“Skelewu” was his upcoming album’s third single and was released on August 13, 2013. The song was on the 5th place in the TOP 10 songs of 2013. The song hit Afribiz’s Top 100 chart and managed to be on the 1st place for a few weeks. Before the release of the song’s video, there was a dance competition announced. Davido uploaded a sample dance video onto YouTube and encouraged fans to upload their videos dancing along to “Skelewu”. On October 10, 2013, Davido announced the winner of the competition – Bello Moshood Abiola . The lucky one got the cash prize of $3000 (₦480,000) which was announced days after the release of the song.
Davido and Tinnshe ‘s super hit “How Long”
On February 2, 2014, Davido released “Aye”. This was the fourth single from the upcoming album.
Davido has also taken part in charity events as well. In June 2014, Davido had a chance to work with Mi Casa, Lola Rae, Sarkodie, Diamond Platnumz, and Tiwa Savage on a song for DSTV’s Africa Rising campaign. This song was meant to inspire Africans to be more community-involved. It promoted social investment, a need to take action and be part of positive changes in local communities. The music video for the song was released on June 24, 2014. As expected, it was shot and directed by a South African production company and all the preparation for the video took place in South Africa. The artists also performed the song at the Africa Rising launch ceremony in Mauritius.
Swagy Davido makes Nigerian music sound better
In July 2014, Davido mentioned that he planned on working with American rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill. But within a year of cooperation, in June 2015, Davido cancelled his collaboration with Meek Mill.
His most profitable contract is the one with Sony Music. In January 2016, Davido announced it on Twitter and fans reacted to that news in different ways. Some people said it was not a good idea to work with Sony Music, but many other fans supported Davido’s new path. The record label confirmed the deal which they had signed with Davido. A few months later, Davido started his own label, Davido Music Worldwide (DMW). Recently, young artists, Dremo and Mayorkun had been signed to the label.
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