Davido, the acclaimed music artist known as David Adeleke, has shared a personal experience about his father, Adedeji Adeleke, exerting his influence to impede his progress in the music industry.

During an interview with American TV host Kelly Clarkson, Davido disclosed that his father had insisted on him obtaining a university degree before fully pursuing a career in music.

According to Davido, they reached an agreement where he would attend school for two weeks every month and dedicate the other two weeks to his music aspirations.

As his music career gained momentum, his fame also increased, becoming a distraction to his studies. Consequently, he had no choice but to resort to part-time classes.

Davido revealed that his father was dissatisfied with the way his music career was overshadowing his academics, leading him to take measures to cancel his performances.

However, Davido eventually completed his education and now his father is his biggest supporter.

“I come from a big family that is really big on education. I’m first generation entertainer, in my whole life of bloodline.

He was really adamant about me finishing school. One, because I didn’t make it. Two, because you know what I’m saying? He didn’t mind me doing music, but he was really bent on me, you know finishing school.

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.

So you know, we kind of made a deal, where I go to school for like two weeks out of the month and the other two weeks, I can be in the studio and do what I want.

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.

I’m talking about he see a billboard of me doing a show, the show gets canceled before I get there. He has that type of power.

So it got to a point where everyone was scared to book me.

But eventually, I did finish school and now he is my biggest fan”.

"The president of the country, my song was his ring tone " – Davido

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— Tc (@eric_tc24) October 28, 2023