{"id":339327,"date":"2023-06-08T19:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2023\/06\/08\/wizkid-and-i-hit-stardom-before-new-cats-like-burna-boy-others-davido\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T19:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:43:58","slug":"wizkid-and-i-hit-stardom-before-new-cats-like-burna-boy-others-davido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2023\/06\/08\/wizkid-and-i-hit-stardom-before-new-cats-like-burna-boy-others-davido\/","title":{"rendered":"“Wizkid And I Hit Stardom Before \u2018New Cats\u2019 Like Burna Boy, Others” \u2013 Davido"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nigerian Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has said he and Wizkid were the first young Nigerian artists to hit stardom.<\/p>\n

The singer, however, noted that he was excited to see \u201cnew cats\u201d such as Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun and Asake now excelling in the music industry.<\/p>\n

The 30BG crooner stated this in an interview that went viral on social media on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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He said, \u201cWizkid and I were the first young artists to blow up and it feels good seeing new cats like Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun, you know a lot of new cats coming, killing it\u2026Asake who was on my album.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, yes, I think the future of Afrobeat is in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

His statement has since sparked reactions on social media with some Burna Boy\u2019s fans calling out Davido for placing the Grammy-award singer in the same bracket with emerging music artistes.<\/p>\n

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