Is Davido An Average Artiste, Who Made It Big With A Lot Of Money At His Disposal?

To be able to make it big and move into the mainstream

music you need to possess at least one or two of these

qualities which are; Talent, money, swag, good voice, song

writing skill, large fanbaze and God’s favour.

These seven qualities are my holy grail for any artiste that

wants to be successful and are also what can make or mar

you as an artiste. So this leads me to asking this very

controversial question which might not go down well with a lot

of people who are his fans. The question goes, “Is Davido an

average artiste who wouldn’t have made it big if it weren’t for

the money he had to throw around in order to solidify his

name on our hearts and minds?”

Let’s take a look at his career from inception when he

released his debut single “Back When” featuring Naeto C. So

many people didn’t like the song at first when it was released

but because he was able to force it on us by paying a huge

sum of money to TV stations and radio stations to air it almost

every minute, the song got stuck in our head and before we

knew what was happening we all unconsciously began to sing

the song and then people began to fall in love with it. That is

the power of one of the 7 qualities I listed at the beginning of

my article, which is the power of MONEY.

Let’s look at it in a different angle. Would you have paid

attention to Davido’s music if you only downloaded his music

online and maybe heard or watched his music on the radio or

television just twice or thrice? Am sure your answer would be

NO. There are a lot of talented artistes roaming the street who

have very good songs and who have given little promotion for

their songs but still didn’t get the attention and recognition

they ought to have gotten.

My opinion about this topic is that Davido is not an average

artiste because if he was, even with a lot of money at his

disposal his luck would have run out a long time ago. Also let’s

not forget that he is very hardworking, always on the move

trying to put his music and name on the world map. He has 4

out of the 7 qualities or should I say my 7 Holy Grail listed

above which are working well for him and keeping him relevant

till today. Those 4 qualities he possesses are: (money, swag,

large fanbaze and God’s favour).

Many people would dispute this fact but if it was just money

then every rich kid in the country would become another

Wizkid but it doesn’t work that way. Davido’s cousins Shina

Rambo and Bred are also rich kids whom Davido invested a

lot of money in their musical career but still they weren’t able

to live up to the resources invested in them.

It’s an open question and everyone is free to share their

opinion on this topic. If you believe Davido is an average

artiste who was able to make it big because of been Omo

Baba Olowo (O.B.O). Or if you feel he is not an average artiste

who only made use of the available money to spearhead his

music career. Whatever you opinion is we would definitely love

to hear it.