When he was asked about who he prefers, he simply picked Davido. He said, “
It’s not easy to be a rich kid and still go and work. I don’t think i’ll be this hard working if my dad was a billionaire.
Davido has always been on the end of tirades from the Nigerian public for being a rich kid. Some even continue to discredit his talent and hardwork, while crediting his background for all he has achieved. Burna Boy on his IG stories. (Instagram/BurnaBoy)
Even
Burna Boy appeared to take a dig at Davido on the basis of his background during that infamous sub-fest in May 2020.
At the end of 2017, Nigeria was bang in the deep of being a singles market. Those days also housed the earliest acceptance of music streaming amongst Nigeria’s elites. During his infamous episode on the Loose Talk Podcast, MI Abaga repeatedly referred to his chart position on iTunes as evidence of his success.
But all that has changed this year, now it s the album market.
Despite being an album market, the year also produced an incredible amount of quality albums. 2017 might have been good for albums in Nigeria, but it has nothing on 2020. Arguably, not since 2009-2010 has Nigeria seen this ridiculous level of quality album releases - that includes EPs.