Davido shares experience with racism, says he was mocked for being black at US university.

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Racism is an issue that is plaguing many dark-skinned folks living outside Africa and in other parts of the world. Time has shown that even the rich and famous are not exempted from these attacks and it has also led to numerous deaths, some of which gained attention in recent times.

Just recently, top Nigerian singer, Davido, shared some of his experience with racism as a teenager who grew up in America.

The Risky crooner said that he went to school in Alabama which was a predominantly white state. He added that being an African in a university that had only 13% black people was not easy.

Another Nigerian man succeeds, makes int'l list of successful people under age 30 in art and style (photos) Nigerian music star, Davido. Photo: @davidoofficial / IG. Source: Instagram In his words: “It's crazy, because I'm from both America and Africa, so I know how both sides think.

I went to school in Alabama. I went to college at 15. I was very young. And Alabama was a predominantly white state. So being an African kid in a university where it's 13% Black people, it's amazing.

It's not easy. I had to learn a lot of the things when I was like, "Yo, why you look at me like that?" And not even just being black, being African. They used to ask me questions like, "Yo, how'd you get to America?" I'm like, "What you mean? I came on a plane." "Oh, y'all got airports?" Now every American wants to go to Africa.

Everybody wants to know where they're from. So it's good to see the transition from not being appreciated, to being appreciated right now.” Speaking further, Davido said that he just had a son who is an American citizen and that he plans on speaking to him about the discrimination blacks’ face and also to defend himself.

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