@spearhead_af: Mike Benz Links CIA, U.S. State Department, And UK Funding To African Music Groups As Soft Power In this video, taken from a March 22, 2026 livestream, former US State Department official Mike Benz spotlights Nigeria's Chocolate City Music Group as one of the beneficiaries under the US State Department's little-known 'American Music Mentorship Programme' - a semi-clandestine US soft power/influence operation that co-opts music artists and record labels around the world into service to American political objectives. Later this week, The Spearhead's @big__mck will be releasing a long-form piece addressing the revelations from the livestream and the wider implications of American foreign influence operations embedding themselves into cultural spaces across Africa and its diaspora. Don't forget to follow The Spearhead #CIA #USA#UK#CulturalInfluence #Africanmusic
Why is the CIA funding record labels/music in Nigerian if not to control narratives
2026-09-14 20:35:33
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King :
It’s really over! The problem is not that we’re at war. The problem is that we don’t know that we are at war.
2026-09-14 19:25:00
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Barra Hart :
We. Are. At. War. And EVERYTHING is a weapon to our enemy. 🌍
2026-09-14 18:19:34
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AmaLove❤️❤️ :
We are still deeply under colonization but we don't know it.
2026-09-14 20:53:34
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CAPO G :
That is why Ghanaian music don’t get big cos most Ghanaian labels aren’t connected
2026-09-14 19:30:05
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Jozzi Uganda :
Stopped making music when I realized we’re just pawns in a game …your passion is a means to an end for certain groups of people to push narratives
2026-09-15 03:51:14
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Ape :
Seriously? Chocolate City? of all the labels?
2026-09-14 20:10:00
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GovernoR :
Hope you all are seeing what Odumodu is battling ???
2026-09-14 20:14:02
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Cabralista :
The way NED funds so many political advocacy NGOs in South Africa 😭🕊️🕊️
2026-09-15 00:12:39
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Lakhana Curtis :
Next it's Nollywood 🤣🤣🤣🤣
2026-09-15 09:23:37
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Sandra :
We are under complete control
2026-09-15 15:12:22
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Shortlets in Lagos🏠 :
This won't go viral now
2026-09-15 15:08:21
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TJSWANN :
its sickening.
2026-09-15 15:34:34
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SAMY STUNNER :
wild brrrr
2026-09-14 21:43:45
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King :
When you talk about how the west is holding Africa back, some fools will come chant about how we blame the white man for everything & how this isn’t 1900 anymore & Africans should take responsibility.
2026-09-14 19:58:46
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Joseph Lawrence :
it's a spiritual control technique
whatever you listen to, controls the vibrations around you and determine your thought process
2026-09-15 11:00:40
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demoninstar1 :
This is control cus music is a frequency and what you listen shapes your reality
2026-09-14 22:32:40
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Kong ZAR :
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars.
2026-09-14 19:12:17
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iseb :
Been saying this for the longest! Who finace will decide what u sing, see what rap has become in the US, afrobeat is next compare the old school to today you will understand.
2026-09-14 18:35:05
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enocheben5 :
is shame that many Nigerian will argue this, many people argue with me when s tell them that most records label in Nigeria has been taking over by foreign entities including nolywood
2026-09-14 20:31:19
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