You know many Nigerians have expressed their displeasure over the portrayal of the country in Rick Ross's Hold me back video.MI has openly vented his anger and calls on Nigerians to express their displeasure online.
Read MI's thoughts which he posted on his blog
Does it make you angry? Does it rile you to see your country portrayed as poor and suffering and full of struggle? It burns you, does it not? To have some foreigner- who knows nothing of your history and pain, of the stories that flow within your blood- to have this foreigner come in and tell your story? Is it not the height of disrespect and insensitivity? Does it not chafe against the thick skin you have grown to cover your other wounds?
Does it not make you angry? We should wax sanctimonious about national pride being slighted. We should vent our displeasure online. We should occupy something. Because God forbid the truth ever be told about what things really are. God forbid a stranger reminds us about those things we choose to ignore every day.
God forbid we ever face the truth about ourselves. God forbid we do not go on the internet and rail about how our country is being cast in bad light. God forbid we do not talk about how there is a small minority which lives better than portrayed. God forbid we do not ignore truth one more time. God forbid we don’t.
This is the video
Agreed?
SECONDED.HE'S RIGHT.RICK ROSS IS A FOOL
ReplyDeleteRick Ross is a boss. He didn't invite himself to 9ja. D stoopid nigerians that were working with him were dere when he was shooting d video and saw d locations. Why didn't dey talk about it then. MI is right buh I think d short black dude is just angry he wasn't in d video.
ReplyDeleteLol let MI sit down jor.Ricky said he was shooting inthe slums,y didn't they talk then.
ReplyDeleteI think this is sarcasm. He kinda supports what rick Ross did. Read it again....MI is not shoi g his displeasure toward the video, but toward the pple that condemn the video, who believe rick Ross went too far. It is paining us that a foreigner exposed us like this, while we like to portray ourselves as good. MI, I hail u.
ReplyDeleteMy blog... http://ashirigbakaute.blogspot.com/
Have y'all seen d same video?(Yankee version)...there's nothing wrong wit dis version...
ReplyDeleteI have one question 4 M.I. , is dat not obalende in Lagos, Nigeria ? That is not cameroun , it is Nigeria , you want to turn a blind eye on the slums as if they do not exist . There is nothing wrong with the video , no lies were shown . If he pain u too much use that ur small change and go and upgrade the vacinity , atleast when he had the courage to go there and shoot a video while people like u run to SA and yankee to shoot vids
ReplyDeleteevery country has such places even america ,that is not best thing to offer to country that show him so much love,if he really cares he should set up a foundation to help.M.I i support u.our government should know what pictures and vidoe foreigners are taking out of our country.when a white man is looking for a donation he puts a picture of black suffering innocent child that will never benefit from that donation.
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