Davido, 2018’s pioneering BET International winner, spoke with Greg Street this year at the 2024 BET Awards about his growth as an international artist, and his future endeavors, saying, “It's just amazing to see how everything just turned out, popped off. BET, performed last year… perform this year again. It’s just amazing. Nominated again… Just happy to be here, man.”

Speaking of his come-up, Davido -- who was born in Atlanta, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria  -- explains, “I did a little college in Alabama, so I always used to play African music for my American friends and they always love it. Like the real African music, like deep deep African, not Hip Hop. So, I always knew that if we got the exposure, if people could just get the opportunity to listen to us -- like radio and stuff like that --I always knew that it'll get to a time where the culture will be appreciated. We just had that moment now, and also we appreciate our own, you know what I'm saying? We don't leave home like that… I love being at home. I love being at Lagos. That's my favorite place to be at.”

“I feel like even just being at home and appreciating the culture and taking the culture everywhere we go to, that's what has helped us,” he adds.

Fans can look forward to the return of Davido’s A.W.A.Y Festival in Atlanta, as part two is scheduled for this November he tells us. “It’s gonna be like a Davido birthday bash, you know, bringing the two sides of my family,” he says. “When I say family, I'm talking about my American side and my African side, you know, together every year in November in Atlanta and we got plans to move it around America and stuff like that.”

Listen to Greg Street’s full talk with Davido above.

Words by Joe Cingrana Interview by Greg Street

Davido, 2018’s pioneering BET International winner, spoke with Greg Street this year at the 2024 BET Awards about his growth as an international artist, and his future endeavors, saying, “It's just amazing to see how everything just turned out, popped off. BET, performed last year… perform this year again. It’s just amazing. Nominated again… Just happy to be here, man.”
Speaking of his come-up, Davido -- who was born in Atlanta, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria  -- explains, “I did a little college in Alabama, so I always used to play African music for my American friends and they always love it. Like the real African music, like deep deep African, not Hip Hop. So, I always knew that if we got the exposure, if people could just get the opportunity to listen to us -- like radio and stuff like that --I always knew that it'll get to a time where the culture will be appreciated. We just had that moment now, and also we appreciate our own, you know what I'm saying? We don't leave home like that… I love being at home. I love being at Lagos. That's my favorite place to be at.”
“I feel like even just being at home and appreciating the culture and taking the culture everywhere we go to, that's what has helped us,” he adds.
Fans can look forward to the return of Davido’s A.W.A.Y Festival in Atlanta, as part two is scheduled for this November he tells us. “It’s gonna be like a Davido birthday bash, you know, bringing the two sides of my family,” he says. “When I say family, I'm talking about my American side and my African side, you know, together every year in November in Atlanta and we got plans to move it around America and stuff like that.”
Listen to Greg Street’s full talk with Davido above.
Words by Joe Cingrana Interview by Greg Street

Audio & Interviews from V-103 in Atlanta.

Audio &amp; Interviews from V-103 in Atlanta.

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