5 Nigerian Singers Who Have Been Shamed for their Skin (Photos)

Skin shaming is the awful action or practice of humiliating someone by making mockery or critical comments about their skin. It has been rampant over the years and happens at varying degrees. It could be shaming someone for having pimples on their skin, for their skin being 'too dark' or 'too light' or any insulting statement made about another person's skin. Most people at some point or another have been victims of skin shaming, but not many people get it to the extent that people in the spotlight do. Today, we'll be counting down 5 Nigerian celebrities who have been victims of skin shaming. Let's go!

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1. DJ Cuppy

Earlier today, Nigerian singer and DJ, DJ Cuppy uploaded pictures of herself on Instagram where she was flaunting her body in a nice swimsuit and glasses. Not too long after the pictures were upload, the vitriol started. People began saying all manner of things about DJ Cuppy's skin including "Cuppy, you don dey black baby... Abi nah my eyes", "No filter why nah , e go come be like say you no fresh", "You don’t have a fine skin at all why babe???", and more. The comments were awful!

Eventually, it got so bad that some people had to even say something on Cuppy's behalf. One top commenter said: "If she goes under the knife or starts using bleaching cream now, you see all these trash will still be the ones saying 'why don't you love yourself?', mind what you say to people. Don't push people into depression".

2. Tiwa Savage

When Tiwa Savage uploaded this picture of herself in 2015, the amount of lashings she got not only for the outfit but also for her skin and complexion were out of the world. People insulted the color of her feet, her legs, the way it "didn't match her face". So much was said about the picture so much so that Tiwa had to respond to all the comments with a photo of bleaching cream and the caption "Ore na to begin dey bleach o"

You have to love Tiwa's sense of humor! 😂

3. Sean Tizzle

Another Nigerian musician who got shamed a lot for his skin is singer, Sean Tizzle. In fact, during an interview with The Net NG in 2016, Sean Tizzle walked out of the interview when the interviewer asked him if he lightens his skin. In response, Sean Tizzle said: "I don’t know why would bring this question out" before putting up the F U sign and walking off the set. Online and offline, Sean Tizzle got dragged for his skin. It was non-stop.

4. Seyi Shay

Sometimes, a person who has been skin-shamed is the same person who does the skin-shaming. That was the case when Tiwa Savage, a woman who herself has been the victim of skin-shaming got into a fight with Seyi Shay at a beauty salon and skin-shamed her. Tiwa said of Seyi Shay "Look at you. You look half-dead. Look at your skin. You know what? For a clear skin you need to mind your business. That's what will clear up your fucking ugly skin".

5. Jaywon

The final singer on today's list is the singer Jaywon who uploaded a picture of himself wearing a camo shirt and green shorts unto his social media and immediately began getting dragged for the color of his legs. Jaywon was heavily skin shamed with people saying "Your leg doesn’t even rhyme with your face .. your leg looking like roasted plantain .. say no to skin bleaching".

In response, Jaywon said: "Even person wey no Dey rub cream dem say e Dey bleach…. your papa just fail cuz is obvious you no get home training abeg carry your negative life comot for my page."

Skin-shaming is a horrible thing to do. Even if you have questions about a person's skin or a comment about it, please try and give it to the person if you know them with love and respect. There's no need to ever insult or shame another person because of their skin. If you yourself no go like am, no do am to another person. Please, let's stop skin shaming.

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