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How Davido chose who his favourite artistes are
During his podcast appearance, Davido expressed his gratitude for the creative synergy he had with Chris Brown, Kizz Daniel, and Zlatan Ibile.
David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, is a Nigerian Afrobeats musician who has revealed his top three artists with whom to collaborate.
During his visit on the American podcast Business Untitled, Davido disclosed this.
During his podcast appearance, Davido expressed his gratitude for the creative synergy he had with Chris Brown, Kizz Daniel, and Zlatan Ibile.
“I love working with Chris Brown, Kizz Daniel, and Zlatan [Ibile],” he stated.
The multi-talented artiste also divulged that his recent concert at Madison Square Garden in New York raked in an impressive $1.3 million, highlighting the magnitude of his global appeal and concert draw.
The OBO crooner also described the kind of music he does as Afrofusion.
Davido, by this revelation, joins the growing list of artistes comprising Wizkid, Burna Boy and Fireboy to not identify with the Afrobeats genre.
He lamented the “boxing” of all African artistes into the Afrobeats genre regardless of their musical styles.
He said, “The first place that accepted African music outside Africa is the UK before America later join. The UK termed African music Afrobeats.
“Afrobeat is a sound that was originally pioneered by Fela Kuti. But now all African songs are termed Afrobeats. If an African artiste sings pure R&B, sounding like SZA, Summerwalker, they put them under Afrobeats. If an African rapper rapping like Drake, they still put them under Afrobeats.
“I don’t get offend when we’ve been categorised as Afrobeats. I mean, we need a genre. It could be R&B or Afropop. I call my music Afrofusion but I’m not big on ‘O put Afrofusion on my song.’ I know how long it took for African music to become mainstream.”
