The Nation Newspaper Why my dad cancelled shows I was booked for - Singer Davido
, has opened up on how his wealthy father, Adedeji Adeleke once used his connections and power to hinder his progress in the music industry.According to him, his father was hell-bent on completing his first degree which had compelled the singer to make an agreement where he would attend school for two weeks in a month and pursue his music career for the other two weeks.
Davido said: “I come from a big family that is really big on education. I’m a first-generation entertainer, in my whole life of bloodline. “He owns a University, so again. So you can imagine and my mom was a college professor. I think they were also scared because whatever you want your kids to do, you want them to be successful in it. In our business, it’s not that easy to be successful.
“It got to a point where I was a distraction to the class when my music was getting bigger. After a while, I got to do part-time class-type stuff. I was getting too big and he got mad.
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