Nigerian-American singer, Sunday Gabaghi Agbede, popularly known as Donblaqwifi has opened up on why he quit doing rap music to take on full singing.
The Lagos-born and bred youngman born on September 23, 1991 also shares some unforgettable experiences from social media.
On quitting rap for singing, he explained, “ The main reason for my switch is because I was just discovering myself when I was a rapper. My first song as a singer changed my musical view as it went viral. I found out that it was more accepted and appealing to my fans and others in the music industry. Second, I also find out that Nigeria and other musical industries don’t really support rap artists. Besides all that I discovered I’m very comfortable singing and I become more creative with it.”
Donblaqwifi is a dancehall and Afro-pop artist with some coloration of Afrobeats, Pop, electropop, reggae, Juju and Fuji music. He began his music journey professionally in 2015 and has since carved a niche for himself in the business.
Donblaqwifi noted that Davido, Wizkid and Olamide are his musical icons and mentors for different reasons but he was able to evolve his own style with Afrobeats at the root of it all.
“I started having interest in music right from when I was 10 years old and what really inspired my music was my upbringing and also the streets. I called it street credibility. Listening to 2face, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley and other great artists also inspired my dream in music.
So, what I was doing then was right after I finished listening to these musical greats. Back then I would buy music lyrics books and learn the lyrics of all my favorite artists. After listening to them, I used my daddy’s tap to record and listen to myself singing .
Also, the new generation of superstar singers like Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, Kizz Daniel, Centino Simon (Kakaya) etc have profoundly shaped my musical identity and DNA. All these great artists actually shaped my music vision and also made me believe that music is the only universal language that is accepted all over the world,” he narrated.
Donblaqwifi, who currently lives in the United States, has performed in different events in the United States of America.
He rose to fame after releasing “Go down “, the first single from his debut studio album titled “Confirm” in 2015 .
Between 2015 and 2018 he released a number of hit singles and also released a duo album titled “Distance” with Centino Simon.
In January 2019 he released a 10-track EP “Confirm” with singles like “Tule “, “Carry body Ft Kelly hansome”, “Jeje Ft. Djeverla$t “Kenemamu”, “Ayobami” , “Summer Ft. Kentto”, “One time Ft. VavoonJ” ETC.
In 2017 he won the Best New England Artist Award. He was also nominated for the Boston Mega Award in 2020.
Donblaqwifi was born on September 23, 1991 and is originally from Arogbo, Ondo State, Nigeria.
