wiz Kid I loveee

good good

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