Senegalese-American singer, Akon has described Nigerian singer, Davido, as the hardest working afrobeat artiste.
He did this while speaking in an interview with Sway Calloway.
In the interview, the music star revealed that at the time they were pushing for Thug Records, Davido was working on becoming a rapper in Atlanta.
According to him, he was the one who advised him to return back to Africa if he truly wants to make something out of music.
Akon added that despite coming from a rich family, Davido worked his way up.
“Around the time we were pushing Thug record, Davido was in Atlanta trying to be a rapper. Davido who is one of the biggest Afrobeats artiste of today, was in Atlanta trying to rap. I said nigga if you don’t take your ass back to home to Africa to do that music… Go to Africa.
“Davido is like the hardest working artiste, because he was like the underdog back them. Everybody wanted to be a Wizkid. Everybody praised Wizkid.” He said.
Akon added that he beats everyone else with “quantity over quality”.
