Nigerian afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has stirred controversy after leaving out Fireboy DML, Tems and Omah Lay in his list of “next big 5” Nigerian artists that would dominate the music industry.
Davido was asked to list the next big five artists from Nigeria during a recent interview with Omega.
He said, “I would say like the next big five. I would say Rema; he got the ‘Calm Down’ record, Buju (BNXN), Ayra Starr…I would say Victony. No, no, me I no want jones o. Okay, let’s do it like this. It’s Rema, Buju, Asake; between him and Rema, I would say they are at the top…Ayra Starr and Ruger.
The military forced the 1979 and 1999 constitutions on us to protect their misdeeds.And constitutions have consistently been Nigeria’s downfall.We are where we are right now because of it.
“Nigeria may have a very tough time achieving its ambitious goals unless we embrace regionalism and let the federating unit to grow at their own pace.
There is a need for President Bola Tinubu to develop policy direction that has a human face because a new administration is in office.
“The future of afrobeats is crazy, in my opinion.”
Fans criticized Davido on social media for leaving out Fireboy, Tems, and Omah Lay in response to his list.
Fireboy is a vulcanizer, Abi? a fan named MaqOlaoluwa1 tweeted. There is too much talking.
“I’m 30BG,” another follower @Micheal2272na remarked. Davido has to cool down, buh. He requires instruction in conducting interviews.
“OMAH LAY!! “, posted @Mizta_Kings. Why doesn’t anyone identify this young man?
Tems??,” wrote @odunayo. You’ve got to be joking, omg.