petite Chidinma Ekile, who won the music
reality show, Project Fame West
Africa Season 3, in 2010, and went on to
produce hit songs such as ‘Kedike’ and
‘Jankoliko’ featuring Sound Sultan, is no
longer the simple lady people used to
know.
Some of her fans have described her as the
Nigerian version of America-based
musician, Rihanna, a good girl gone bad.
This conclusion is based on the fact that
the songstress has introduced radical new
styles into her personality, giving the
impression that new influences have taken
charge.
Apart from changing her hairstyle
randomly, she went on to dye it to red,
then evolved it into a Mohawk, then
another punk style before eventually
settling down for a Diana King look.
The whole transformation process has,
however, been tagged by her fans as the
transition from simple church girl to one
with street credibility, a progression which
many people have argued, started with the
remix of her song, ‘Kedike’, in which she
featured rave rap artiste, Olamide.
Chidinma has, however, countered this
perception. In a chat with Klieg Light, she
says the impression is wrong. In her words,
“that is totally false, I am the same
Chidinma I used to be. My style has not
and will never change. I’m only evolving
and growing as a musician, challenging
myself and trying out new things.”
On the perception that she now has a
different personality due to the new street
song, she says ‘Emi ni Baller’ was only an
experiment that people fell in love with.”
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