Meet Dapo Fagbenle, the Nigerian video director that works with Rita Ora, 2Chainz, Jordin Sparks and others

Dapo Fagbenle ‘Daps’. Photo: Lex Ash.

Nigerian-born, UK-raised, Oladapo Fagbenle simply known as ‘Daps‘ is a super talented music video director with an impressive repertoire of works. He’s also the brother of British actor, O. T. Fagbenle, and video producer, Luti Fagbenle.
Daps began his career in the media industry as a video producer in New York and London. Before this, he played collegiate basketball at Campbell University and Bellarmine University.
Professionally, his video production career kicked off in 2010 and he began directing music videos in 2012. Although Daps released his own music in 2013, he has since dropped music and focused on music videos.
In his career, he’s worked with American stars like Kendrick Lamar, Iggy Azalea, Rita Ora, T.I, 2 Chainz, Jordin Sparks, and others.
He’s also credited to have written the concept for Iggy Azalea’s ‘Fancy’ which has over 700M views on YouTube. He was executive producer for both of Pusha T‘s album cover photoshoots and recently directed the ‘Double Tap’ video for Jordin Sparks ft. 2 Chainz.
With a renewed passion to contribute to the growth of the Nigerian music industry, Daps says, ‘We have some of the best music on the continent, we have some of the best visuals on the continent. Countries like Jamaica have exported their culture to the point that now they’re a tourist hub. A part of that is the entertainment factor, and people are drawn to it. I know we can do that too. I was born here, I just want to push the culture further’.

Daps and TI