Taking iShowSpeed to Lagos was a mistake. Figures like Egungun and Peller, who could have helped shape a compelling cultural narrative, instead treated proximity as achievement. To international audiences, Lagos may appear vibrant, but to someone like iShowSpeed, it offered little beyond density and disorder. If Nigeria continues to treat moments like this as entertainment rather than narrative responsibility, the result will remain the same. We will keep telling the world that Nigeria is loud but shallow, vibrant but incoherent, alive but historically silent.