Canadian rapper Aubrey Drake Graham, popularly known as Drake, has taken to social media to share his father’s ancestry results, showing he’s Nigerian.
Taking to his Instagram stories, the international music act shared a screenshot of the DNA ancestry result, which showed he’s 30% Nigerian.
According to Drake, his dad, Dennis Graham, had sent him a screenshot of his DNA test that showed they were more Nigerian than any other race or tribe in the world.
Excited about the discovery, the “One Dance” crooner asked if he could finally call himself a Nigerian man.
“These are my dad’s results; does this mean I’m a Nigerian man finally?” he wrote.
In related news, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.
The former American actress made this known in the latest episode of her podcast, Archetypes, where she opened up about her genetic heritage and expressed a desire to know more about her roots.
Speaking with Senegalese-American actress and comedian Issa Rae, Nigerian-American comedian and writer Ziwe Fumudoh, and professor Emily Bernards, Meghnan said she took a genealogy test which revealed that she is 43% Nigerian.
“I just had my genealogy done a couple years ago. I’m 43% Nigerian, “she said.
Reacting to the revelation, Ziwe replied, “No way!”
A shocked Ziwe further asked, “Are you serious? This is huge. Igbo, Yoruba, do we know? “
“I’m going to start to dig deeper into all of this because anyone that I’ve told, especially Nigerian women, is just like, what?” Markel responded.
