Fake it till you make it, not fake your death to blow

Artists need to calm down with the PR stunts. [View in browser](=.oWSjjteARhKX7piYqLl_f78j0d4eZLAJppXanBdk8qs) [Zikoko Daily] 17 November, 2023 Hey . One way I know my Nigerian ancestors have me in a chokehold is that there are some things I never joke about. I’m that person who’ll whisper, “I’m not the last, in Jesus' name”, if you meet me in a queue. Now imagine asking me to fake my death so I can blow. 💀 Well, these artists don’t have my reservations. 👇🏼 Tife Editor In This Letter: - 1 [Nigerian artists who took their PR stunts too far](=.UuTbCCD0tL6ddORP4W8kHCBPj7MDAUrUTDZ3uloZLaM) - 2 [Nigerians, it’s not too late to give these 10 things up](=.-dnQo9GhOwY4VIP39_D8l9geTwEMhL4C4kMBKEhd7dw) - 3 [This December in Nollywood movies](=.KtYR-Rh-InQL0_gp_S29Gcx9ITcmF2GBfp_GyijfhQg) SHORT READS Would You Move? =.Vlazs7xX9GW2uARHo5YiHrKGQGmadXZgX9gQWdWjJBw “I was on a bus one time, headphones plugged in and waiting for one last person to enter so we could move. The last space was between me and an older woman. A man approached, and we heaved a sigh of relief. But then, this man realised his place was between two women. He paused. Two women. One much younger than he is, and one around the same age as, or slightly older than he is. Beside the older woman was a younger boy who was staring out the window. This man didn’t ask the boy to adjust for him. He also didn’t ask the older woman, he asked ME to give up my seat. He said, as an elderly man, he can’t sit between two women. Clearly, I was the 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒌𝒐𝒕 (bush meat) to give up my seat for my 𝒊𝒈𝒘𝒆. I paused my music — with my headphones still on — to listen to him. This gave him more courage to express himself, thinking I wasn’t listening. I stared at him blankly without saying a word, and soon enough, the older woman, tired of his ranting, gave up her seat so he could sit beside the boy. Other passengers stared at me in disbelief, and the man looked at me with eyes that could kill. I ignored them all and continued listening to my music. We paid the same t-fare, plus, if the middle of two women was such a bad place to be, I certainly didn’t want to be in the middle of two men.” — Jacinta. Your story could be the next one featured here. Whether it’s about a case of mistaken identity, someone stealing your wig in a danfo, or the weirdest experience you’ve ever had, we want to read it. Seriously, [give us the gist here](=.Aazyweg95mj2ZBQ8fktNOsn4_IK66vvXTlGeiMo5VYw) *We'll be tweeting answers to this on our Twitter account at noon, so feel free to tweet us your answers with the hashtag [#ZikokoDailyQuiz](#) --> Zikoko Daily's Top 3 These musicians took “Fake it till you make it” too seriously It’s a struggle to gain market presence, especially in the music industry, and sometimes, our faves just do what they have to do. But faking deaths and kidnaps? Haba. [These artists went too far](=.dCKoh620G98h9X4JIuUHY_hrUZE1fhdoN84lDhEv5Qw) --------------------------------------------------------------- If Snoop Dogg can stop smoking, we can change too There’s really no excuse for our bad behaviour anymore. If the self-acclaimed ambassador of weed and smoking can take a step back, surely, we can give things up too. And I have a list. [Things we need to stop doing](=.hUPDny6YubcQCO3kDxFYZRNdvwo7AWx4LNoImuGChag) --------------------------------------------------------------- We’ll eat good this December If there’s one thing I love about the end of the year, it’s all the free time we’ll have to do anything and nothing. Nollywood is dropping some gems next month, so you should add them to your watchlist. [All the movies to look out for](=.7x9Db-Ow3j_U43rhjW9Pyei3g1rAva6lQgRxu2tgf5I) Quiz Can You Guess the Song From These Emojis? I failed this quiz woefully. Can you do better? 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