Ukubukeka okuphawulekayo namakhono okudala agqamile kuvame ukuba yisisekelo sokudala impumelelo. Le sethi yezimfanelo ijwayelekile ku-Jidenna, iciko elingenakuzitshwa.
Impilo ye-Nomadic yobuntwana uJidenna
UTheodore Maubisson (owaziwa ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi Jidenna) wazalwa ngoMeyi 4, 1985 eWisconsin Rapids (Wisconsin). Abazali bakhe kwakunguTama no-Oliver Maubisson.
Unina (omhlophe waseMelika) wasebenza njenge-accountant, ubaba wakhe (ongowokuzalwa eNigeria) wasebenza njengoprofesa wesayensi yekhompyutha. Umntwana osezandleni zabo, umndeni wathuthela eNigeria.
Ubaba womndeni wasebenza ezweni lakubo e-Enugu State University. Ngemva kokuzama ukuthumba indodana yabo eneminyaka engu-6 ubudala, umndeni wabuyela eMelika. Baqale bazinza eWisconsin.
Lapho umfana eneminyaka engu-10 ubudala, bathuthela Norwood (Massachusetts). Futhi lapho ingane ihlanganisa iminyaka engu-15 ubudala, bathuthela edolobheni laseMilton esifundeni esifanayo.
Uthando lomculo lwezingane
Umfana wakhuliswa emculweni wohlanga lwaseNigeria. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, wayenesithakazelo ku-motifs yesigqi nokucula. Lapho ebuyela e-USA, uTheodore waba nesithakazelo ekuculweni kwe-rap.
Ngesikhathi ifunda esikoleni esiphakeme, le nsizwa yasungula iqembu elithi Black Spadez. Abafana bakha umculo we-rap. UMaubisson usebenze lapha njengombhali wengoma, umhleli, kanye nomdidiyeli.
Ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni, Theodore wangena Academy, okuyinto waphothula ngempumelelo ngo-2003. I-albhamu yokuqala yomculo, efana negama leqembu lesikole, yaba yingxenye yethisisi yakhe. Ngokushesha le nsizwa yathola isimemo sokuyofunda emanyuvesi aseStanford naseHarvard. Wakhetha inketho yokuqala.
U-Theodore wangena emnyangweni wobunjiniyela bomsindo, kodwa phakathi nezifundo zakhe washintshela ku- "Traditional Art" okukhethekile. Ngo-2008, uthole iBachelor of Arts in Arts. Isihloko se-thesis yakhe sasithi “Ucwaningo Oluqhathanisayo Ngobuhlanga Nobuzwe.”
Ngemva kwalokhu, Maubisson waya emsebenzini njengothisha. Ngenkathi esebenza isikhathi esigcwele, waqhubeka nokuzibandakanya kwezomculo ngesikhathi sakhe samahhala. UTheodore wayehamba njalo. Wakwazi ukuhlala eLos Angeles, Oakland, Brooklyn, nase-Atlanta.
Ukuthuthuka emsebenzini womculo
Ngo-2010, ubaba womculi washona. Lokhu kwamenza wacabanga ngendlela yakhe yokuphila. Le nsizwa yabona ukuthi isiphetho sayo sisemculweni. UTheodore usayine inkontileka neWondaland Records. Lapha wazithola esesendaweni yakhe. UMaubisson uthathe igama lokuqamba elithi Jidenna. Usebenze nedlanzana labaculi abasebenzisana nelebuli efanayo. Isinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile endleleni yentuthuko yokudala kwaba ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu encane ye-Eephus.
Kwaba ngoFebhuwari 2015 kuphela lapho umculi ekhulula ingoma yakhe yokuqala, ngenxa yokuthi waduma. Ingoma ethi Classic Man, eyaqoshwa ngokuhlanganyela kuka-Roman DzhanArthur, yathandwa ngabalaleli. Ingoma yahlala kumashadi omsakazo wase-US isikhathi eside futhi yathatha indawo yama-49 ku-Billboard Hot R&B / H-Hop Air Play.
Ukuqanjwa okufanayo kuqokwe Emklomelweni ohlonishwayo we-Grammy esigabeni esithi “I-Best Rap-Song Collaboration.” Ngenxa ye-Classic Man, umculi uthole imiklomelo "Iciko Elisha Elingcono Kakhulu", "Ingoma Engcono Kakhulu", "Ividiyo Engcono Kakhulu" kuma-Soul Train Music Awards.
Ukuqhubeka komsebenzi wokudala we-Jidenna
Kakade ngoMashi 31, 2015, uJidenna, kanye noJanelle Monáe, baqophe ingoma ethi Yoga. Ingoma iqokwe kwethi “Best Dance Performance” kuma-Soul Train Music Awards. NgoJuni 2016, lo mculi wakhulula ingoma yakhe yesibili, ethi Chief Don't Run. Futhi ngoFebhuwari 2017, i-albhamu yokuqala yesitudiyo ye-Chief yakhululwa.
NgoNovemba 2017, uJidenna uqophe i-EP Boomerang. Lokhu kulandelwe wukuphumula kwaleli ciko. Amathrekhi alandelayo akhishwe ngoJulayi 2019 kuphela. Izingoma ezithi Sufi Woman and Tribe zifakwe ku-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo ethi "85 to Africa".
I-Initiative club Fear & Fancy
UJidenna ungomunye wabasunguli bekilabhu yezokuxhumana ebizwa ngeFear & Fancy. Umphakathi uvele eCalifornia ngo-2006. Bekuhlanganisa neqembu lamazwe ngamazwe lezishoshovu ezazihlela imicimbi eyahlukene. Le misebenzi ihloselwe ukusiza umphakathi emkhakheni wezokungcebeleka kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamakhono amasha. Ithimba lihlela izikhathi zakusihlwa ezihlukahlukene, imibukiso, namaphathi esidlo sakusihlwa ngokuhlanganyela kwabantu abanobuciko.
Ukuqopha u-Jidenna ku-movie
Ngo-2016, uJidenna wenza ukubonakala kwakhe kokuqala kusethi yefilimu. Ifilimu yokuqala kwaba uchungechunge Luka Cage. Lolu shintsho emsebenzini luhlotshaniswa nomthelela wozakwethu nomngane uJanelle Monae. U-Jidenna udlale abalingiswa abanezithombe ezingajwayelekile futhi acula izingoma. Indima ye-episodic ochungechungeni lwe-TV ethi "Moonlight" yabonakala.
Isithombe somculi
UJidenna unokubukeka okujwayelekile kwe-Afrika-yaseMelika. Ngobude obungu-183 cm, unikezwe isakhiwo esiphakathi. Okuphawulekayo akukona ukubukeka kwemvelo komdwebi, kodwa isithombe esidaliwe. UJidenna ugqoka ngokwesitayela sakhe. Wayidala phakathi neminyaka yakhe yomfundi, kodwa akazange alokothe ukuyisebenzisa kwaze kwaba sekufeni kukayise. Isitayela sibizwa ngokuthi "I-Dandy enengxube ye-European-African aesthetics."
