If you caught Marvelโs Luke Cage on Netflix, you might remember one of the showโs coolest moments: the showโs villain, Cottonmouth, is alone on the second floor of his nightclub, Harlemโs Paradise, with another bad guy, Shades. Paradise is empty, all except for Jidenna, who is below performing his song, โLong Live the Chief,โ just for Cottonmouth.
For millions of people, this was the first time they may have ever heard of Jidenna, and itโs quite the introductionโthe song is so good that it is played in its entirety while the camera cuts to many of the main characters. After the show’s debut, โHail to the Chiefโ earned more than a 2,000 percent jump in streams on Spotify. This helped to propel Jidennaโs emergence as one of the most sophisticated (and not to mention, dapper) artists out there.
Snoop caught up with the Classic Man himself for this weekโs edition of GGN to talk about Jidennaโs life in Nigeria, his time at Stanford, and how he turns to Janelle Monรกe and the rest of the Wondaland Records crew to help him critique his music.
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