Secrets Travels: Benny Davis Jr Brings a Heartbreak Written Far From Home to the Afrobeats Circuit
An American Newcomer Mixes Hip-Hop, Pop and Afrobeats on His First Radio Single
Secrets began in Los Angeles, a long way from the family Benny Davis Jr grew up with in Boston, United States. The single came out on 30 September 2026, and it is his first radio single. It mixes hip-hop, rap, pop and Afrobeats around a relationship that had already ended.
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Benny Davis Jr Wrote Secrets in Los Angeles, Far From Home, After a Relationship Ran Out
The place matters to this song. Davis wrote it while he was in Los Angeles, away from his family and going through a hard stretch of life. A relationship was falling apart, and he knew it was over. But he refused to fall apart with it, so he wrote a song instead.
That decision shapes everything about Secrets. It turns betrayal, hidden truths and relationship drama into a rhythm-driven jam about taking your power back. The song moves on whether or not closure ever arrives. It was also cut in a single session, which keeps the feeling close to the moment it came from.
Davis wrote it with Ivy Anderson and sings the lead, with Carter Rose on background vocals. Artem produced the track.
The Afrobeats Circuit Benny Davis Jr Joins With Secrets Runs Through the American Charts
The music Davis reaches for has travelled a long way to meet him. Afrobeats came to American radio in a run of crossovers, and each one widened the circuit a little further.
Wizkid was part of the first big one. His feature on Drake’s One Dance helped it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2016, where it spent ten weeks. Later, Wizkid’s Essence with Tems became the first Nigerian song to chart on the Hot 100. Then a remix with Justin Bieber took it into the top ten. Secrets comes at the same meeting point from the other side, from American hip-hop reaching toward Afrobeats rhythms.
Burna Boy carried the sound to the Grammys. His album Twice as Tall took the Grammy for the year’s best global album at the 63rd Grammy Awards. Burna Boy also became the first African artist with two albums past a billion streams on Spotify. That kind of reach is what makes an Afrobeats groove feel at home on an American debut like this one.
Rema pushed it further still. His Calm Down remix with Selena Gomez reached number three on the Hot 100. Rema’s song also spent a record 58 weeks at the top of Billboard’s US Afrobeats Songs chart. Secrets has clearly taken in the lesson of a catchy hook over a moving rhythm.
What the Circuit Put Into Secrets, a Single Cut in One Session
So what did the circuit put into the record? The answer is movement. Davis sets a hard story to catchy melodies and a playful edge. So the song asks the hard questions without asking the listener to sit still. It is made for hip-hop, rap, pop and Afrobeats listeners who like their new music independent and their heartbreak danceable.
The scene gave him permission, too. A newcomer from American hip-hop can now borrow Afrobeats rhythms without explaining himself, because the charts already did the explaining. Davis takes that freedom and points it at something personal.
His stated aim is simple: music that makes you feel something while giving you a reason to move. Secrets is the first test of that idea on radio, and a new record is already announced for 28 November 2026.
Where to Hear Secrets and the Record Benny Davis Jr Has Coming Next
Which brings it back to Los Angeles, and to the person who wrote this far from home. He knew the relationship was over and chose to write rather than fall apart. Secrets is the sound of that choice, and it travels.
AfroMusic.News’s curator team: “First singles often sound like auditions. Secrets sounds like a decision, a heartbreak turned into something you can move to, and that is exactly the instinct a debut needs.”
Stream Secrets on Spotify, Apple Music or Bandcamp, and watch the official video. Then follow Benny Davis Jr on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. His link page keeps every link in one place.
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