{"id":194228,"date":"2024-11-05T03:48:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=194228"},"modified":"2024-11-05T03:48:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:48:19","slug":"are-you-not-yoruba-skepta-heavily-dragged-online-for-praising-tiwa-savage-in-igbo-he-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/11\/05\/are-you-not-yoruba-skepta-heavily-dragged-online-for-praising-tiwa-savage-in-igbo-he-reacts\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Are you not Yoruba?&#8221; &#8211; Skepta heavily dragged online for praising Tiwa Savage in Igbo, he reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>Nigerian-British rapper shared a stunning photo of fellow artist Tiwa Savage on social media, expressing his admiration in Igbo language.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>An X\u00a0 user named Nonso fired back, criticizing Skepta for using Igbo language, stating, \u201c<em>Oga, you are Yoruba! Stop using Igbo words; we don\u2019t recognize you.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>In response to the criticism, Skepta challenged the troll\u2019s assertion.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nigerian-British rapper Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jnr, popularly known as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/tag\/skepta\">Skepta<\/a><\/strong>, has faced criticism on social media after expressing admiration for his fellow artist, Tiwa Savage, in Igbo language.<\/p>\n<p>The award-winning musician shared a stunning photo of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/?s=tiwa+savage\">Tiwa Savage<\/a> <\/strong>and captioned it with the exclamation \u201c<em>Chineke<\/em>,\u201d which translates to \u201cGod\u201d in Igbo.<\/p>\n<p>While many fans appreciated Skepta&#8217;s gesture, one netizen, identified as Nonso, took issue with his use of Igbo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-194231 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-043143.png\" alt=\"Skepta calls out for using Igbo as he praises Tiwa Savage\" width=\"653\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-043143.png 653w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-043143-246x300.png 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In a tweet directed at the rapper, Nonso wrote: <em>\u201cOga, you are Yoruba! Stop using Igbo words; we don\u2019t recognize you.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comment quickly generated waves of attention on X, prompting Skepta to respond. He expressed confusion about Nonso&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Skepta wrote:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho is &#8216;we&#8217;?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Netizens Reactions&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>saaphirah<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>Custodian of the Igbo tribe\u2026..I co-ask Who are the we???<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong> Meksclint<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>On behalf of igbos, who is \u201cwe\u201d? Please end tribalism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>boksmajor<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>Crazy part is that Skepta\u2019s mom is Igbo. Skepta is a titled man in Igbo land.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>mmariammx<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>Why are they like this???&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>thegodson_gram<\/strong> said: <em>\u201cBut truly who is we? Such a childish mentality.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong> Kinginheels<\/strong> said: <em>\u201c\u2026but you just said \u201coga\u201d.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>_darasiimii_<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>She literally used \u2018oga\u2019 and you dey shade another person? stop am o.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>lagosmealprepsociety<\/strong> said<em>: \u201cTribalism is so scary and destructive. ?<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong>nobasic01<\/strong> said:<em> \u201cFor social media una like fight. But for real life na una marry each other pass. Social media is not real life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><strong> ble<\/strong>.<strong>any<\/strong> said: \u201c<em>We are now gatekeeping words? What of &#8220;omo&#8221; that isn&#8217;t igbo? I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve said it before. Tribalism is just disgusting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">See below;<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-194230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-041221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-041221.png 561w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-041221-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-194229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-041153.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-041153.png 616w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-05-041153-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian-British rapper shared a stunning photo of fellow artist Tiwa Savage on social media, expressing his admiration in Igbo language. 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Stop using Igbo words; we don\u2019t recognize you.\u201d In response to the criticism, Skepta challenged the troll\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":194232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"94000","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"3","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27685],"tags":[1825,31099,7610,23],"class_list":["post-194228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-igbo","tag-nigerian-british-rapper","tag-skepta","tag-tiwa-savage"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skepta heavily dragged online for praising Tiwa Savage in Igbo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian-British rapper Skepta, has faced criticism on social media after expressing admiration for Tiwa Savage, in Igbo language.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/11\/05\/are-you-not-yoruba-skepta-heavily-dragged-online-for-praising-tiwa-savage-in-igbo-he-reacts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Are you not Yoruba?&quot; - Skepta heavily dragged online for praising Tiwa Savage in Igbo, he reacts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian-British rapper shared a stunning photo of fellow artist Tiwa Savage on social media, expressing his admiration in Igbo language. 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