Ghazi Shami Shares What Receiving the Clive Davis Visionary Award Means to Him & More | SXSW London 2025 - video Dailymotion

Ghazi Shami caught up with Billboard's Hannah Karp at SXSW London 2025.

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00:00So Ghazi, you are here being honored with the Clive Davis Visionary Award.

00:05What does that mean to you?

00:09Anytime I'm honored with any award, it's always a surreal feeling.

00:12I never really lose that grounded feeling of where I started, sleeping on the floor in a studio.

00:17So fast forward all these years later, I've always somewhere in my spirit thought that I was a global citizen.

00:24So to be honored as a global power player and as a power player in general,

00:29it's a surreal feeling because, you know, Billboard is the magazine that we all looked up to as the standard,

00:35as the gold standard for the world.

00:36So it's nice to be here. It's very surreal for me.

00:39And, you know, tonight we're here celebrating the launch of Billboard Africa.

00:44What do you want to see Billboard Africa do first?

00:47Who should be on the first cover?

00:49I want to see all my artists on the cover.

00:51I've invested heavily in Africa and I want to see them get the shine that they deserve.

00:54I'm here with Alameda, who's like, you know, he's a fixture and a pillar in the community out there.

01:00But really, in all honesty, I just want to see people have a voice and a platform to shine.