Davido Stuns Audience @ SXSW ‘Sounds From Africa’ Showcase

Davido took the crowd by storm at the South by South West (SXSW) ‘Sounds from Africa’ showcase, performing live  his popular hit songs back to back alongside his hypeman ED.

‘Gobe’ ‘Dami duro’,’ Skelewu’, ‘Fans mi’, ‘The money’ amongst others were some of the songs he performed to the awe of the crowd.

This follows his Fader Fort performance where he performed alongside the likes of Iyanya and Stonebwoy.

Davido on stage

The pop singer was recently featured on RollingStone magazinein a write-up where he was named among SXSW’s 25 artists the world needs to watch out for in 2016. 

The pop star recently signed a Sony Music BMG global publishing and distribution deal, becoming the first African artist to sign such a deal.  He is expected to release two albums with his sophomore album “Baddest” not likely to drop in 2016 because the singer plans to give the album more time to give it an international appeal and stage a successful global distribution of the project.

 The singer has started off collaborations with Meek Mill, Trey Songz (yet to be released) and is speculated to work with more international acts such as U.S rappers TI, Young Thug andFuture as well as British actor cum singer Idris Elba.

On the local front, the superstar singer plans to collaborate withAdekunle Gold, Wande Coal and Cobhams Asuquo.

He’s also signed on a new artist Mayor kun to his HKN imprint adding him to a growing list of artists such as Sina Rambo, B-Red, Danagog and Deekay.

The 'Aye 'crooner released his debut album “Omo baba Olowo”in 2012 which received critical acclaim earning him countless award nominations and accolades including two MTV Africa Music Awards and the 2014 BET Award for ‘Best African Act’.