Big smoke!
British rapper Skepta has a message for Africans
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Big smoke!
ThrobbingHood
“I’m Sorry for 2025”
“Yes, I was born in London as a c00n in the 80s.” Lmao!!!!! 
“Yes, I was born in London as a c00n in the 80s.” Lmao!!!!!
DreadBrown
Feed the children
Big up Skepta and the whole BBK
call yourself a former c00n, bruvs 
UpAndComing
Veteran
....... I don't get it 
That ADOS influence
RadaMillz
Veteran
call yourself a former c00n, bruvs
"To have once been a c00n is no disgrace. To remain a c00n is the disgrace.” MalcolmX
Yesterday’s cooooooooon…
Is not today’s black man, init mate?
Is not today’s black man, init mate?
Respect to that brotha
Duke Wy Lin
It's been a good run. Wish y'all the best ✊🏿
Skepta been a real one for a while now
....... I don't get it
Back in the day, it wasn’t cool to be African in the UK. Being African would get you clowned from teachers making fun of your name, to Caribbeans clowning you. So with that, a lot of Africans internalised self-hate & wanted to be anything but African. That’s probably the “c00n” reference.
But Skepta was the first to shake it off in UK’s entertainment industry by screaming his name “Joseph Jr. Adenuga”, “I’m Nigerian, not from St. Lucia”, & “Big bad Nigerian” in his lyrics. I guess that’s what he’s alluding to.
UpAndComing
Veteran
This reads like Science Fiction. I call BS. Africans have a very tight network wherever they go and there's so many African functions in all the big cities in the UK and the US where he can mingle with other Africans, and befriend them. It was HIMSELF who sought out to not have a connection with his culture. He should stop blaming it on his "surroundings" and feeling guilty for the choices he made
And the name thing isn't even back in the day, it still happens today lol. If you don't have an Anglo Saxon sounding name, people always wanna give you a nickname