Rap megastar Drake is upbeat about his chances of finally being a Nigerian man after the results of his father’s ancestry revealed that he was 30% Nigerian.
The ‘Rich Flex’ singer, who is currently billed as arguably the biggest rap star on the planet, took to Instagram to share a screenshot from his father, Dennis Graham, which interestingly revealed that the rap star’s dad possessed more Nigerian roots than any other ethnicity in the world.
According to the screenshot, which has thoroughly thrilled his Nigerian fan base, Drake’s DNA is 30% Nigerian, 28% Cameroonian, Congolese and Western Bantu, 11% Ivory Coasterian and Ghanaian and 8% West and Northern European.
On Instagram, where he boasts over 138 million followers, an elated Drake wrote, “This is my Dad’s results. Does this mean I’m a Naija man finally?”
On Twitter, many fans joked that the time was ripe for Drake to finally drop the Afrobeat album he must have been terribly itching to release.
“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,” international music journalist Basito wrote.
In October 2022, the Duchess of Sussex and former actress, Meghan Markle, opened up on her genetic heritage, revealing that she was 43% Nigerian.
She made this known in an episode of her podcast, Archetypes, where she expressed her desire to learn more about her roots.
Other notable US stars who have traced their roots to Nigeria include Lil Wayne (53%), Forest Whitaker (his father had Igbo roots) and renowned Televangelist Bishop TD Jakes also from the Igbo tribe of Nigeria.
