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The music star said this after she was asked about the criticisms during an interview with WakeUp Nigeria, a show on TVC.
According to her, it was at her father's burial and she needed to worship God in her way.
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"I needed that dance. It was at my father's burial and the praise was organised by some gospel artists to just worship God," she said.
I needed to worship God, I just need to. It's not easy to bury your father. Some people die before their parents. As a spiritual person, you know you need that dance."
In a now viral video, Alabi is seen doing pop-culture inspired dance steps at her father's funeral which drew criticisms from people who considered it the dance styles to be 'wordly'
![Nigerian gospel singer, Tope Alabi has reacted after getting dragged on social media for a dance video perceived as 'worldly.' [Instagram/TopeAlabi]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'790'%20height%3D'988'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Nigerian gospel singer, Tope Alabi has reacted after getting dragged on social media for a dance video perceived as 'worldly.' [Instagram/TopeAlabi]")
Nigerian gospel singer, Tope Alabi has reacted after getting dragged on social media for a dance video perceived as 'worldly.' [Instagram/TopeAlabi]
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Alabi who hails from Ogun state in Nigeria, is a famous gospel artist. She became famous for her soundtracks for Yoruba Nollywood movies.
However, she later became a born again Christian and switched to gospel music. She is married with children.
