Afrobeats artist Davido explained why his father, Chief Adedeji Adeleke, intervened in his initial professional recording contract.
The singer shared that he had signed with Black Diamond in 2011, but his dad purchased him out of the deal after hearing a preview of his hit song ‘Dami Duro’.
Davido mentioned that his father wanted him to have ownership of the music masters, which is why he stepped in. This revelation came after his former record label boss, Tosin Ashafa, recounted giving Davido his first professional deal and the reaction of his wealthy father.
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!!”
An X user @Choiji_ES then claimed that the incident happened in 2019, but Davido retorted, “No I signed the contract in 2011 … was a good contract not bad ! But daddy wanted me to have 100 percent of whatever I was doing ! Especially after I played him first cut of Dami duro video in his office ! He knew it was game time!!!”
