With pain deep inside me, I wept at the humiliation meted out on Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince Zamani at the recently concluded BET Awards, which he won as the Best African Act in the 2013 edition. But when I watched over again, I paused and said to myself, "Ice Prince is a total disgrace to not Nigeria alone, but to the whole of Africa."
Why did I say so to myself? Good question. If you watch clearly, you will agree with me that Ice Prince should be banished from Nigeria. What was he thinking when he wore a shirt designed with an American flag? Does that mean if he was presented his award in front of American stars present at the awards, he would have said indirectly that he wasn't proud of Nigeria?
That's an unpatriotic behaviour from Ice Prince and he shouldn't be pitied because to me, he deserved the humiliation he got from the organisers of the event. He was made to speak to an empty hall after getting his prize.
Even though the awards is aimed at rewarding black entertainers, people like Ice Prince are not proud of where they come from. They think by wearing a US flag designed cloth will make them break into the American market. Forget it, Americans know themselves and you are not part of them. He should be licking his wound now in shame. He really deserved the embarrassment. Ice Prince has clearly shown that he could be a 'money miss road'. He claims to be a celeb in Nigeria while trying to be an errand boy at an US main event. Do our celebs worth it?
A Fela would have treated your 'ef up' if he was alive. It is high time we started aligning with our identity and flaunt it to the whole world no matter what. I won't use a left hand to describe my fayher's house. We are Nigerians, we are Africans, Awoo.
Written by Osaremen Ehi James
many nigeria celebrities suffer wth inferiority complex, they totally copy american swags no self-creativity even for p-squre, atleast ghanaians always thy do thngs in their own ways no imitation.
ReplyDeleteGive the guy a break please.If you watch some Nigerian Films you see actors wearing other countries Flags even when it's not related to the part they were playing.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this noise about the artiste attire, do they expect him to wear agbada or dress the way Kate Henshaw did to Fred Amata's party.
ReplyDeleteIt is about being patrotic, it is the mindset of we balck people.Our mentality makes some of us behave the way we do when we travel abroad. It is a shame that ice Prince couldn't reason and he did not have anyone to advice him not to wear the US flag coat to the stage. No American will ever, ever wear the flag of another country. People like Toke, Stephanie Okereke, Omotola, Chika Ike and Tonto Dike just to mention a few speak very fake US/ British accents when they were not born or lived in those lands so why will Ice Prince not go and wear the coat just to feel among. At least he should have taken off the coat. Please pardon his oversight.
ReplyDeleteNa aboki wey e no expect 2 see himself 4 where he dey so, no too blame am. Some of them dnt believe d kind of fame they find themselves. God wil help us
ReplyDeleteNah inferiority complex dey worry most black men and women.
ReplyDeleteHe shouldn't have worn another country's flag colour. if he was feelin like wearing a flag clolour, he should have worn his country's. That's called Originallity....ice prince is fake!!
ReplyDeleteI am a nigerian but i am not proud of it. I do not know how u gonna judgd that but to me that doesn't make me unpatriotic because i am living uprightly and i make my livelihood in dignity. Grow up mehn.
ReplyDeletebeing patriotic is being a peace an law abiding citizen not oda way round.ice prince can wear anything that makes happy and comes alive.so stop criticises a gud rapper.look for better thing to call patriotic
ReplyDeleteIce Prince is just one in a million Africans with the mentality he displayed at the recently concluded BET Award. Nigerians wants to speak English better than the Britons, they want to swagger and sag more than the Yankees. We do this at the expense of our identity, cultures and values. To drape yourself in American flag, when you are receiving award in the Best African Act category, is the greatest display of hypocrisy and unpatriotic act to your home country, of which you are a citizen. I watched the Award ceremony from the beginning to the end; I did not see this man coming out to receive an award. Thanks to u, who fill in the gap, that he got his award, at the time he deserved; after the show, with no audience around, to avoid an embarrassment to, our country, Nigeria and United States. What an appropriate step taken by the organizers.
ReplyDeleteTo all of you, Nigeria is nothing to be proud of.poverty,corruption,Armed Robery etc.it is unfortunate to be à nigerian.other Africans don't behave like that,its only we because we dont have anything good
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