Davido On His GRAMMY Nominations, The Importance of The New African Music Category & Reveals How To Pronounce His Name | Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala 2024 - video Dailymotion

Davido caught up with Billboard's Tetris Kelly at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala 2024.

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00:00 First time Grammy nominee and in a brand new category man. How's the fit? How you feel man?

00:05 I feel good man

00:05 You know just being nominated for the first time three three nominations on the first time and then the category does it feel long overdue?

00:13 For African music to be celebrated. Definitely. Come on like like if I'm talking about

00:18 Generations like way before mine fella Kuti

00:22 King Sonia D which they've been

00:26 King Sonia D has been nominated I believe but not in an African category and I feel like it does an African category

00:32 You know years ago a lot of people would have had opportunities to visit the Grammys be nominated be recognized

00:39 Be gifted a Grammy as well. So finally we have at least it's happening now. You've been killing it for a while

00:44 But there's also new names in the category. You got Tyler in there with water

00:47 So like how you feeling about the competition? I mean like I'm just happy that we all get to shine

00:51 You know I'm saying what if there was no category and we both not there

00:55 You know I'm saying so identity we should all be just happy that we have this category something to call our own

01:01 You know I'm saying that whoever wins are you celebrating if you winning though?

01:05 Celebrate we go crazy

01:07 And I gotta ask you we every time your name comes up in our studio

01:11 I go is it Davido or David Oh and they go he told us it doesn't matter. You got to have a preference

01:16 So what is the preference so I can say it right every time I do a news story about you

01:20 My name is David obviously, you know, I'm saying so like in the southern part of Africa. They'd be like David and another in the

01:25 They'd be like Davido in a like Western part of Africa they'd be like David. Oh, so it just depends man

01:30 He's helped you to his answer

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