Drake Discovers Nigerian Roots: Celebrates 30% Ancestry
Drake, a megastar of the rap music industry, is excited about the prospect of one day being able to call himself a Nigerian man after learning from the results of his father’s ancestry that his father was 30% Nigerian.
The singer known as “Rich Flex” took to Instagram to share a screenshot from his father, Dennis Graham, which revealed, rather intriguingly, that the rap star’s dad had more Nigerian ancestry than any other ethnicity in the world. At the moment, the ‘Rich Flex’ singer is being billed as arguably the biggest rap star on the planet.
According to the screenshot, which has thoroughly thrilled Drake’s fan base in Nigeria, the Canadian recording artist’s genetic make-up includes 30% Nigerian, 28% Cameroonian, Congolese, and Western Bantu, 11% Ivory Coasterian and Ghanaian, and 8% Western and Northern European.
Drake, who has over 138 million followers on Instagram, expressed his delight at his father’s test results by writing, “This is my Dad’s results. Does this mean that I can finally call myself a Naija man?
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Many of Drake’s fans made jokes on Twitter about how the time was right for him to finally release the Afrobeat album that he must have been very eager to get out into the world.
“Drake went to do check DNA to know if he has Nigerian roots so that when he drops an Afrobeats album, nobody would question him,” an international music journalist named Basito wrote in an article. “When he drops an Afrobeats album, nobody would question him.”
In October 2022, Meghan Markle, then an actress but now the Duchess of Sussex, discussed her family history for the first time, disclosing that she had a genetic makeup that was 43% Nigerian.
This information was divulged by her in an episode of her podcast titled “Archetypes.” In which she discussed her longing for a deeper understanding of her family history.
Other famous people from the United States who can trace their ancestry back to Nigeria. Include Lil Wayne (53%), Forest Whitaker (his father had Igbo roots), and Bishop TD Jakes. Who is also from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria.
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