GIST: "I Paid The Fine To Extend The Booking Time At O2 Arena" - Davido
DMW boss, Davido has once again spoken to clear all doubts that he sold out the 20, 000 capacity 02 Arena
event centre in London where he held a solo headline concert in
January. But this time, he further reveals that he had to pay Tens of
thousands of pounds as fine for extending the time to kick off when the
venue was half empty at 8 pm as scheduled.
The Nigerian pop star was a guest of popular DJ Ebro on the Ebro in
the Morning show on HOT 97. Davido told Ebro he was ready to get on the
stage by 8 pm but the guests came late for the event.
“My boy came and told me, ‘hey you can go on stage right now,’ ‘I was going crazy,” He tells Ebro. “They
came and told me it’s 50 thousand pounds to extend the time and I told
them ‘do it, I will pay even 200 thousand pounds here.”
Davido also recalled how his billionaire father brought over 50
security personnel to disrupt his first ever show and how he sold
selling his TV sets to raise money after being cut off cash supply for
dropping out of school to chase music.
He spoke on working with American rapper Casanova on the single, ‘ 2 AM’, who flew down to Nigeria to shoot some scenes for the visuals of their collaboration.
”He called me up, told me he was coming over, next thing
he sent me a picture of the flight, so I started making calls to make
sure he was good.”
Davido defined his sound as Afro-fusion as he tried to clarify the misconception concerning the terms ‘Afrobeat’ and ‘Afrobeats’. “The
originator of Afrobeat is Fela… When African music was getting big in
the UK, they needed a name for it, so they called it Afrobeats but if
you ask me the original Afrobeat is Fela.
Me I call my music Afro-fusion but I feel like my Afrobeat is so big, so I go with it,” he educated. Davido also name-dropped some of the poping names in the Nigerian Alte music scene including Odunsi The Engine, Santi and Pretty Boy D.O.
Davido concluded the interview by educating the listeners on the
misconceptions that surround Africa especially in the United States and
why they need to reconnect with their roots, a sentiment that was shared
by Ebro who indicated interest to visit Nigeria soon.
Watch the full interview below:
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