Popular Nigerian singer, Davido, has revealed that he never imagined that his music would make him a global star. He recently said that he never envisaged world domination as a musician when he initially started his music career.
Speaking recently during an interview with Apple Music, Davido said that most successful people who attain a high level of success cannot really explain how they got there, and that is exactly how he feels now, looking back.
According to him, it actually felt like a dream when he started selling out packed stadiums, attracting more streams on different streaming platforms, and gaining more recognition as a Nigerian artist, because everything happened so fast.
OBO disclosed that he only remembers when he started way back with the dream to make it big as a singer, and that determination is still fuelling his growth till now.
“Never imagined it here. Forget it. I’ll be lying to you. Never imagined it. So when things were just happening over time, we were just taking in the strides like, “Damn, this is getting lit.” We sold out 1,000. We sold out 2,000. Damn, we sold out 30, 40… Yeah, so it’s never really… I feel like every successful person that attains a great level of success can’t explain the feeling. You know what I’m saying?
I think just generally in life when good things are happening so quick, you don’t realize. I actually remember the first time I was sitting in front of my laptop opening Logic and sitting down like, “Damn, I want to make it. I actually want to be a musician. This is what I want to do,” he said.
Davido further noted that as someone who used to be super crazy about watching tour vlogs shared by several celebrities, experiencing what he used to watch others do first-hand is more than amazing.
The singer stated that he fell in love with music knowing his family wanted him to do something else, but with sheer determination and dedication, he is one of the pioneers of the Afrobeats genre today.
“Watching MTV Cribs, watching people go on tour. I was a big YouTuber. I used to watch YouTube a lot. I used to watch vlogs. Tour vlogs, so it’s like Soulja Boy vlogs, just people about just being popular and being a star. I used to watch all that stuff, so I saw it transition into reality for me. Do you understand?
From the beginning, from showing my friends the culture, showing my friends like, “Come listen to this Nigerian music.” And then, actually falling in love with the genre, falling in love with music, knowing that my family’s not going to accept this, but I’ll still do it anyway, not knowing that I’ll be one of the ones to pioneer it,” he added.
