During a recent interview with Omega, Davido was asked to select the next five prominent Nigerian artistes; his response, however, sparked controversy.

In his response, he left out Fireboy DML, Tems, and Omah Lay, which sparked outrage on social media.

He named Rema, Buju, Ayra Starr, Victony, and Asake as the next major five performers he believes will control the music industry. He admitted that this was his personal opinion, but he believes that the future of Afrobeats is bright.

“I would say like the next big five. I would say Rema; he got the ‘Calm Down’ record, Buju (BNXN), Ayra Starr…I would say Victony. No, no, me I no want jones o. Okay, let’s do it like this. It’s Rema, Buju, Asake; between him and Rema, I would say they are at the top…Ayra Starr and Ruger. The future of afrobeats, I would say it’s crazy,” he said.

However, fans expressed their discontent on social media, criticizing Davido for snubbing Fireboy, Tems, and Omah Lay in his selection.

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Reacting to the post:

gidi_skillzie wrote: “Many of you might argue he didn’t mention FireBoy, asides the fact that he can’t remember everyone at that moment, FireBoy already got the PERU smash hit and performed at the BET stage as at the time of this interview so he isn’t that new to the USA.”

omot09319355 wrote: “Can’t he do interviews without ever having to mention people’s name”

Lost_DWTBF wrote: “Why can’t this man stop calling names and be diplomatic for once???”

Victor81224 wrote: “Una dey shout tems, tems is overrated ayra starr better pass her I dey always talk am.”

lifeofOliver wrote: “No omah lay, no fireboy , Asake,Ruger won’t be there another 5 years from now ,.the competition would squeeze them out.”

TheSilvapr noted: “Y’all asking Fireboy, Omah Lay, Seyi vibez, etc, he literally can’t mention everybody, plus at that moment, he’s definitely going to forget everybody tbh. But it is what it is.”

MaqOlaoluwa1 tweeted: “Fireboy is a vulcanizer Abi? Too much talk.”

(Gistlover)