Davido Reveals He Was Bullied While Schooling Abroad For Being Black

Music star, Davido has disclosed how he was bullied for being black after gaining admission to study in the United States Of America.

He made this known in an interview with the Recording Academy which is a body in charge of Grammy Awards. According to the singer, it was hard for him to socialize due to the racial remarks been made about his country Nigeria.

“Yeah, of course. It’s crazy, because I’m from both America and Africa, so I know how both sides think. I went to school in Alabama. I went to college at 15. I was very young. And Alabama was a predominantly white state. So being an African kid in a university where it’s 13% Black people, it’s amazing. It’s not easy,” 

“I had to learn a lot of the things when I was like, “Yo, why you look at me like that?” And not even just being Black, being African. They used to ask me questions like, “Yo, how’d you get to America?” I’m like, “What you mean? I came on a plane.” “Oh, y’all got airports?” Now every American wants to go to Africa.”

He also spoke on how the Nigerian music industry has become accepted globally.

“Everybody wants to know where they’re from. So it’s good to see the transition from not being appreciated, to being appreciated right now. Even with fashion. You got designers making African print fashion, so it’s not only music.

The culture is being felt everywhere. And once the Afrobeat come on, you can tell the difference from the scenery, the feeling, the beats. Most people don’t even know what we saying, but they still listen to it. So that’s the great thing about it,”

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