JJC (short for Johnny Just Come; Nigerian slang for a recent arrival, especially naïve newcomers is the stage name for Abdul Rasheed Bello, a Nigerian rapper and record producer. He was born on April 4, 1977 in Kano, Nigeria, but has been based in London since 1991.
JJC was born and raised in the Northern part of Nigeria. He spent the first fourteen years of his life in Kano state. His father played a lot of country music, and JJC also got himself acquainted with different genres of music, ranging from Afrobeat by Fela Ransom Kuti to African Juju by Dr. Shina Peters, and later on Pop music by the legendary Michael Jackson.
On today’s THROWBACK get a feel of JJC’s We Are Africans which features a cross section of the finest musicians from Nigeria.
I am an American born African woman and I love this song with all my heart. I am trying to do a remake with my students!