Davido Now Among 100 Most Influential People In The World

On February 17, 2021, Nigerian super star, Davido, hit another milestone as he was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The Excerpts for the selection was written by Nigerian rapper and BBNaija lockdown winner, Laycon.
The Excerpts reads: “ Davido is one of the biggest voices in Afrobeat, because his music connects with people often in ways that transcend his expectations. When he released the song ‘FEM’ in 2020, a title that loosely translates to ‘shut up’, in Yoruba, he did not know it will become a major #ENDSARS  protest anthem as youths banded together to demand that government take action to end police brutality in Nigeria last October.
Officials responded by sending politicians to give speaches. We told the government to keep quiet unless they had something sensible to add. The ethos of FEM was directly relatable to that moment. “You can tell Davido puts 100 percent into every song he makes and the results are clear, his album ‘A good time’ surpassed a billion streams in 2020. Afrobeats is a worldwide phenomenon and Davido is one of many Nigerian artistes who has made that possible and more and more artistes from Nicki Minaj to Young Thug want to work with him.
Other Nigerians like Odun Eweniyi, Fil Agbudu and Dami Odufuwa were also named to the list.