Lyrics to Slangs: 5 times Davidos iconic sayings have influenced pop culture in Nigeria

There are greats who play the game well, and there are champions who play the game to change the game. In sports, figures like Micheal Jordan, Babe Ruth, and Lionel Messi personify the aforementioned assertion. In Afrobeats, when you think of a champion who really played to win, and affected pop culture, in the league of a few, the name Davido easily comes to mind.

For more than a decade, the African music powerhouse has made contributions that many would agree embodies the zeitgeist of the genre’s journey from the early 2010’s till date. O.B.O has tactfully used his music as a vehicle to transport interesting sounds and lyrics that have easily become street lingo, and here are a few:

SHEKPE!
In very recent times, artists have found more creative ways to announce their presence in music. Just like Rick Ross has the very husky baritone grunt, Davido’s “shekpe” has become one of afrobeats most popular signature sounds. The word which is believed to have Yoruba origins, is…