The Nigerian pop star
Davido won best international act on Sunday at the BET Awards and urged greater
collaborations between US and African musicians.
The BET Awards, established by Black Entertainment Television to
recognize the best in African American culture, maintains an international
category for black music from outside the United States.
Davido, 25, thanked his listeners in Nigeria and said that Africa as a
continent “has been so blessed.”
“I’m telling you guys – come to Africa, eat the food, wear the clothes,”
he told the audience full of African American A-list celebrities.
“Let’s collaborate, everybody. Let’s collaborate, man,” he said.
Other artists nominated for the BET international award included British
rappers Stormzy, J Hus and Stefflon Don, French rappers Booba and Niska and the
French-Congolese soul singer Dadju, SA’s Cassper Nyovest and Distruction Boyz
along with Kinshasa-born singer and guitarist Fally Ipupa and Nigerian singer
Tiwa Savage.
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