Eddie smith - real life experience inspire my music

Fast-rising singer, Edward Rasheed Smith popularly known as Eddie Smith aka WDT, has shared the inspiration behind his songs and pen game.

The indigene of Lagos made this known in a recent chat with The Nation, he said “My songs are always written from life experiences, which are mostly mine or what is yet to come or happen while being imaginative”, said Smith.

The talented act has released several records including ‘Love&Loyalty’ 2019, ‘Lagos’ February 2020, ‘Freaky pappy’ April 2020, ‘Don’t leave Me’ July 2020, ‘TùLE’ February 2021 and ‘Plenty” February 2022; he describes his genre as ‘Afro Pop’ with its own sub-genre sound called ‘Talkative sound’.Disclosing his mentor’s in the music industry he listed Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid locally; and Internationally he mentioned Kanye West, Jayz and Kendrick Lamar.

Meanwhile, under WDT records, Eddie Smith released an Extended Play(EP) in 2021 titled ‘’Talkative sound’ with Skales being the only artist featured on track 7 of the project.Speaking on when he hopes to drop his forthcoming EP, Eddie Smith who recently created a cover on Burna Boy’s latest single ‘Last Last’ made no comments but rather told his fans to anticipate the body of work.

Eddie Smith, born and raised in Surulere, Lagos; was a former University of Lagos student, he was studying Marine Biology but later dropped out of school due to personal reasons and went ahead to further his music career which also lead him to become a sound engineer and finding his sound in the ever-competitive music industry.