Tiwa Savage, Davido and Mr Eazi cover Billboard magazine

Three Nigerian singers were cover of billboard, an American entertainment publication. Billboard, well known for its music charts and tracing the most popular songs and album. It has recognized the works of Tiwa Savage, Davido and Eazi in the music industry.

Tiwa, 40, extolled as the 'Queen of Afrobeat', she will soon released her fourth studio album 'Celia'. She is a Songwriter for the likes of Monica and Fantasia, backing vocalist for Whitney Houston and Mary Blige

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Davido has fuses Africa and contemporary black music together in his recent album 'A Good Time' featured Chris Brown, Gunna and Popcan.

Mr Eazi, preparing on upcoming EP as well as collaboration with Major Lazer and Nicki Minaj. He is a pioneer of 'Banku music'

In a video conference with Billboard, the singers talked about opportunities in Africa music and the stereotypes they still face.

Davido said, "That’s the most important thing: The music is amazing. The feeling you get from Afrobeats and African music is just different. When I was in school in America and would play African music, people would say, “Yo, what’s that? That shit’s hard.” They didn’t understand what the artists were saying, but the feeling they got [from the music] was just crazy. People have always loved African music, but we didn’t have the avenues to go worldwide. Back then, you actually had to have an African friend or come to Africa to experience it."

"Some people are still not fully educated about how life is here. I did an interview in Los Angeles a couple of months back and the dude was just so ignorant, basically asking if Afrobeats is a phase. The only way to understand is to come and see for yourself. When most people come down here, they’re both surprised and disappointed because for their whole lives they’ve had a different idea of what it’s like. Like everywhere else, there are good parts and bad parts in Africa. There are places even in America that look worse."

Tiwa said, "It was a lot worse before, when people literally thought we lived in trees. That was a big misconception. But it’s changing as people see pictures via social media when people visit places like Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Nothing beats that experience when somebody actually lands in Africa. And it depends where in Africa, because it’s a continent and not a country."

"A lot of people in Africa still have the idea that a woman has to be submissive, stay at home and be the wife and mother. Don’t get me wrong. Those are great morals to keep. But I think the modern African woman, the modern black woman is being limited. We can do both. You can have a successful full-time job, you can be strong and vulnerable at the same time. That’s the message I’m trying to put across. So when you see my videos or see me on the red carpet, don’t think I’m not at home cooking for my son or helping him with homework when I’m not doing shows."

" The amount of respect has grown. I remember my first deal in 2016 was 400,000 pounds [$522,068, adjusted for inflation] for three albums. It’s becoming more evident that the numbers are rising. I was about to sign a huge label imprint deal in 2018 for about $6 million but didn’t. Now I’m having a different conversation with the same people," Eazi wrote.

"Once the Internet becomes cheap in Africa, then you’ll see. That’s when we’ll be able to get our fair share in terms of recognition and revenue. Africa has a population of over 1.2 billion. When you see a Davido song with 100 million views, just know that the real view count is like 900 million because there are a lot of people who don’t have the money to pay for the internet, so they’re watching via untrackable means."