Petite Nigerian singer, Chidinma Ekile, popularly known by her stage name Chidinma, has opened up on her journey to stardom. The 26-year-old project fame West Africa 3rd edition winner, is the latest cover star for Vibe.ng Magazine, where she made the disclosure. Chidinma Ekile opens up on her sextape, romance with Flavour.
Her excerpts with the Magazine talks more about her affiliation with the baby boy of indigenous Afro-highlife – Flavour, her signature haircut and lots more.
See excerpts below…
Chidinma Ekile opens up on her sextape, romance with Flavour
On her stormy days and how she weathers them, recall that November 2013 was not necessarily the best of months for Chidinma. An explicit sextape of an unknown guy and a girl who shared a striking resemblance with Ms Kedike, had hit the internet hard. Tongues wagged and opposing groups formed on social media; arguing and analyzing if she was the one or not. Although she never experred it, she didn’t let it faze her too much.
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She said, “I wasn’t expecting it, I mean, I knew something was going to come up sometime but not that early and definitely not something that huge but yeah, I saw it as one of those things. I was sad, I was like – who did this to me? Who did I offend that has refused to forgive me?
“I remember talking to Sound Sultan and he was like welcome to the industry.”
Following when she spoke up about the incident, news that made rounds in the media claimed she said she was still a virgin. In curiosity, I ask if that sexual status has changed. She replies in comic confusion – “I don’t even know where that came from. I never told anyone if I was a virgin or not.”
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On her relationship with Flavour, she said, …”And people will think that for a very long time. Trust me, we have such a beautiful chemistry. Our working relationship is awesome. I can tell you that for a fact. It’s so beautiful and it is very stress-less. When we are in the studio, a lot of things happen. A lot of magic happens. We make magic. It’s just natural. I don’t even know where it came from.
On her bad habits: Hmm, bad habits? I am not sure they are up to 3. I want to smile less. YES. Because I smile a lot and people sometimes tend to see that as a weakness.
Speaking on her rise to stardom: Music was never part of the big picture until Project Fame. I’d always seen myself as a broadcaster. I wanted to be on the radio. I just wanted to gain some experience. I wanted to meet people because prior to that time, I was always home. I just wanted to go out and talk to new people. That was the motive behind it.
On her signature haircut: First of all, only my sister touches and makes my hair and at some point, she had to travel and then I tried to make my hair somewhere else with other people but my hair began to fall off. So I thought to myself. I need to cut this hair. I also wanted a different look.
I remember the first time I cut my hair. The moment I did and I had a shoot, I was almost crying like -oh my God, I’m bald- but immediately I took the pictures, I just fell in love and ever since, I’ve been rocking it.
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