Jidenna Visits Mike, Others In The BBNaija House

Posted by: Folamidavid in Celebrity News Sep 2, 2019

Popular superstar, Jidenna recently paid a visit to the BBNaija house and he even had the chance to interact with other housemates.

The host of the reality show, Ebuka, initially took him around for a tour while the housemates were put on freeze mode, but Jidenna later came back for proper gist with them.

He spoke about how his family members have been speaking about the things going on the house and how social media has made them very popular.

Asked about being a housemate in the house, Jidenna said he knows it is difficult and even if he might try to be real, there will still be psychological effects because people are watching.

Jidenna is currently in Nigeria for the listening party of his album ‘85 To Africa’ which is billed to take place in Lagos on Monday, September 2, 2019.

Good luck to him.

Jidenna Theodore Mobisson (born May 4, 1985), better known mononymously as Jidenna, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Imo State. In 2015, Jidenna released two singles, “Classic Man” and “Yoga”, promoting Janelle Monáe’s label Wondaland Records’ compilation EP The Eephus with Epic Records. His debut album, The Chief was released on February 17, 2017 and peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200.

Jidenna Theodore Mobisson was born on May 4, 1985 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, to Tama Mobisson, a white accountant, and Oliver Mobisson, a Nigerian Igbo academic. Jidenna grew up partially in Nigeria, where his father was working as a professor of computer science at Enugu State University. When Jidenna was 6 years old, the family moved back to the United States. In 1995, the family moved to Norwood, Massachusetts, and then to Milton, Massachusetts, in 2000. His father died in 2010.

In high school he became a co-founder of the rap group Black Spadez, and began producing, arranging and writing. Jidenna released his first album with Black Spadez as their final project at Milton Academy, where Jidenna graduated in 2003. Jidenna was accepted to study at Harvard University but chose to study at Stanford University instead .He began studying sound engineering but eventually switched his major to “ritualistic arts”. In 2008, after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he pursued his music career while working full-time as a teacher, moving between Los Angeles, Oakland, Brooklyn and Atlanta, before signing a deal with recording artist Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Records.

Jidenna is signed to Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Records label and distributed through Epic Records. He has collaborated with a number of artists that are signed to this label; including Roman GianArthur, St. Beauty, Deep Cotton and Janelle Monáe herself, and then began recording a five-song compilation of its label’s first extended play (EP), titled The Eephus. In February 2015, Jidenna released his first official single, called “Classic Man” featuring GianArthur. The song was in heavy rotation throughout the United States, and debuted at number 49 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart.