One common narrative about multiple award-winning Nigerian artiste, Davido, is the colossal career lift he brings to young Nigerians aspiring to greatness and doing extraordinary things with their talent.
Talented dancer, Dipeolu Damilola Dipson, fondly known as 1cloutdipson, benefitted from the goodwill of the music act when he featured in FEEL.The Ogun State-born indigene and only child of his parents had a dream, desire and passion to dance, as far back as he knew himself.
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1cloutdipson, a student in the Faculty of Art, University of Lagos (UNILAG), captured moments of his dance moves when he started by borrowing and renting phones from people who had devices with good cameras. He graduated to using his mum’s phone to capture practices and new moves. The support of his parents and the depth of his ambition drove him on for years, before becoming the spotlight.
“I started from nothing borrowing phones also paying people just to use their phones because they had good cameras just to shoot and create good dance content”, 1cloutdipson said in an interview.
Speaking further, Dipeolu Damilola Dipson said, “Trekking to locations just to create dance content and gather audience on my page and also trying to link up with other dancers and other top dance sensations just for my face to be out there…the strive to save up money just to look good by buying clothes and shoes just to spice up my videos and make it look good, sometimes we were sent out from malls while shooting dance content but this never stopped the drive to be a dance influencer”.
In 2021, 1cloutdipson started a dance group, City Boyz, with friends he met in school and on social media. They all share the same dream and mindset about influencing the next generation.
For him, the journey has been long and worthwhile. The young trendsetter created a unique dance moves which created the lovable optics for ‘FEEL’, in Davido’s new album, which is currently the most viewed video on YouTube since it was released days ago.
“The experience creating the dance for FEEL, a song by Davido, was really unbelievable and crazy because I was not expecting to work with Davido this year or even any time soon. So when Davido offered the project at first, honestly I was short of words I can’t even explain or express how I felt that moment but trust me, I was one of the happiest, if not the happiest person on earth”, Dipeolu Dipson said.
He added: “The support has really been massive because the moment he (Davido) followed me on Instagram, honestly I thought it was a mistake until I had to text him and he replied me with a video of mine that he likes the video and since then it has been support upon support”.
On how far he has come in his career as a dance influencer, he pointed out that “the attention has been overwhelming but it’s as a result of the hard work we’ve put in our craft”.
“We came into limelight when we started creating dance trends for so many songs and they started going viral on the internet immediately we started linking up as the City Boyz, formally Viral Boyz. The exposure which came after performing with davido made us believe hard work and dedication pays after all. It has opened more doors for me and my team in the aspect of music promotions,” concluded 1cloutdipson.
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