Davido’s Father Refused To Support Son’s Musical Ambitions at First

[Davido With His Father/PM News Nigeria]
Written by Pharis Kinyua

For over a decades now, Davido has impressively remained to be an impressive Nigerian musical powerhouse. 
However, it wasn’t always easy for him despite the fact that he comes from an affluent family which several quarters feel that it helped him become successful. 


The ‘Fall’ hitmaker recently narrated how he used underhand methods to launch his music. 
One of the unimaginable things he did was taking his father’s assets without consent to finance his musical ambitions.

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Davido told the tale in an interview with ABtalks recently, outlining how his father, Adedeji Adeleke, first disapproved of his desire to pursue music and declined to offer financial assistance.
The DMW boss revealed that this occurred when he wanted to return to Nigeria from the US but his father, a Nigerian tycoon, objected.
Davido admitted that in order to get the money he needed, resorted to selling off household belongings like televisions and had even considered selling his father's cherished property, a Rolls Royce.

“I said that I told him I wanted to move back, but he disagreed. I ended up dropping out. He found out that I wasn't in school for like a year. I broke into his house in Atlanta, sold all the TVs, sold his furniture. I almost sold his Rolls Royce because I was like, 'Yeah, I want to do this music,' but he didn't want me to, so I was like, 'You know what? I'm just about that crazy,” he recalled during the interview. 


Davido was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States on November 21, 1992, but he later moved to Nigeria, where he began his musical career.
He traces his surge in pursuing music back at Oakwood University in Alabama, where he took his passion seriously. 
Davido returned to Nigeria in 2011 from the US and released his first song, ""Back When” which featured Nigerian rapper Naeto C. 

The song was well received and it introduced him to the industry.  He followed it up with ""Dami Duro,"" which is the record that he always says ‘people took him seriously for’. 
Davido did, however, experience his fair share of difficulties along the way. Critics' scepticism about his capacity to maintain his success and their belief that he was a product of his affluent upbringing was one significant barrier he fought for years to overcome. 

The ‘Unavailable’ hitmaker did more music to disprove his critics and he built a musical empire in the last decade.
Even with the fierce competition in Naija music industry, he still holds steady which he credits to an unwavering drive and high quality music.