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Jesse Jagz Tweets His Thoughts on the 2014 Headies, Says ‘Too Much Dancing in a Country That’s Going thru so Much’
The 2014 Headies went down last night (click here if you missed it) and while the event was happening at the Eko Hotel Convention Centre, it was also being broadcast live on Hip Hop World TV.
Rapper, and former Chocolate City member, Jesse Jagz was one of the stars at the event.
Jesse, who won an award for ‘Lyricist on the Roll’ however was not comfortable with all the dancing that went on at the event.
He shared a series of tweets on his official Twitter account:
On my way to the headies..
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 14, 2014
Bar side chilling.. @JesseJagzNation pic.twitter.com/QgoyGXAG3Z
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 14, 2014
Thank you to jagznation. My management. My production team. Thank you for loving and supporting the music. I love you
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
Nigerians deserve the best in life. Electricity, water, good roads…. and music. I promise to always do that.
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
I watched the headies.. too much dancing in a country that’s going thru so much. We musicians are the guardians of society.
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
We need to stop always thinking that things will be better.. we are the change. Things will never change.
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
With all the martial law and police action against africans around the world.. I wonder when we ever thought we where free.
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
Ebola has come and gone. There was no serum given to africans. The whole world left us to die.. so what where we being distracted from???
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
They tell us ebola is from bats and sh*t… but where did Patrick sawyer, an AMERICAN Liberian get it from??
— Jesse Garba Abaga (@Jessejagz) December 15, 2014
In his acceptance speech, Jesse Jagz also touched on issues of concern in Nigeria – especially the rise of homelessness and poverty.
