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Watch Pop star's acceptance speech and pre-show performance at the BET Awards 2018

Davido was crowned the Best International Act at the Bet Awards 2018, where he gave an emotional speech, paying condolences to D'banj following the loss of his son.

The event which for the first time since its inception witnessed the winner of the Best International Act receiving his award live on the BET stage provided a platform for Davido to pay his condolences to D'Banj hours earlier.

''Before I go on, I want to say condolences to my brother, the actual artist that paved the way for us to be on the stage, D'banj", he said.

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Davido, while receiving his award also called on the global audience to come visit Africa and experience the culture and food that the continent has to offer.

Davido also performed at the Made in Africa  party the night before and the official BET pre-awards show hours leading to the main show, where he brought out Boogie Wit Da Hoodie to perform the song, Way Too Fly and also rendered some of his hit singles like If and Fans Mi.

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This is the second time that Davido will be winning the award after first emerging winner at the 2014 edition

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