Today we present to you a bio profiling of Africa’s biggest artist (Arguably) Davido.
And we are not showing you common things you’ve read about him on
Wikipedia or Google, but background stories you don’t know, Facts and
other things you don’t know that you would like to know.
Davido Biography
The Background Story You Don’t Know Davido was
16 Years Old when he had arrived in Huntsville, a year earlier.
His father,
Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, a well-known businessman and Seventh-day Adventist in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of over
$300 million,
dropped him off with his passport, $2,000 cash, and freshman
registration documents for Oakwood University, a historically black
Christian college.
(People often attach the honorific ‘Chief’ to Dr. Adeleke’s name,
referring to his wealth and power, largely earned through his founding
of Pacific Holdings, a company that deals in steel, oil, gas, and more.)
Davido had already spent time in the U.S.—he was born in
Atlanta,
and sometimes visited in the summer—but much about life in the States
was new to him. “That was the first time I had a phone in America.
There was unlimited calling. I never saw nothing like that before,”
he remembers. “In Nigeria, you gotta pay before you get what you want.”
The school roomed him with another international student, a Rwandan track athlete—“I was like, ‘Okay, wow.
They just put all the African people together?’”—but he gravitated
toward an upstairs neighbor named Jaymo, an American kid whose speakers
constantly rattled Davido’s ceiling. “One day, I went to go check what
the noise was.
I went upstairs, opened the door, and the guy had a full studio in
his room,” he says. “I told him that I was trying to do music, too.
He asked me, ‘How much do you have to invest in equipment?’ And I
said, ‘$2,000.’ He was like, ‘That’s too much.’” They went to Guitar
Center with $500.
From then on, Davido spent most of his time making beats and
recording vocal references to send to a cousin in Lagos, a fellow
musician with a trove of industry contacts.
His grades slipped, and after three semesters, he dropped out and left town without telling his father.
First he went to Atlanta, where he used his older brother’s ID to get
into clubs, and funneled the money Chief Adeleke sent for school and
living expenses toward drinks and motels.
Later, he threw out his SIM card and hopped on a plane London, where
he went MIA for several months as he shifted his focus from production
to vocals.
“There was no Snapchat, no Instagram. There was barely Twitter,” he says. “I just went off the radar.”
Chief Adeleke, meanwhile, had been on the hunt for his son. When Davido finally returned to
Lagos in
2011, with new tattoos and piercings, his father had him apprehended by police officers at the airport.
Having failed to bring home the business management degree he’d been
sent to America to complete, Davido reached a compromise with his
father: he, still a teenager, would attend a private university two
hours north of the city.
His music dreams would be sidelined until he had honored his family
by graduating. Davido returned to school, but often snuck out of his
dorm room to hobnob at industry parties and blew off exams to record.
Work on Davido’s debut studio album,
Omo Baba Olowo, began in 2011. On May 7, 2011, Davido produced and released his first musical recording “
Back When”.
The song served as the album’s lead single and received frequent airplay.
The music video for the single, uploaded onto YouTube on May 9, 2011,
was shot and directed in Nigeria by Clarence Peters. Davido told
Factory 78 TV that he recorded “Back When” in London.
Interesting Facts You Probably Don’t Know About Davido
⇒ His personal earnings from music is not yet up to
80 million dollars, so he most likely do not have 30 billion Naira in his account.
But maybe his father gave him some money, who knows?
⇒ Davido currently has the highest numbers of cars in his garage more than any Nigerian celebrity.
⇒ In the last 24 months Davido have been Africa’s highest paid
musician as he has sold out many singles and shows also gotten many
endorsement deals from huge brands.
⇒ Following Media Publications, Davido is the most charitable
celebrity in Nigeria, as he’s helped many. And he keeps doing more.
⇒ Davido has anger issues.
⇒ Davido‘s
IF song, is the first Nigerian song to top many charts in South Africa. The song went platinum in SA.
⇒ Davido have never charged for a collabo in his life.
⇒ Davido 30 billion concert in Lagos is the biggest concert ever in Eko hotel.
⇒ Davido buys expensive gifts for all his label artists and
executives all the time out of their contract deal. As an artist, Davido
is highly respected. But not a lot of people know he is also a record
producer.
⇒ He has produced songs for
Naeto C,
Skales,
Tiwa Savage and
Sauce Kid. He is always heavily involved with the production of his hit songs.
⇒ He initially used to backup for Sina Rambo who was a rising rapper
in the US then. Together with B-Red, 3 of them were in a group called KB
international.
⇒ His debut single, ‘
Back When’ which features Naeto C was released in 2011 and set him on the path to greatness. He reportedly paid Naeto C
N1million to feature on that song.
⇒ Before fame, Davido once begged to take pictures with Mohits artists like
D-prince,
Dr sid,
Wande Coal now he is bigger than all them.
⇒ Davido is a dropout like many successful people in the world.
Because of his love for music, his grades suffered, so he dropped out
and relocated to London where he honed his music skills.
Davido Cars
The fans of the famous musician are very curious about Davido car
garage. Below we will show you all the details about this luxurious cars
collection
.
Recently it has become known that Davido bought a new model of Bentley Bentayga, the price is around
N94 million.
We know that 2017 was quite successful for the singer, that is why he decided to congratulate himself with such a gift.
Other Davido’s Cars list:-
Honda Accord: It is maybe the most modest one of the garage in comparison with the rest of the cars.
Chevrolet Camaro GS: The price of this car is around $53,853. Davido changed the color of this car for three times since 2012.
A
Toyota Land Cruiser worth N17,500,000,
Range Rover Sport: This car costs N40,000,000.
Porsche Carrera: for N40,000,000, this is one of Davido’s dreams that came true.
Mercedes Benz Sedan AMG: The cost of this luxury car is N56,000,000. The singer bought this one during his tour in the USA.
Rolls Royce Phantom: Some of these type of cars right now costs N100,000,000.
Audi R8 Coupe supercar: This is a new car that costs N20,000,000.
There are other cars they Davido got long ago that we’ve not featured on the list.
Davido Net worth
When it comes to celebrities Net worths in Nigeria, no media house
can really tell a celebrity’s net worth as our public figures don’t open
up on matters like that.
But Naijaloded as a respectable media brand and with our knowledge
and connections in the entertainment industry we can tell you as of 2018
Davido’s industry net worth is estimated to be
$18 million.
Most of his wealth comes from music sales, shows, and endorsements by multi-national brands including Pepsi, MTN, etc
