Davido: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert

NPR Music s Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month by featuring four weeks of Tiny Desk (home) concerts and playlists by Black artists spanning different genres and generations each week. The lineup includes both emerging and established artists who will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time. This celebration highlights the beautiful cornucopia of Black music and our special way of presenting it. We hope you enjoy. Abby O Neill, February 24, 2021 Nigerian Afrobeats star Davido comes to us from his estate in Lagos with an intimate foursong performance that takes us on a miniretrospective of his career. He and his band create a sultry vibe with a unique rendition of Gobe, his smash 2013 single, to open the set. Davido has long expressed pride in his father s success. He titled his 2012 debut album Omo Baba Olowo, meaning son of a rich man in the Yoruba language. In his (home) concert, Davido cites his father as his inspiration in a sweet and tender moment: A Nigerian Americ