Davido: How Chris Brown and I became friends

Davido, the Afrobeats star, has opened up about how his friendship with American R&B icon Chris Brown began.

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In a recent interview on the BagFuel podcast, the ‘Assurance’ hitmaker revealed that their connection started in 2018 through a mutual friend.

Davido recounted a FaceTime call with the friend during which Brown was seen dancing to one of his songs, sparking a brief conversation between them.

“Meeting Chris Brown changed my life. I met him in 2018. He had a Nigerian friend, one of his best friends,” he said.

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“The friend called me one day on Facetime, and my song was playing in the background; I asked where he was, and he said he was at Chris Brown’s house.

“I was like, ‘What? Y’all playing my music?’ And he showed me Chris dancing to my song.

“He gave Chris Brown the phone; that was the first time we had a conversation.”

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Davido disclosed that a few months later, he traveled to the United States and the two finally met in person.

According to him, their friendship clicked instantly.

“A few months later, I went to America and linked up with Chris. From the first time we met, we just naturally became friends,” he said.

Since then, the duo has delivered multiple chart-topping collaborations including ‘Blow My Mind’, ‘Lower Body’, ‘Nobody Has To Know’, ‘Sensational’ and ‘Hmm’.

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