Nigerian Entertainment News: “How Having An American Passport Boosted My Music Career” – Davido
Famous artist, David Adeleke, better known as Davido an Afrobeats musician, has asserted that possessing an American passport has provided him an advantage in his music career
According to the artist, his passport is worth more than a million dollars.
Davido disclosed this in a recent interview with Omega.
According to him, when some of his band members are having issues with Visa approval, he always has an advantage because of his American passport.
Davido, nonetheless, expressed pride in his Nigerian nationality.
He said,
“That part of my life [being born abroad] didn’t come out until I blew up. People thought I live in Nigeria. It was later on in my career that people realized that I did Alabama college and stuff like that.
It wasn’t like I was introduced as an American artist in Nigeria. I’ve been in the streets back home. The only thing is that I could fly anytime I wanted, like go to America anytime I wanted.
Till date, I don’t care how much money you’ve got, that blue passport is worth more than a million Dollars.
“For example, we were going to Australia for a tour, to get the structure is so hard because some of my band members were having difficulties in getting the papers just because of their passports.
“But obviously, it’s kind of easier for me because of the blue passport.”
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