By Seyi Babalola
Afrobeats singer, Davido, has revealed why his billionaire dad, Chief Adedeji Adeleke, interfered in his first professional recording deal.
The ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ singer said that he had signed a recording contract with Black Diamond in 2011, but his father bought him out after showing him a teaser of his hit song ‘Dami Duro’ video.
According to him, his father bought him out of the transaction so that he could acquire the masters of music.
He disclosed this after his former record label boss, Tosin Ashafa, shared how he gave Davido his first professional deal and how his billionaire dad reacted to it.
While joining a trend on X asking people to tweet their “most random music fact, Ashafa wrote, “I signed @davido to his 1st Offical contract under black diamond promotions with Cecil Hammond/another silent partner, we hired @GodwinTom to manage him .Dr Adeleke realized David was really serious with pushing his music without him, reached out to us and bought us out.”
Reposting the tweet, Davido wrote, “So much respect to you guys for allowing me walk!! Just know u were part of something that turned out to be phenomenal!!”
