Nigerian music star, Davido, recently featured on the Ionwannatalk podcast where he spoke about his involvement in a variety of new ventures.
The 28-year-old is set to star in another Hollywood film following his role in Coming 2 America.
He would be playing the role of a taxi driver in the film, directed by Edward Zick, who is well-known for his heroic movies including Glory (1989), Legends of the Fall (1994) and Blood Diamond (2006) which featured Leo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou.
The FEM crooner has also recorded two studio albums and he is working on an EP in collaboration with RnB star, Chris Brown. According to him, he is not in a rush to release the music projects.
“Luckily for me, a lot of hits came out of ‘A Better Time’ (ABT). The first video I shot on ABT was me and Chris Brown. I’ve noticed that, with music, you have to plan especially when you’re releasing an album,” he said.
“We’re in an industry where you have hit after hit. After you drop this, they want you to drop that. With me right now, I have two albums already made. I have movies coming out so I think I want to chill.”
He added: “I have another movie that I’m doing with the dude that shot Blood Diamonds. I play a taxi driver.”
Speaking on his passion for producing music, Davido stated that it all started when he was a teenager, but his first love was “audio engineering.”
“The first thing I really wanted to learn; my passion was really audio engineering. I’ve had a good ear for music. I know when a song is a hit. I was 14, 15, and doing sessions for drug dealers. They had guns, coke.
“I go in the hood with my laptop. They knew me and that my father was rich in Nigeria,” he said.
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When asked how he has managed to maintain his cool despite his achievements in the music industry, he said: “Everywhere you go, people know you are. Over the year, I’ve learned the art of not letting it get to me.
“It’s a mental thing. I will be like there are people bigger than me. It’s something that every artiste has to teach themselves. It affects you in a certain way. Sometimes I feel like things are going so fast.
“You look at how I’ve lived, and my relationship with people. I blew up at 16 17. I haven’t grown up in my adult years with regular people. When I’m looking at life, it’s different.”
Watch the full interview below.
