2nd May, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
The former Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye, has argued that Davido is “undoubtedly” the leader of the Nigerian music industry and most commercially successful globally.
The former senator joined the ongoing supremacy battle between Nigerian Afrobeats supersters Wizkid and Davido.
On his X handle on Wednesday, he wrote: “Davido is undoubtedly the 001 in the Nigerian music industry and undoubtedly the most patronised globally.”
Wizkid and Davido were recently engaged in a fierce social media war on X.
Davido later challenged Wizkid to a hit battle but the Starboy boss had yet to reply.
Earlier, Davido boasted that he is the leader of the Afrobeats genre globally.
In a recent interview with Billboard’s Nadine Graham, the DMW boss interrupted the interviewer after he referred to him as leader of Afrobeats in the United States, saying he is leading “everywhere.”
Davido said as global leader of Afrobeats, he wants people to look forward to “Just good music. And it’s crazy, because people in jail have heard my music.”
The Grammy-nominee disclosed that he is currently working on two albums, explaining that one would be for the African audience and the other for the American audience.
The ‘Unavailable’ crooner said the current crop of Nigerian artists are making waves globally because of the sacrifices of Afrobeats legends such as 2Baba, D’banj and P-Square.
He stated that the next generation would enjoy even more because of the sacrifices of he and his colleagues.
Speaking in the latest episode of The Bridge Show, Davido recalled that when he got signed to an international record label in 2016, the label wanted him to start all over again because they didn’t realise that he was a superstar in Africa.