“Why I Performed Semi-Naked In London” – Brymo Explains

Nigerian alternative singer, Olawale Ashimi, better known as Brymo performed at an event recently in London rocking nothing but a piece of clothe wrapped around his loins while his butt was left bare for his audience to fix their gazes on.

In a chat with Sunday Scoop, Brymo explained the reason for his choice of clothing saying,

‘that was the way our forefathers used to dress before the arrival of the West. As a matter of fact, some months ago, a picture circulated on the Internet of a wealthy Igbo farmer who dressed that way in 1930. I just wanted to remind people of our past. It surprises me that people are shocked whenever I dress that way. That was the same way I dressed in the video for my song’.

He went on to add that,

“In this part of the world, we are mostly consumers ; not creators. If the advanced world should come here and take all of their technologies, we would be left naked. However, I appreciate the people who follow my music and see it as a form of artistic expression. Those are the people I do this for. For those who don’t like it; sorry, I don’t know what to do about that’.