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The Breakfast Club
INTERVIEW: Davido Talks '5IVE,' Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Chris Brown, Nigeria, Healing, Family +More
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Kevin Smith
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I just have to work hard, then that's magic. Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math, and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to math and magic on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Wake that ass up early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Davido. Davido. What's up, brother? What's up, man? How you doing? I'm good. Good morning. Good. Good morning. How you feeling, man? Feeling good, man. Just a little bit tired. Been all over the place, you know what I'm saying? Promoting this album that comes out soon, so just been crazy. Got the new album dropping April 18th. It's called Five Five. My fifth album. Yeah, fifth album. Yo, you. You the one. Yo, it's a lot of hype surrounding you, yo. Like, seriously, you one of the most followed African artists on IG and Twitter, YouTube. Anything you drop, go crazy, do crazy numbers, all your collabs, everything. How's all that success impact, man? It feels good, man. You know, just, just, you know. You know, I stayed here a little time of my life, so just to see everything come around full circle for the culture, you know what I'm saying? Even since when I was in school, I was always, always like the African narrative and footage just naturally pop off. That's crazy. You feel like one of the. The godfathers of. Of Afrobeats and Afrobeats music. Because you were one of the first to. To really pop and definitely commercialization pop. Yeah, definitely. You know what I'm saying? Especially in the new age of the commercialization of the genre, you know I'm saying? Yeah, but we have a lot of godfathers, though, that came before me, you know what I'm saying? But we commercialized it, you know what I'm saying? Made it cool, made it popular. So, yeah, I take that. Did it hurt or help? Because it was, it's. It almost felt like it was commercialized so fast. Everybody jumped on it so fast, and then it slowed down so much, you felt like it hurt or helped. I mean, first of all, that's why you always have to have your backing, which is home, you know what I'm saying? That's why, like, you notice that we always go home any chance we get, just to be around. And there's so much going on in Africa that we was okay for a long time. You know, Taylor popped off here, then we come out here for tours. So I feel like we always have the backbones to be able to, you know, kind of always be able to be able to go home. You know what I'm saying? If anything, like, if stuff is slow a little bit, always go home. But something I found so interesting about you was you didn't even grow up listening to Afrobeats. No, I grew up listening to rap. Like, 50 cents, you always say fifth is what I like. When I met him the first time, because we were talking, because, you know, we do the tour, we do the stadium together in London. So I'm telling. I'm looking. He's just like, what? I'm like, guy, you don't understand. I had the sneakers. I had the video game. Video game, I had the sneakers. Did you wear the tank top? The white beat with the nipples, the big white beater, anything? I had, like, I was crazy about, like, G Unit, like, all of them. And. And just to be able to go on tour with him is like, wow. What does your family think about you being so influenced by somebody from America like that? I mean, they always knew I liked rap, you know what I'm saying? And you have to feel like my parents did a little bit out here, too, so they understand, like, American culture as well, you know what I'm saying? So you ever look at these rappers and be like, these poor ass niggas, Dang, that means yes every once in a while. I mean, they know. They know what's going on, man. Yeah, okay. But it's all good. Like, it's just a different time. Like, I remember, like, coming out here, like, after I went back home, coming out in 2015, you know, trying to work with people, you know, finesse. Get this. You know, I had this song with Meek Mill at the time, and I knew what I had to do to get to Meek Mill, like, you know what I'm saying? And it's so much easier now where, like, my DMs, like, they understand it now. Yeah, let's work. You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to come to Nigeria, you know, And I'm like, oh, come, let's. You know, I'm saying, come experience it. I love it when they come. I'd rather meet them there. Like, I'd rather you come and you can show them culture most times when they come and then they see how it is, and it's like, wow. Like, why Jimaly was just there because he's on my album, we shot the video. He's on the single as well. And he asked me a question. He was like, why do you. Why do you leave? Like, your life is so dope here. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, he's never. He told me. He said he's never seen this kind of stardom before. Like, you know, I'm saying, like, how everybody love you. Like, he's never seen it. Like, why do you come to America? You know what I'm saying? So why? What's the answer to that? Oh, I'm American, you know, I'm saying. So it's different for me. But apart from that, like, there's so much going on outside the diaspora with the culture and everything, you know, I'm saying at the time, it's slowing down now a little bit. You know what I'm saying? But do they get mad at you when you say that in Nigeria, when you say you an American? No. You know what I'm saying? Like, they know. It's like, it's. It's from my, like, naturalization, not like, they know I still rep, you know, Africa rep, Nigeria. I'm always home every chance I get. Yeah. So you were born in Atlanta? I was born in Atlanta. And then you raised. And then I. I went back home with my parents. But we used to come every summer, you know I'm saying every summer. We had a house in Atlanta. So every summer. And mind you, my siblings didn't live in Nigeria. They stayed in London and America. So I was. I was the last child of five kids, so I was the only one at home with my parents because they wanted at least one kid with them. Yeah. So I didn't leave. Like, I'd come every summer, but I didn't come and stay until I was like, 14, 15. So you saw the best of both worlds. So you had the trenches. Because what part of Atlanta? No, I was in. I was in Sandy Springs. Oh, so you were. Okay. But my cousins used to stay in Gwinnett on the north side. So I'd go there, go there, chill, smoke, you know what I'm saying? I can't do that at home. But that's when I really experience real Atlanta culture, you know what I'm saying? You know, start tapping in with the Jordans, you know what I'm saying? First it was just sandals. Listen, my mom was one of the first probably person in the world to get. There's this particular Chanel bag at this time. This bag. This bag was like 20 some thousand at that time. I'm talking about 80s. She was the first. Like my mom was stylish. Like if you walk in this building, you smelling the perfume, like, you know what I'm saying? So like we've always. They've always been fly because like I said, they. They understood American culture a little bit as well. I was wondering. I can't keep up with how much Afrobeats has evolved though, because you have the. I'm a piano now. Yeah, it's like, what's the difference between. You see, like Afrobeats is not like how it's not a sound. It's not how it's not a type of music. Actually. It's. It's kind of like it's the genre that we. We called. Because in the UK there was this song that blew up from the Banj. The band is like, he's our, like, that's our like J type stuff. Like he broke all the barriers. So at the time in the uk, they didn't want to call it African music because you know how it is over there. So they called it Afrobeats. But Afrobeats was actually a genre that Fela was doing. That's Fela's own genre, which has a distinctive sound. It sounds a kind of way, you know what I'm saying? So when they were describing the music for the Afrobeats, it's called the Afrobeats as a whole, which describes. So if you're an African artist and you sing R B, like we have people back home that don't even like, they sound like R B type Usher type singers. And they're dudes like Odumodu, who's really trapped. Sounds like he from Bronx, you know, I'm saying like type B type type of vibe. But they still call them Afrobeat artists. So it's like it's an umbrella that has been used. And it's kind of too late now to be like, oh no, it's not Afrobeat and explaining it and all that. So it's just like we just ran with it like, you know, so what are you currently doing? Like when you look at your new Album five. Yeah. What is that on there? I mean, it's. It's African music. Okay, African music. But obviously if you go on the genre, they'll say it's Afrobeats, you know what I'm saying? But it's African music. Like the song with Victoria Monet. It's not Afrobeats to me. It's like Afro R B song of Becky G is like kind of like Latin. But we. Our music sounds alike anyway, you know what I'm saying? But definitely, like, you have original Afrobeat Davido songs on there. But what I'm saying is that that's just the umbrella used, you know what I'm saying? So I'm a piano. It's from South Africa. So South Africans, since time, always had great dope music. And funny enough, since early in my career, I've been collaborating in South Africa, like, very early in my career. So I'm a piano. Came in, like, I'd say, like five years, like, to my knowledge, it's been going on there, like, since time. But like, it became like everywhere in Africa, like five years ago. And then definitely, you know, how Nigeria. We tapped in with the sound too as well. You know, I was working with their producers. And one thing about Nigerian producers, they can adapt, they can. They could remake anything and make it sound like, you know what I'm saying? 6. So. So does Nigeria have a sound? Because I was listening to some of the records off fire. Nigeria has a sound, but like South Africa. And my piano is actually their sound. That's theirs. That's really, like. I don't want to say. Don't gatekeep it too, like. But that's really. They sound like I. Every time I do a song that's like, I'm a pianoish, it's either I involve one of their producers or I involved one of the artists. One of my biggest records, the unavailable record is featuring Mus. Yeah. Which is. He's South African on the album too. He produced like two records which he produced, and they actually mip on the record. So I feel like. Because every. Everybody has that, you know, image of Nigeria being the giant of Africa and us, not like carrying other countries along musically. Because if you look at all the stars, look at the numbers. Yeah, the top. I say the top five to 10 artists that are globally, you know, known as afrobeat artists are 80 Nigerian, you know what I'm saying? So I do my best, you know, carry them along. But now, like, they killing it with their parties and they have amazing DJs too. And they parties. You should. You should really visit. Why do you think that is, though? Why do you think, like, Ghana hasn't gotten a. I mean, they got artists, but it's not like Nigeria. South Africa got artists, but it's not like Nigeria. Why do you think Nigeria? I think first of all, the kind of people we are as well are very like, in your face. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, if you go to Anywho, even in New York, like, you see Nigerians everywhere. Like, so that's just how it is. The kind of people we are were very. I don't say like the. I don't use the word bully, but we're like, give me your credit card. Hey, yo, Jesus. Not the credit card, yo, you old school, man. Credit card. Nah, they just asked for the numbers now. Not the car, not the numbers. How are you doing it now, David? I don't know, man. I know that shit digital, man. That shit digital now, man. I wanted to ask, you know, since you was such a fan of 50, you never tried to sign a 50 when. When you first started was that. I didn't even know. I didn't meet him. The first time I ever saw 50, I was a kid in Vegas. I was like, can I have a picture? He was like, no. He said, no. Real no. Looked at me. Said no, like, looked at me. I was a kid. Cause my brother was turning 21. So my dad took everybody to Vegas. But I'm like 14, I can't do nothing. So they doing their own thing. So I just seen them in the lobby. And I actually used to love Lloyd Banks. That was actually my favorite. And so I saw him and I went to him, I'm like, ah, Lloyd Banks. And I took a picture of him. Then I saw 50 and I went to him. I'm like, ah, with my accent then, like, Nigerians. Wow. 50 Cent. I love him. Can I have a picture? No. And he just walked off. Did you tell him about that when you met him? That later on? Yeah, I told him. What he say, you here now, right? And then I met him. Like, I seen him in New York and he brought me out. I remember. And then, yeah, we doing London together with Major Blige in the stadium. Amazing. And then, yeah, and then like, they saw, like. They saw the reaction of putting me on the tour. He like, yo, I want you to come on more days. This little boy lit. So this is a good feeling, man. That's what's up. Another person that you collaborate with that I. I love Each and every song. Chris Brown, I always see when you talk about it, she love Chris. You know it. But, you know, one song that I love that I felt like completely went under the radar because it was so both of y'all was doing so much stuff at one time was Blow My Mind. That was y'all first. That was y'all first single together, right? That was testing, testing, testing. A song like that, you testing, testing. Yeah, like crazy. When we did Blow My Mind, I had met Chris. Cause he was already doing, like, African stuff, kind of with other artists. But I had never personally met him, but he had. He has a Nigerian best friend. Big dude that's always wearing hoodie. He's full. Like, he's Nigerian. So hoodie hits me up like, yo, I dropped a song that I did for my wife at the time. It's called Asura's Huge. It was like, huge in the Caribbean. And Chris liked that song. So from there we linked up. And then I came to America, came to la. I remember the first time linking up with him, like, he was just so cool. We haven't had even done the record. And then we did the record. Then he's like, we would. Then he came to Atlanta. Then I linked up. He was like, yo, let's shoot the video. And this is all happening in like a week. So I'm like, is this real? Like, yeah, okay, let's shoot the video. So I organized because I've. I've been in situations like, you know how you do, like, work with American artists? Like, when I first came, I didn't even know, like, oh, you have to get songs cleared, all that. You know what I'm saying? I'm heading over bread. Like, let me get that verse. They calling me too, hey, yo, everybody wants some more money. I'm like, what? This is like, way before I met Chris, you know what I'm saying? That's a whole nother situation. And then I met Chris and how everything just went. Yeah, video was everything free, the clothes, everything free. Crazy. And then at that time, that's when, like, I think Beyonce had the gift album. There's a lot of things were happening for the culture. And then me and CB Drop, you know, blow my mind. Blow my mind as well. And then from there, we just became really good friends and just kept on doing music, music, music. And he's been on, like, all my albums since then, you know what I'm saying? I co wrote under the Influence with him and my producer that ended up becoming huge, amazing. From there, we just Locked in. And then we just did the sensational. And then. Is he. Is he on five? Yes, he's there. He is on five. He's on my album. I know she's excited now. That's all my albums. He's on my way. He just, you know, we was in South Africa together. I'm gonna ask you, did you go to his show? Yeah, I came. Oh, my God. Like, that experience alone, and it was just a full circle moment for everybody. Like, for me, for him. Everybody was just so happy for cb like, finally everybody gets it. You know what I'm saying? Because I've always been there. Like. Like, I'll be talking to him the next five minutes. Ten backflips on stage. I'm like, how. You know what I'm talking about? Like, he's not human. And I'm saying, so it's like seeing. Taking him to Africa. And I'm so happy that I told him. I was like, look, America now. America now woke up and you had to just show them, like, you had to come to Africa. And they saw it and they're like, yo, I was like, 80,000, right? 80,000. Yeah. 11 minutes. So I told him. I was like, see, now you're doing the stadium tour. Sometimes you have to go outside and let people see from far. Like, yo, other people are appreciating what we have. You guys have Chris Brown. That's a. That's a gift that was given from God. Yeah. To music in America. You know what I'm saying? Just the same way. So when he came out there, I feel like he saw that full circle moment, and it was just. I was just happy to just be involved in that. You know what I'm saying? And then he got the Grammys after, like, how many years? That's right. You know what I'm saying? Off music that I worked on, it's just the best. So you got a Grammy too, then? No, no, no. I don't get a plaque. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I worked on it. So what's the songs on the album? Yeah, what's the meaning of a whoop? Awuke, Am I pronouncing? Isn't it right? Awuk. I telling you, you don't got to spell it for me. Telling. It's like a ch. Just like. It's just like a ch. Like togetherness, happiness, you know, all good things. You know what our music entails. Like, we don't really be singing about deep stuff like that, but we do have deep songs. But I'm saying, with this particular Record. That's what he means. Do you chase the US charts still or. No, you. I mean, if I. Everybody chases something, you know what I'm saying? But you being so big overseas, being big everywhere, like when they have. I remember when Sensational got into Hot 100, I got a call. I was trying to understand, oh, okay, yeah, we. So we in the Hot 100. I was like, oh, but then the records are already performing everywhere, selling out arenas, so you know what I'm saying? So it's like, it's give and take, but like, you know, we have our own Billboard Afrobeat charts, so we followed that as well. We have a UK chart, but it's always amazing to see an Afrobeat song scale into the, you know, upper echelon of charts, you know what I'm saying? Every time. I wonder if the labels get it though, in the radio stations, because the song, like, Unavailable, that should have been number one to me in America. Crazy. Crazy. I know. It was number one in the uk, wasn't it? Yes, yes, yes. Yeah, uk, yes. Like, I mean, it just depends. I feel like maybe if I got like Aladdin remix or something, maybe that would have Going crazy and stuff like that. But also like, it's just. To me, it's just. It's just now the game is different. Like somebody could just. A random place could just do your TikTok and blow. Look at Young LA from song. A song from. That's right, 20 years ago, right? He's doing shows everywhere, everywhere. Now you're at just like, you know what I'm saying? So the Internet, I feel like unavailable. And because I was just coming back from what I just went through, I was mourning for damn near a year, you know what I'm saying? So me dropping that album, like, even we didn't believe it was gonna be that big, you know what I'm saying? So by the time we dropped it, you know what I'm saying? I'm like, damn, I gotta get ready. I gotta get ready for tour. I gotta. You know what I'm saying? So by the time all that was happening, you know what I'm saying? And then we had to go on tour and it was just crazy. And we just like, you know what? I think we missed that opportunity for Unavailable in the States. Classic record though, chart wise. I mean, we went gold, got a gold plat on the way to platinum, so it's still made bread, you know what I'm saying? But yeah, you know, you. You have been through a lot personally, especially with loss. What Kept you grounded through my family, man. Ah, my family, because, you know, I'm. My family is very big. Right. And what I noticed was that, you know, I'm saying, you know, you grew up in a family since you were a kid. Like, I've always been the youngest around. Oh, that's little David. That's little David. And then I blew up, obviously. And then I know how many times, like, I'm like, I'd be so busy, like, out of it. And then, like, even go to a point where, like, I'd be like, it was. My siblings were getting upset, like, yo, D, we still your family. Like, you know, I'm saying, call, talk to your nephews, blah, blah, blah. And then when my world went dark, like, they was the only ones there. Like, you know, I'm saying every day, obviously, my wife and her family were there. But the only thing that got to us, and we both strong. Like, me and my wife is strong. But apart from that, the people are around us that were there at the time, you know what I'm saying? Really did a great job. And I want to give kudos to my father. You know, like, my dad really stepped in. Like, he put everything on pause, like, the business, everything on pause, just to make sure that, you know, I'm saying we were okay. You know what I'm saying? We got twins now, so it's like, that's a blessing. A boy and a girl. And the boy looks exactly like my son. That was, like, scary. Exactly. They act the same. The same everything he used to do, like, he does. So, like, me and. Me and my wife be like, yeah, he came back type stuff. Wow. Yeah. When you. When you. I know you're a spiritual person, too, so it's like your faith and your family, is that what carries you or do you ever just sit with the pain? Sometimes, like, just. I mean, it depends on what you like, faith. Some people's faith are stronger. Like me, I believe in God fully. Absolutely. Like my dad, we grew up Seven Day Adventists. Like, Saturday, going church, Saturday, doing the Sabbath, six o'clock, no tv, no earrings. That's how I grew up. Like, with my father. Then my other siblings, they go to, like, Methodist church, normal Catholic stuff like that. But with my faith, stuff like that. If you don't have faith after that, I don't know what it's. What faith is, you know what I'm saying? But with me, like, I'm a Christian, you know what I'm saying? But I don't really have, like, a certain, certain church or a certain pastor, just talk to anybody. And when you talk about how you had to go on the road when unavailable started popping, do you ever feel like fame and celebrity get in the way of, like, really healing? Definitely. Definitely. Like, I could see sometimes, like, I was like, kind of. I wouldn't say healing too fast, but, like, I'm on the road. Like, you have to understand, like, my wife at home chilling. Like, she comes one or two shows, you know what I'm saying? Go back. But see me, I'm on the road. My adrenaline is pumping. I'm seeing. In a week, I'm seeing a million dollars. Like, I'm seeing all the crowd. We in the car, they chasing us. So it's like, you're smiling, but it's like you need to kind of slow down, you know what I'm saying? So you know what I'm saying? That's why things like me getting married, you know I'm saying, like, okay, look, you need to. This is how. This is how we got lit last time, and you know what I'm saying? Forgot about family. So you know what I'm saying? Slow down a bit, you know what I'm saying? I told my boys, like, look, I need to go take care of home real quick, you know what I'm saying? So. Gotta move my wife to Atlanta, everybody. The kids got a crib, you know what I'm saying? So I'll just be home. This is prior to doing five, you know, after the tour was done, you know what I'm saying? We got married. Her mom flew her mom to America to be with her with the kids and everything. So, like, I just be chilling, like, at the crib, and it's like, I'm like, yo, this is not bad. Like, sometimes I'm like, that's right. It was so crazy that after I now sat for so long, like, I was having anxiety. Like, my boys like, let's go. I'm like, we'll go out, Envy. I'm telling you, we're gonna go back home, we'll go out with. Lit the bottles. I'm like, you sleep. So the other day, we went to. We had to. Went to Trinidad for the carnival. I performed. Me and my child dropped the record, so I performed. So I'm hearing my boys talking in the room. Like, I said, I don't enter the room. I said, what are you guys talking about, boss? We're not having any fun. You've changed, man. Where are the girls? I said, where are the girls? Then when I get in Trouble. Everybody run away to face the Internet and all that. Like, nah. Like, boy and me. Women have dealt with me in my career. So it's like, boy, like, I'm good on that. But like, trust me, like, I've seen. I've been at the highest of the highest. The most, the best time is when there's no problem at home. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. I don't care how much you make. I don't care how much is in your account. I've had, I've made it all. When that, that's sleep. I wake up, you're that your. Your heart is not beating. Check your phone. It's called peace. Peace of mind, man. Not having no anxiety. There's nothing like that. I went to my, my friend in high school recently, so he just got married. So he calls me and I'm back in Nigeria. I'm like at home. So he calls me like, ah, David, you know, I just got married. Come on, come and visit my wife. You know, my. Me and we just got this new. Nice, nothing big, something nice, something small, modest. His wife has kids. So I'm like, yeah, I'll pull up. I'm like, yeah, but I got so many people with me now. So let me come like later in the night when everybody kind of like gone to bed. And then I drove to my guy's house, just low key me and my security str. And I just sat in his living room. His wife brought food for me. Me and him were talking. I was just looking at him like this. I was just looking at his life. I said, God, I said, good. I know, I'm happy you did all this for me, but boy, I switch this. I'll switch it to my friend right now. He was telling me, guy, your life is the best. I said, bro, my life is the best. But bro, you don't know what you have. Like the way you and your wife are even playing. You guys are not even. There's. Nobody knows you. You and your wife can go out, nobody knows you. Do you understand? Like when my. My situation is way different. So it's like, it's give and take. But you know, sometimes it's a dream that I wanted and what if it never happened too? So it's like, I'll just be thinking about that too. So now. So I'm gonna come at you like, like a real. Not no African, like a real American nigga. So daily you done cheating, like it's done like you. I don't want. I said, I don't want any. While I. No, no, no, no, no. The world is constantly changing. It's up to you to decide how to respond. 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To hear the full story of Timyris bloody revenge, listen to the latest episode of Noble Blood, available now. New episodes of Noble Blood every Tuesday. Listen to Noble blood on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm on my MV swag right now, but you can add more podcasts to the roster if you want to. If I want to, but I don't. Yeah. Cause you promote. Holla. I have four babies. I have four kids. I have five kids and four women. With four women. Okay. You know what I'm saying? So you already know. So you're done. That's it. I want to go home. I'm sweating already. I'm sweating for you. In certain reasons in Nigeria, you can have more than one. Yes. No, it's not certain reasons. Like, if. If you want to. Yeah, if you want. You just. It don't have to be a religion. It don't have to be anything like you. Okay, now, for example, the. The eastern part of Nigeria, which is like, the evils and stuff. Like, I've seen a lot of situations, especially, like the Niger Delta parts of Nigeria. I've seen a lot of situations where it's like multiple wives. Like, my uncle, that's the governor, he got two wives, you know what I'm saying? I have another uncle that his. All his wives live with him. Like, they be playing with each other. Like, but he's Christian. Oh, wow. You know what I'm saying? How much money he got, though? He's very rich. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? But I mean, that. That don't mean nothing, you know what I'm saying? Over here, dude. But is there still wahala upon all the money? They still wahala. Do you understand? I'd rather go and live with how my other guy is living. You know, maybe because I've ex. Maybe I've had bad experiences, you know what I'm saying? Sometimes the experience is the best teacher. You feel me? Like, it's just never not worth it. Because when it happens, I know how many times when we was in having on the yachts in Miami, having the best time, and then when it happens, what you're gonna be saying, damn, I shouldn't have gone. Yeah. I should have stayed my. And the worst. But we not talking about that, though. We talking about. No, not cheating if you're able to have another wife under the laws of Nigeria. Yeah. Would I? Yeah. No. No, not now. I don't believe you. He said, Africans only telling the truth when they say. No, no, no, no. It got to be more than one. No, you said one long. No, you didn't say, man. I thought it too, man. Like, I. I blew up my first song blew up when I was 17. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm with. You have one woman that's the most beautiful thing in the world. A beautiful family. Nothing better than that. Get that, man. I was expecting you. I was expecting you to come in here. A little chubby, though, because I know your wife is a chef, too. She got her own thing going. I actually gained. I just got back on the road, so, like, the thing about me, when I'm active, I lose weight quick, but I gain weight quick, too. So it's like when I'm home and the kitchen's right in front of. Oh, boy, he cooks everything. Like, I was gonna ask, being on the road, do you have any anxiety because you're leaving your family again and leaving your kids? Any anxiety? Like, yeah, when I was. Yeah. Leaving this time. And, like, you know, I'm saying just natural, you know, family stuff. You know what I'm saying? Like, I'm like, babe, I'm on the road. I'm on the road. But it's like, you still have to handle stuff back at home as well and just balancing it, you know, it's. It's crazy, but I feel like you can't balance it. I'm not the first person to be married and be a superstar. Oh, yeah. Nothing happened. You know what I'm saying? I mean, things happen, but you know what I'm saying? I've seen people way more success than me. Way more success than me handle it. So I bet you since you've been married and, you know, really devoted to your wife being faithful, I bet you've seen your life just go up, up, up, up, up. I'm telling you, like, everything. Like, I'm every. No, my wife has always had this thing over me since we were young. Every time I fight her, something bad happens. Something bad happens to my. My business. Just. Oh, damn. I saw. So if I fight her, she said, you're fighting me. Abby, don't worry. Your album is coming. You want to fight me? No, I'm telling you because it's like, she has that grace, you know what I'm saying? Like, over me and, like, everything, you know, my kids. My. She don't have all my kids, but you know what I'm saying? Like, my kids love her, you know what I'm saying? Especially my daughter love her. So I'm just happy to see, like, growth, you know, There was a time that. There was a time I was scared to even bring my other kids around her, you know what I'm saying? So the girl just made me understand, like, you know, I didn't have to tell my daughter, like, oh, this is your. She kind of just, like. It just happens. She just got it, you know what I'm saying? And the next thing, we was in Bahamas and my wife braiding her hair. I'm looking in the girl, how. I'm looking at the wrong. Like. Yes. How long you. Y'all been together for a while, right? Yeah, like, before we got married, we was together, like, 11 years. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. School, you know, men in school, girlfriend. And then we got married. We're meant to get married. Oh, y'all were young. Like, you was young when you. Yes, I meant she was like, I was. Well, I was 18. Yeah, she was 17 in school. And then we just finished school together. That's how me. And if you are with our wives been since. Since school. 16, 26 years. And then another thing. What I. What I. Because I'm not married, but I do understand. No, I'm engaged. I saw it. I saw. Yes, thank you. Thank you so much. No, I don't know yet. Okay. It's the. The schedules, whatever. But I do understand when you get married young, it's certain things that you do have to live out, because it was a lot of infidelity in my parents marriage, but they got married right out of high school, so you're not able to live that bachelor life. You're not able to be, you know, had that whole face as a woman, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's certain things that you just don't get to experience, and then you grow up with the person and something. Sometimes some. Some things do happen or whatever. You just push past the culture that really apart from, like. Like, we have our own African culture back home. But, like, is when I actually went to school in America, that was like, almost. They don't play with relations in America. Back home, boyfriend, girlfriend is like. Like, we. Yeah, but. You know what I'm saying? But it's. When I got to America, I was like, boy, they don't. Like, people lose endorsements over cheating on your wife, you know, as a back home, you know what I'm saying? Because of the culture, it's like, yeah, it's different. You know, I'm saying like, you, you can't. You. Okay, for example, this is just an example, you know, I'm saying it might not happen in a lot of households. And it goes for also the groom, and it goes for also the wife. So let me give an example of like for a guy, for example. Now, a lot of husbands in some families, like a lot of them, they grew up with their mom. Their mom is everything. You know, those kind of husbands that they can't live even if they get married. Their mom must be in the house controlling this. Yeah, Doing that. Anything the. Anything the husband does, right or wrong, she's supporting the husband. That is the mentality in Nigeria now. Same thing for women too. Do you understand? The parents who always support their daughter, no matter right or wrong. Where in like in America, it's like me, you get married, you, your parents, bye, your brother. But this is. This is between me and you. You know what I'm saying? So, like in Nigeria, you never really leave that. Have you seen a Nigerian wedding? It's not about the grooming bride, it's about the family, you know what I'm saying? Coming together and doing that. So I'm doing my white wedding in Miami in August. Oh, they said that was like a national holiday in Nigeria. Crazy, man. Girls crying like, oh, my God, he's off the market. Yo. It was. That was like, yo, that was really a holiday, bro. The whole world stands still. You know why, too? Because me and my wife's relationship was kind of in the public eye, especially after I did that one song. So a lot of things have happened, apart from even us losing our child, but like, I don't messed up a lot of times on some other stuff, you know what I'm saying? So I feel like that full circle moment, everybody was like, man, finally, you know, our son finally got his things together and really gave this girl because she's like, she's the best. You can't. My wife, you can never see. I go to any interview, you know what I'm saying? Oh, my husband did this or take a phone or go live or do normal things that. You know what I'm saying? Like, and I appreciated her for that because she could, you know what I'm saying? If I see, I would sit here and lie to you. I say, oh, I'm Perfect. Nobody's perfect. Nobody. We all go through things, but you know what I'm saying? She's just that one man. How was the relationship with the Big three? You know, yourself, Burner and Whiz Kid. What's the relationship? I mean, we don't have. We don't have personal. I don't have a personal relationship with them. I did, you know, at some point in time, but I feel like the culture is just so big, you know what I'm saying? And the conversation is bigger than the big three right now. Now. And that's the honest truth, you know what I'm saying? There's rma, there's Ira Star, you know what I'm saying? There are so many artists for us to just really make this thing about, you know, us. I feel like right now, we, all three of us understand that it's bigger than us. And, you know, whatever it takes for the culture to grow whichever way, you know what I'm saying? That is true. But a lot of times, and you know this from living in Atlanta, what it takes for a culture to grow is unity and group operation, you know what I mean? It takes all three of y'all maybe coming together, doing records together, like, especially now. Yeah. I mean, it's not impossible. It's just sometimes just I feel like people around us, you know what I'm saying, wouldn't want that to happen. You know what I'm saying? So eventually, like, huh? You said wouldn't want it to happen? Yeah, a lot. Like, I mean, some people make money off, just not us. Not just. Not just being cool, I guess, you know what I'm saying? But, like, with me, you know what I'm saying? There's been situations where we've all, you know I'm saying, like, all been cool. But, you know, so over years, so much success, so much people in between. You feel like the fans pitch out against each other. Of course, like, it'd be annoying, you know what I'm saying? Like, even the other day. So I just did. Yesterday, two days ago. So Victoria Monet, she's asking me, like, yo, what are these people? What are these people saying? So I'm looking at, like, yeah, don't read. So anybody. So I'm telling her, like, so anybody you see with this emoji, okay, so they gonna say something. So just don't ignore the other side. Yeah. Nikki done called me about this before. Like. Like, yo, why? What. What's going on? You know, I'm saying, like, it's cool because it happens. In America too. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It happens in America too. I see it everywhere, you know what I'm saying? So it's just, I think about it, the fans also, it's all. It's also a thing for them. They wake up like, what we doing today? How we. What's the agenda against David? They make money off it, you know what I'm saying? I've seen somebody that has been out used to abuse me on. Online for a long time, say used to abuse me, abuse me, like talk, you know, talk down on me. And I was like, you know, a lot of people do. These people don't have faces. They don't, but it's luckily for me. I saw this guy. You seen him in public? Yes, but he didn't know I knew that that is him. Cuz he had no. He didn't have a face. But this guy, he has been stopping me so much. I paid one of the fan, I said, come, I'll give you 5,000, tell me where this guy is. I don't want to do anything. I don't have a conversation. Yeah, and we did have a conversation. And I just realized that you're a sucker. It doesn't even have nothing against me. It's just what is working for him. It's the economy, especially now. Elon Don made them make money. Yeah. What if I tell you the crazy things they've been? I can't even show my wife because I know that my wife will just break down. I'm like, I'm like, yo, bugging. And then we get the guy and he's like, how? I don't need to. Please forgive me. I don't need to feed my family. He was African? Yes. Oh, wow. You know, it's crazy. I told Charlamagne and I told justice the other day. These sites reward people for doing this. So the worse they talk about you, the more followers they get, the more likes they get. And they get paid for it. So they gonna keep doing it and keep going on and on and it's. It's fucked up, but it's crazy. Like, even the new artists, like I have a label, you know what I'm saying? So I have artists that under me too. And I just. Sometimes I just see them. I'm like, what you doing? I just seen him on the phone. I said, stop reading this comment will finish you. Stop me if. If I. I think in the history of Nigerian music, I think I've been the most bashed, disrespected artist for my, for what I've done. Why though? Because of your upbringing? Because it's part of that. But let me tell you, that's just how it is. Anybody that has tight, I think because of me and me, I got ot. There's something we call OTS orientation, you know what I'm saying? My mom, my mom met my dad rich, but my mom was from the, like from the hood, you know what I'm saying? So she gave me and my sisters that. I still have that orientation. That's why when I was going to school, I went to the most expensive high school in Nigeria at the time. But after school I'd go to the hood to be with my cousins in them. That's how I even got the music, knew myself how to record. So that ot, I feel like that just OT is what has helped me kind of find the middle ground. Because they're like, damn, these guys. Pops a billionaire, but he out here grinding with us. He's more humble than the people that are from the hood with us. He can see I can't sit with them. We can sit down, we can talk, we can go out, we can eat. Everybody in my house eats the same food. My wife doesn't play that. My driver, my cook, my electrician, anything. Everybody, we eat the same food. Because that's how I was brought up. So I think that too has helped me in the industry. But my initial entrance into the game, they was not having it, boy. Like they don't, like they don't. Nigeria doesn't work that way. You're son of a successful person, you gonna get it. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? But I, I'm lucky to come from a very great family that we. My dad's university, 60, 70% of the students are free, you know I'm saying? So people know that. People know my family for like being cool headed, very, very humble people, you know I'm saying I'm first generation entertainer in my family, you know I'm saying I'm the one that nobody knew who my dad was. It was a silent billionaire, you know what I'm saying? So I'm the one that came out and sang a song saying ah. And my dad is this blah blah blah. And then it blew up. What made you want to do that though? Your dad's a billionaire. I could run the company, just relax and chill. Ain't got to deal with the bs. But you was like, nah, I want to go this way, cuz it's 50 Cent. 50 Cent your daddy, huh? 50 Cent. Listen, listen, listen. Do you know what I watched the other day on YouTube? Top. Top 20. Charlemagne. Funny moments. Breakfast on Moment. You know the funny one? When the guy was talking about you were like, we're not going to laugh. We're not gonna laugh. Then he's like, when I was young, Damn, yo, I said, Charlemagnell, Rollins. But. But I respect it, though. You come from a wealthy family, but you still went out and earned your own name. But to. To Envy's Point, was there ever any pressure just to take the easy route? I've been mad a lot of times, like, after the fact that I've blown up, like, a lot of situations have happened. You know what I'm saying? I don't. You know, I'm saying I've overcome them now. Like, we are. We outside. You know what I'm saying? But before getting here, I know how many situations I kind of over had to overcome. I know some rooms I wasn't being let in because people felt like, man, he's good anyway, man, take us, man. Like, we need it. You know what I'm saying? But the music spoke for itself, you know what I'm saying? Till I was able to get in those rooms, get in those conversations. Like, I know how long I fought to be like, yo, yes, I come from a great background, but, bro, I'm dope. Like, you know, I'm saying my music is really dope. Like, I'm actually a really, really good musician. And over time, you know, I'm saying it was harder for me. People think it was easier for me because of, you know, I'm saying, this paper. But it's not only paper, because a lot of billionaire kids don't try to blow after me. Not none of them blue, not one. You know what I'm saying? So. And there has been times where I'm like, you know what? I'm done. You know what I'm saying? I'm just going, y'all can have it. You know I'm saying I'm mad. I think I've even tweeted this before. I think when there was, like, something on the Internet, I'm like, you know what? This. Yo, y'all can have everything. You know what I'm saying? I've done my bit. I'm out. And let me tell you, if I go work for my dad, I'm back way more. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So it's like. I mean, that's still there, waiting. But, you know, I'm saying right now, we're still doing this. And it's hard, right? It might be easier now because of, you know, what artists in Nigeria have done, but when I think about you, when I think about my girl Cuppy, like, it would have been easier for y'all to be doctors or something like that. It's harder for y'all to go into the entertainment industry and be successful. Crazy. Especially, like, Cuppy's a female too. That's right. You know, and she's not an artist. She's like. She's an artist, but also a dj, producer. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So I remember her saga going through a couple now chilling, man. She's got like four Ferraris. Do you want your kids to stay in this industry, or would you prefer your kids to go work with. With grandpa? I'm going go work with my dad, man. You know what I'm saying? So every. Every Christmas, my dad takes all the grandkids to the Caribbean. Either send kids or like we've just said kids. Last two years. The last two years. Last year we did the Bahamas. And I could just see him, like, up on all the things. He has all multiple private jets, multiple this, that. His happiness was him seeing his grandchildren. Like, he rent, he rented out, like, this lady. Just him just there. And he's single. Like, he's a single man. Like, chilling. Oh, your father single? Yeah. Nice. You're not. You're engaged. You're engaged. Other people, I'm asking for them, but yeah, like, I just saw his happiness. Like, man, this is like, what life is about. So my kids is like whatever they want to do, cuz, you know what I'm saying? As. As much as my. My dad didn't really want me in the entertainment, he didn't like, overkill my dream, you know what I'm saying? He saw that. Damn. This boy is really adamant about doing this, you know what I'm saying? So I wouldn't want to do that to them as well. And my daughter already, like. She already singing and dancing, like, yeah, crazy. So it's like, how do you stay so hungry when you already so big as an artist and you know, you good regardless of if the music hit or not. I mean, I. I think it's the passion, man. I think. I think I'm just already, like, I'm obsessed with music, you know what I'm saying? I'm obsessed with the life, the lifestyle of just being a musician. So apart from that takes it out. Apart from, you know, saying the money is good and everything, the fame but when you love something, when you're passionate about something, that's why Ronaldo is keep going, keep going. That's why Messi keep going. You know I'm saying they've won it all, you know what I'm saying? So I feel like my, what's kept me going is, you know, definitely the passion, you know what I'm saying? And just, just the, the globalization of the culture as a whole. Like who, who would want to be here now experiencing this? Like we've had our whole career before America even tapped in, you know what I'm saying? When we did fall that time, remember? So it's like we, we've had, I've had a 10 year career before Afrobeat popped up here. That's what a lot of people don't know. Like there are so many artists back home, they are huge. They do stadiums. They don't care about coming to America. People like Flavor Nabanya, he has the whole Igbo culture in his hand. Like he don't need. He could come out here and do Barclays two nights and you probably wouldn't even hear about it. You don't understand what I'm saying. So it's like, so what's left? You said, you know, what's left to accomplish? You done got number one records. You done got. So what's left for you that you want? Just what's left for me, man. I think like this album is gonna really solidify, you know what I'm saying? Not all those two records chart and go on radio and American. I'm like, we want to go the full way, you know I'm saying? And also bring people with me as well. Like I have a lot of amazing songwriters, producers. I started off as a producer. My, one of my producers that was on my last album, Timeless. I met this guy through like some random person at the airport that came to me. He just cast a check for like 400 from publishing. Thousand gave me to kid came to my house and dropped off 40,000 for me. Like, thank you. Like I was like, what? Like nobody has ever done this. Like, like just giving me, you know what I'm saying? You didn't have to, you know what I'm saying? Because I get a check off him anyway, you know what I'm saying? So just like stuff like that, I'm telling you, like African music is changing generations. Like these people actually blowing doing one hit songs and getting a million dollars off label. Like so it's a lucrative business. Any, any of your friendships ever gone Sour over your success or. Oh, definitely. So many, so many. You can't. You, you, you, you do good 99 times. The one time you don't. You know, I'm saying, I've had so many close of my friends. Like even my friend from college blackmailed me like, like then like long time ago, like my friend. And he was from New York, man. Dang. Don't blame that on us. But I'm just saying, like, he saw me, he saw me actually grow, saw me grind. And then when it, when, when we got there, he tried to, you know, I'm kind of, you know what I'm saying? So I send you an email asking for your Social Security number. Shut up. So what happened was that he, he, he held the camera like my. This is my. That's my boy. So he held the camera. That's my guy. So it's like we talk about everything. Oh, wow. So there's a clip he had about me talking about another artist. You know what I'm saying? But you know what I'm saying? Behind closed doors we all talk about. Right, right. So I'm on my phone. So you know the disappearing messages. Yeah, yeah. I just saw a video and it said, you have 24 hours. Something, something, something. And I'm like, damn. And it was, it was from his phone, like, you know what I'm saying? I just called him, I called my sister. I'm like, yo, this was going on. Then called his sister, his sister called his mom. And then like the other, he wrote me like three years ago, like, yo, man, I'm sorry for what I did. You could have been right here. Yeah, that's right. How much you want? I'm just curious. I think he wanted like 40,000. All that could have been like 40,000. That's so short sighted. My boys made that in. Yeah. Worst week right now. But that's God though. God letting you know who you didn't need around you. That's right. What happened between you and Ty Savage, man? I know y'all were like really, really close. Like, that's my sister, man. She cool, man. Like I said, you know I'm saying, Even with the big three question you asked me, you know what I'm saying? I remember when all of us, you know what I'm saying, coming up together now. I'm saying me and Tiwa used to stay in the same house. Yeah, Big sis, like, you know what I'm saying? She saw me as a youngin, you know what I'm saying? But the situation with Tiwa was, you know, like, kind of personal, you know what I'm saying? She's. She's very, very good friends with my. The mom of my daughter, my first daughter, which, you know, we were in court having custody and stuff like that. So I just felt like, you know what I'm saying? You my. You know what I'm saying? Help me. Help me see my daughter. That type stuff. So we just got in a little argument. It was nothing, you know what I'm saying? It was just like brothers and sisters arguing, you know, y'all cool now. I haven't seen her since then, to be. To be honest. But she did reach out, and you know what I'm saying? So, okay, probably if it happens, it happens, and I go bad. But I love her, you know, I love her child, and I saw him grow up. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? She's an amazing person. She changed the game for females, you know what I'm saying? She always have that respect. That's my sister. I'll never let nothing happen to her. She knows. You know what I'm saying? What about Wizkid? Do you love Wizkid? That is not his sister. That's not his sister. I'm just asking. I love everybody, man. I do want to ask a question about the big three, though. Like, if they call. They call Burner the Rebel and they talk about Wizkid, he has the mystique. What is. What's your lane in that. In that big three? Me? I'm Joseph Mule. I'm just me. Like, I'm Joseph. Just me. Not me. Just a mule. Like a worker. I really like. You used to work. That's what I thought. Like, oh, people, people. People know me as the outgoing guy. Yeah. I'm saying very, you know, free. You know what I'm saying? I don't have that mystique or that rebel, you know what I'm saying? I can't act that way. I'm just me. And people sometimes, some people be like, man, you're too free. You're too free sometimes. Don't you know you're a superstar? I'm like, bro, I've been listening. I'm going Disney Worlds now. Two years old. Like, this does not. Yeah. Like, I. Like I always say, like, if my dad walks in the room, like, if you're walking on the road, you know, I'm saying my dad passes you by, you probably wouldn't even know. Like, that dude got a billion dollars. I'm telling you. So that's how I grew up. My manager began mad. Like, I'd be in the house, I'll be in slippers. Like, I'm like, bro, I'm home. What you do look good every time, you know what I'm saying? But there are people that are born artists that. That's just how they. They coming out their room, like, you know what I'm saying? Some people are like that, you know what I'm saying? That's what works for them. And to be honest, it's worked for them, you know what I'm saying? What's worked for me has worked for me. And what's worked for them, you know, it's worked for them. Maybe if they, like, free like me, you know, maybe they wouldn't get what they have, you know what I'm saying? So maybe the way I am is what has helped me. So it's just like everybody. I feel like every. In every industry, like, just like how you had the big three back in the day with, like, Jay Z. They were all different kind of people. Yeah, they're different kind of people, you know what I'm saying? Drake outside, you know what I'm saying? And Kendrick is like, you don't even know what that next move is. So it's like they're different kind of people. And. And that's okay, you know what I'm saying? That's okay. Yeah. Well, the album is out on April 18th. What you want to hear? What you want to play off the album? Mr. Chris Brown song. Got that one yet? They a one yet? Okay, yeah. Just let me tell you what we got so far. We got Be Still. Hold on. Which ones we got? We got. We got Be There Still. Oh, that was nice. And we got fun. Okay, the album now. Yeah. Okay. So let's do. Let's do our. Okay, let's do the funds. Oh, okay. Yeah. Because those are like, you know, apart from, like, the records. You guys here, it's a big dude. I know that this guy you got on this record is big. He's the biggest rapper now. Yeah. So a lot of things you guys know. Like, for example, you see how when I came out here, we had the F4 money fall on you. A lot of songs that pop here, pop. You have bigger songs, like the local ones, like, like back home, you know what I'm saying? Like, for example. And like, for a song like Funds with the Odumodu, it's always going to be bigger than Vicar Monet record back home, you know what I'm saying? But Once you get in the radio here, that's what you're gonna hear. You go in the stores. H m. That's what you hear. But I'm saying what I'm trying to say is that there's so much more music back home that is also being digested that you guys don't really, really get to hear. So. So every time, like, I'm doing a project, I always keep in mind, yes, we have to please the Western world. And you know what I'm saying, we got to make money for the label, but we also have to please our original. That's right. But let's get into the joint. Right now. Is Davido, ladies and gentlemen. That's it. Is it? Davido. Davido. What is it? You talk to this man for a whole hour, I'll be saying his name wrong. He said it a different way. He says, davido. 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