I’m Starting My Career All Over Again In The US, Davido Reveals

why are people saying it’s taken forever, infact, shey na only me never drop? Abeg, make them free me.” These were Davido’s first words to me. We were sitting at the Signature Lounge in the Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX, in Lekki, Lagos. Young, hearty and humorous, the 23 year old African superstar had arrived in a luxury black Audi R8 sports car, surrounded by a contingent of friends, assistants, managers and hangers on.This was a special occasion for man. His new video, the first inover 8 months was to be shown for the first time in the public. Davido had signed to international major label, Sony Music in January 2016, and had become the first in a growing list of African stars to get a major deal with the record label. Over the ensuing months, he had spent a lot of his time in the US, working on international collaborations, with Usher, Future, Popcaan, Trey Songz, Tinashe, and many more stars, with the aim of breaking into the US music market.“I was cool, I was travelling, I doing things, I was recording, I was living life, I was in America. It kind of was very fast for me,because I was moving so much, I was just setting up plays. I was setting up plays for the future.” Davido remarked when I pressed with his whereabouts during his ‘absence’ from Nigerian music. “Killing them crazy though, everything big budget, Kamal, send the email now.” His excitement was contagious in a room filled with people who turned out for him. Kamal Ajiboye, his manager, was in charge of screening all who were in the room. His bodyguard, Tijani, loomed, a towering figure who never left the singer’s side.