Popular American R&B singer Akon has revealed the individual strengths of three Nigerian artistes namely; Burna Boy aka ‘Odogwu’, Wizkid aka ‘Starboy’ and Davido aka ‘OBO’.
The ‘Locked Up’ crooner who shared his thoughts in an interview with Sway Calloway said that Davido is the hardest working Afrobeat artiste at the moment.
According to Akon, he convinced Davido to come back to Africa if he truly wanted to make something out of music, when he (Davido) was working on becoming a rapper in Atlanta at the time they were pushing for Thug Records.
He said that despite coming from a rich family, Davido worked his way up.
Akon said; “AROUND THE TIME WE WERE PUSHING THUG RECORD, DAVIDO WAS IN ATLANTA TRYING TO BE A RAPPER. DAVIDO WHO IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST AFROBEATS ARTISTE OF TODAY, WAS IN ATLANTA TRYING TO RAP. I SAID NIGGA IF YOU DON’T TAKE YOUR ASS BACK TO HOME TO AFRICA TO DO THAT MUSIC… GO TO AFRICA.
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“DAVIDO IS LIKE THE HARDEST WORKING ARTISTE, BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE THE UNDERDOG BACK THEM. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A WIZKID. EVERYBODY PRAISED WIZKID.”
Akon also added during the interview that he (Davido) beats everyone else with “quantity over quality”.
He said; “SO, DAVIDO WAS THE UNDERDOG. BUT HE HAD THE SUPPORT OF A WEALTHY FAMILY SO HE WAS ABLE TO COME UP EVERY WEEK WITH A NEW SONG, NEW VIDEO. SO HE JUST KEPT COMING. HE HAS MORE SONGS MORE THAN ANY AFROBEATS.
“HE BEATS THE OTHERS WITH QUANTITY VERSUS QUALITY. SO HE HAD HIS METHOD… EVERYBODY HAS THEIR METHOD.”
