At the Forbes Under 30 summit in Botswana, Afrobeats superstar Davido spoke about how his billionaire father Adedeji Adeleke has influenced his musical career.
Davido acknowledged that he and his father often disagree about his spending habits.
The Unavailable singer claimed that his father’s advice on investing and saving seemed different from his own and that his father preferred to see him limit his consumption of material goods.
Davido admits that even though show business is different from other types of business, it is still a business.
His father, on the other hand, dislikes seeing him go on a materialistic rampage. Davido said:
“It’s still business. Sometimes we get into a lot of arguments. You know, showbiz is different from a normal person’s life that is just doing business.
“Like for example, I might be in Italy and maybe he just sees a caption ‘Oh Davido buys this $300,000 watch’ He will be like ‘Why are you wasting money like that’? I will be like, Dad you won’t understand. We are using it to inspire people. But all in all, it is still business.
“He still calls me to make sure that I save here, invest there. For example, I wanted to rent a penthouse. He advised me, ‘You are wasting money by spending on that (rent). Buy it and use it when you are around. Little advice here and there.
“It took a while for him to my (sic) music. But now he has fully accepted it.”
Reason for Davido and Cubana ChiefPriest’s Friendship Breakup Emerges
It is no longer news that Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his best friend Cubana chiefPriest have unfollowed each other on Instagram.
Gistlover earlier reported that Davido and Cubana ChiefPriest often refer to each other as besties and it is surprising to see that the latter didn’t promote the singer’s Lagos concert on his Instagram page, which is unlike him.
The Lagos Socialite also ‘shunned’ Davido’s concert as he took to his Instagram story on Sunday night, to share videos of himself at another party while the ‘Timeless’ concert was ongoing.
Davido also failed to celebrate Cubana Chief Priest on his birthday, earlier this month, on his social media pages or Instagram story.
According to Nigerian celebrity journalist, Stella Dimoko Korkus, Davido, and the celebrity barman are presently not on talking terms over alleged disrespect and a statement made regarding the late Ifeanyi Adeleke.
According to the sources, Cubana ChiefPriest made a very careless, and insensitive statement which made Chioma and Davido shed painful tears.
The source also said ChiefPriest’s statement was too insensitive for the public domain and does want the couple to cry any further.
Stella added that Cubana Chiefpriest made the statement in presence of Chioma and she also chided him for what he said.
She said: “Please note that I cannot repeat what was said because it is too sensitive and i don’t want them to cry more.”
