{"id":214550,"date":"2025-07-22T20:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=214550"},"modified":"2025-07-22T20:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:29:28","slug":"how-i-almost-missed-my-breakout-in-african-queen-yvonne-jegede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/22\/how-i-almost-missed-my-breakout-in-african-queen-yvonne-jegede\/","title":{"rendered":"How I almost missed my breakout in African Queen \u2013 Yvonne Jegede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede recently walked down memory lane in a candid chat on the <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Nollywood on Radio <\/span><span class=\"s1\">podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The actress and mother of one opened up about how she landed a role in 2Baba\u2019s legendary \u201c<em>African Queen<\/em>\u201d music video. While it\u2019s a moment many fans still associate with her early rise to stardom, Yvonne shared how she nearly turned the whole thing down. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>\u201cWhen the director first reached out, I didn\u2019t even think twice. I just said, \u2018No, I\u2019m not interested,\u2019<\/em>\u201d she admitted, chuckling. At the time, Yvonne was laser-focused on building her acting career and wasn\u2019t exactly thrilled about being in a music video.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214552\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8935.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8935.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8935-274x300.jpeg 274w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8935-934x1024.jpeg 934w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8935-768x842.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yvonne Jegede<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To make things even more interesting, she said she had <\/span><span class=\"s2\">no idea<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> what \u201c<em>African Queen<\/em>\u201d was or that it was about to become a massive hit. She said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBack then, I only knew 2Baba as part of Plantashun Boiz. I didn\u2019t even know he had gone solo. So when they mentioned the song, I was like, \u2018Which one is African Queen again?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It wasn\u2019t until a friend hyped the song that she reconsidered. She continued:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe were just gisting later that night and I casually mentioned that someone had invited me for some video shoot. I called it one \u2018<em>stupid thing\u2019<\/em>. But the moment I said \u2018<em>African Queen,\u2019<\/em> my friend Michael just screamed, \u2018<em>Go and do it! I love that song\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">That conversation changed everything. She called the director back that night, got the shoot details, sorted her hair, and by the next morning, she was on set. It was also the first time she laid eyes on 2Baba in person. \u201c<em>When I saw him, I was like, \u2018So this is real o,\u2019<\/em>\u201d she laughed.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_214553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-214553\" style=\"width: 1242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-214553\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8936.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8936.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8936-255x300.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8936-872x1024.jpeg 872w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/IMG_8936-768x902.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-214553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yvonne Jegede<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Although the video ended up boosting her visibility, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/03\/why-is-he-smiling-like-that-vdm-and-yvonne-jegedes-cozy-club-video-sparks-reactions\/\">Yvonne said she was never interested in becoming a full-time<\/a> video vixen. \u201c<em>I just wanted to act. That was always the goal,<\/em>\u201d she said. In fact, the only other music video she featured in was Djinee\u2019s <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Ego<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, which she did simply as a favour to a friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, with several acting credits and production projects under her belt, Yvonne Jegede continues to prove she\u2019s more than just a pretty face from a classic video.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede recently walked down memory lane in a candid chat on the Nollywood on Radio podcast. The actress and mother of one opened up about how she landed a role in 2Baba\u2019s legendary \u201cAfrican Queen\u201d music video. 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