JW: When I think about growing up in Nigeria as a musician I have all these controversal pictures in my mind… all this bling bling rap and hip hop...

N: It has become even part of our culture now. Africans even are more Americanised than the European people. We have this MTV base in Africa, Hip Hop is now a blend of Afro American tradition… everything is just mixing up. I sometimes feel uncomfortable when people don‘t feel proud of where they‘re coming from. They want to fake their identity or personality. Like many Nigerian hip hop artist who I know don‘t want you to hear that they‘re from Nigeria, by trying to switch their accent. It has a lot to do with the colonial identity that we have. I don‘t want to lie. There was a time when I came to Germany and people asked me „Where are you coming from, you have an African accent..“ I wasn‘t very proud about what people were saying about Nigerians. Nigerians are stump as drug dealers, terrorists… In the beginning I wasn‘t too proud. I became more proud of where I come from when I made my experiences with racism. That is when I said „No, I have to go back to the beginning“.

JW: Didn‘t you feel this incredible hate for these people who made you feel "different"?

N: There was a time when I got pissed, but now I do understand, that you can attract that kind of energy. If you feel inferior inside and different, then you attract that energy. So now I don‘t care anymore. I walk into a place and I don’t feel like „Oh I‘m the girl with the afro, I‘m the girl who is darker or with bigger lips." I freed myself from that and then nobody is racist to you. Maybe someone looks at you and maybe he just likes your curly hair or the way you look and they want to know what kind of mix are you…

JW: Now some short facts... Your favourite book?

N: Khalil Gibran, the prophet. You should read it. You know, when I was talking about love? Everything is quite that kind of direction. Freeing yourself from mental slavery.

JW: Mental slavery reminds me of Bob Marley lyrics. You adore him, cause he says what he wants to say, just on point. What did you always want to say?

N: Oh, have you seen the movie „The invention of lying“? Watch that movie! I love it! That‘s the truth! And then you can answer the question.

JW: Your first LP?

N: Mob Deep „Hell on Earth“.

JW: What about fashion?

N: It is important for the world, that‘s why we invented it, right? You should look alright. You don‘t have to buy posh stuff, but look: If I feel like wearing these pants today and not shaving my legs, that‘s just the way I feel. Of course, sometimes you need to blend it up a little bit. Just don’t let you rastas hang unwashed.

JW: One thing you love, one thing you hate...

N: I love music, I hate my music, too. I hate it, that‘s why I love it. /// End.