Introducing DAVINCI and Yugo, both fresh new Nigerian talent. They met in Ghana, and released a concept song titled 'Tell me Your Name' which was produced by Peewee.
DAVINCI, a rapper born in Lagos has Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West as his music influences.
Source-Q met up with him last week:
Source-Q: 'When did you develop an interest in music?'
DAVINCI: 'um...primary six, about 2002. Then I wrote a song titled 'bullshit' in 2003 that was a hit among my classmates and everyone kept singing this line from the song. It was pretty cool. And that was when I thought this was actually something I liked, a lot'
Source-Q: 'If you had to describe your music in three words, what would you use?'
DAVINCI: My music is smooth, fresh, and distinctive'
Source-Q: 'What are your songs about?'
DAVINCI: 'hmm....my songs are basically about booze, sex, weed...*laughs* nahhh...actually, I write stuff that people don't easily talk about. Serious stuff sometimes.'
Source-Q: 'Where do you see yourself as an artiste in the next five years?'
DAVINCI: I'll be done with school. I'm looking at music production, business. By God's grace I'll be known globally.
Source-Q: 'What has been your most embarrassing moment so far?'
DAVINCI: hahahaha....wait wait wait, let me call my friend to tell you....this is gonna be good.
Source-Q: 'laughs* are you really gonna do that?
DAVINCI: nahh....I'm not actually going to tell you *laughs*
Source-Q: 'As an artist, how would you define success?'
DAVINCI: my own definition of success is when you can actually hold your head high and say confidently that you've passed a message across and influenced people with your music.
Source-Q: 'Can you tell us about your single 'Tell me your name', the inspiration, and why you decided to do it with Yugo'
DAVINCI: ok...I'm a shy guy. And you know how when you're in a new place and you see this pretty girl and you just wonder what her name is. So 'tell me your name' captures all those things. The whole experience of meeting someone new, and sometimes the first step to knowing that person is after they tell you their name.
So I met up with Yugo, he shared my concept for the song and I liked his style of music, so we decided to do the song together and it turned out good.
Source-Q: 'Tell us something no one knows about you'
DAVINCI: hmmmmmmm....I play the guitar....not very well though...*laughs*
Source-Q: 'if there was one popular song you could perform with the artiste. What song would that be and which artiste would that be?'
DAVINCI: Ahhhhh....definitely 'Hate it or love it' by The Game.
Source-Q: 'What's the best advice you've ever gotten?'
DAVINCI: Your life does not belong to anyone else. It's about you. So dont try to please other people. Be yourself.
Source-Q: thank you very much for your time DAVINCI. We enjoyed talking with you.
Interview by: Debbie Braide for SOURCE-Q
To download and listen to 'tell me your name,
Click HERE
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-SOURCE-Q
