{"id":13609,"date":"2016-01-22T03:03:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T03:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=13609"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:07:33","slug":"davido-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/davido-deal","title":{"rendered":"Davido\u00a0Takes The Game To The Next Level And Lands One Of The Biggest Deals Of His Music Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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This could be the reason why he pushed back the highly anticipated album release of <em>OBO The Baddest<\/em> so many times in 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>A big shot<\/h2>\n<p>According to his social media pages, Davido\u00a0has signed a\u00a0seven-figure global publishing deal with Sony Music at their New York city headquarters. The signing occurred in the presence of his brother and manager\u00a0Kamal Ajiboye. While details of this deals have not been released yet, this new contract will allow Davido to promote his music and merchandise on a global platform.\u00a0Davido posted an emotional message on his Instagram account. The posts says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TO ALL THOSE THAT DOUBTED ME!! ITS A DONE DEAL! 1ST AFRICAN ARTIST TO SIGN A GLOBAL RECORD DEAL !! MY STORY IS JUST STARTING!! MY MOTHER IS SMILING IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW!! SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT !! 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