Akon has revealed his relationship with some Nigerian music
superstars which include Davido, members of the defunct Psquare music and
others, as well as his contribution to Afrobeats which seems to be the genre
the whole world is vibing to at the moment.
The Senegalese-born American music star in an interview on
The Breakfast Club hosted by DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne tha God, said
he signed some Nigerian music stars when he relocated to his home country.
He however made a clarification by stating that the
contracts was just handshakes as they are not honored in Nigeria.
“It’s not even a matter of letting him go, because in
Africa, contracts really don’t exist. You just shake hands. It’s all words.
Especially Nigeria, there is no contract being honoured.
“And me and Davido never had a contract. I was more like a
big brother walking him through certain things, learn some things, advice,
things like that" he said.
“When I was in Africa, I was building an Afrobeat team.
“When I first went out there in 2008, I signed Davido,
PSquare and others. Davido is like my little brother. Did you know, Davido was
originally from Atlanta? And started his music career actually in Atlanta and
just decided, you know what, ‘It’s too much of a struggle here, let me go back
home.’
“He went back home and just popped off like that” (snaps
fingers).
Continuing,
he said, “P-Square was actually the biggest act as of that time. It was a group
of twin brothers. We had a song, ‘Choplife.’
“It was a huge smash. But at the time, Afrobeat wasn’t that
big here.
“What I love about Davido is that he is an independent
artiste. He came with the US hustle to Africa. So, he completely gets it.”
On if Davido was still signed to his record label, he said,
“Nah, nah, He’s doing his own thing now.”
