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DAVID
JONES
DAVID
Waging a War
Against Drug Abuse
Using ­Music and
Comedy
BY STEPHANIE NWANNUKWU
The creative industry has seen
the proliferation of ­
individuals
with several ­
talents ­
merging
and enjoying the best of both
worlds, the ­
­­
music & movie
industry. They’ve ­mastered
the art of infusing their ­talents/
skills into ­
dominating their
art
thus
­
dominating
the
industry. ­
­
Musicians such as
Tuface, Adekunle Gold, ­Justin
Timberlake,
­
Jamie
Foxx,
Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez etc
­
have changed the narrative
and have shown that excelling
in different creative industries
can be done.
Actor,
host/presenter
and
music composer & winner of
­
best actor in a drama, David
Jones seems to be a jack of all
trades, strongly determined to
make a change and impact in
the music/movie industry while
addressing and combating one
of the evils of the industry. The
ills of social media have been
tempered seeing how it helped
boost a not so popular David to
being a name on the streets. His
anti-drug campaign song was
such an inspiration that A-list
music producer Don Jazzy
and his fellow Maviners had to
remake their own version.
Jovial and quite energetic D
­ avid
Jones is an ultimate delight
to converse with. He was a
delight to look at dressed in a
T-shirt, jean and in the coolest
sneakers. He is an avid lover of
excellent materials, good music,
interesting scripts thus making
him a well-rounded person.
Vibe.ng caught up with David
Jones to discuss his ­inspiration,
motive and drive for the
anti-drug campaign and also to
tell us what he has planned in
store.
SO TELL US ABOUT
YOURSELF
My name is David Jones D
­ avid.
I’m from Akwaibom, I’m a
Nigerian. I’m a singer, an ­actor,
a music producer and that’s
just a few things about me. I’m
predominantly sanguine, that
means I joke a lot, I’m sociable,
that means I make friends a lot,
that’s that for now.
HOW DID COMEDY AND
ACTING START FOR YOU?
Basically, I’ll call myself more of
a singer than an actor, because
I started with singing, but you
know how it is you know, you
enter Lagos, you try to push one
or two songs, nothing ­happens.
I don’t think there’s any singing
without acting so I decided to