DDG Says Nigeria Is Safer Than America During Lagos Visit
American rapper and online personality Darryl Dwayne Jr., known as DDG, has sparked online reactions after claiming that Nigeria is safer than the United States.
The rapper made the comments in a video shared by CutnPaid on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, January 1, while visiting Lagos, challenging the widely held notion that Nigeria is extremely dangerous.
“I think America is the most dangerous country there is, to be honest. I don’t think Nigeria is as dangerous as America, nowhere near,” he said.
DDG compared crime in both countries, pointing to the high rates of gang-related shootings in the U.S., which he said are far more serious than anything he has experienced in Nigeria.
“You get robbed out here for sure, but people aren’t getting shot like that — the way it happens in America,” he noted.
He encouraged anyone planning to visit Nigeria not to be swayed by negative stereotypes.
“So if anybody is thinking about coming out here, just pull, bro,” he added.
𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎: 𝐈 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐈𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚” — 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐃𝐆
American rapper and internet personality Darryl Dwayne Jr., popularly known as DDG, has stirred reactions online after stating that Nigeria… pic.twitter.com/Ryov4K7gjw
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