Popular American-born Nigerian recording artist, performer and record producer David Adedeji Adeleke better known by his stage name Davido, was born on November 21, 1992. Find out more on Davido biography below;
The young star was the co-owner of HKN Music, a record label that has produced songs for Naeto C, Skales, Tiwa Savage, and Sauce Kid, before he went to on to form his own DMW an acronym for Davido Music Worlwide; a record label Davido owns to his name housing Mayorkun, Perruzi, Dremo, B-red and many others.
Let’s find out more about Davido biography, his path to success, wildest stories, and his future plans or dreams.
Davido Biography Profile summary
Real Name: David Adeleke
Date of birth: November 21, 1992
Birthplace: Atlanta, GA
Age: 29 years old (as of 2021)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Nationality: Nigerian
Famous as: Singer-Songwriter
Height: 5’6″ (168 cm)
Father: Adedeji Adeleke
Mother: Late Veronica Adeleke
Siblings: Adewale Adeleke, Sharon Adeleke.
How old is Davido?
As of 2021, Davido age is 29 years old, as he was born on November 21st, 1992.
Early Life Of Davido – (Davido Biography)
David Adedeji Adeleke was born on November 21, 1992. Today, he is known as an American-born Nigerian recording artist, record producer, and performer. His music is not only popular in the USA, but in his motherland Nigeria as well.
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He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Nigerian business executive Adedeji Adeleke and college professor Vero Adeleke.
Davido father, Adedeji Adeleke, came to the USA from Nigeria and became a business magnate.
His mother was a lecturer in the local university. There is not a lot of information about the musician’s childhood or how his parents brought him up.
However, we know that prior to starting his career, the artist went to the university. He chose a major connected with business and studied Business Administration at Oakwood University.
Exactly at that time, an interest in music industry overwhelmed Davido. He shared a room in a dormitory with another international student, a Rwandan track athlete.
He remembers how surprised he was to see an African in his room. The singer also got very close with the guy who lived upstairs. Jaymo, the upstairs neighbor, was American and was very noisy.
The musician remembers that one day, he went to go check what the noise upstairs was. After he opened the door, he saw a full studio in the guy’s room. Then, Davido told him that he was trying to do some music too.
After giving it some thought, the neighbor asked Davido right away if he wanted to invest in equipment. He suggested that Davido invested $2,000. At that time, it was too much to begin with, so he contributed $500 instead.
Davido’s Music Career
Davido achieved one significant thing in Oakwood – his interest in music. After dropping out of Oakwood, he relocated to London where he developed his vocals some more. He started off by acquiring some musical instruments and making beats as well as recording vocal references. Upon his return to Nigeria, he agreed to his father’s persuasion and enrolled in Babcock University where he bagged a degree in music.
Davido released his debut album “Omo Baba Olowo” in 2012, which includes the singles Back When featuring Naeto C, Dami Duro, All of You, Overseas featuring Sina Rambo, “Ekuro,” “Gbon Gbon” and “Feel Alright” which featured Ice Prince. Asa Asika was then his first manager
To promote the album, Davido released the music videos for “Ekuro, “Gbon Gbo”, and “Feel Alright”. His rise to stardom, however, came after the release of his second single ‘Dami Duro’ which was a massive hit and gave him the right fan base he needed to rise and making him one of the most loved Nigerian Afro-pop singer.
Davido has also released singles “Gobe”, “One of a Kind”, “Skelewu”, “Aye”, “Tchelete (Goodlife)”, “Naughty” and “Owo Ni Koko” among others.
Early in 2013, he began recording his second studio album, and on February 25, 2013, he released “Gobe” produced by Shizzi as the upcoming album’s lead single. “Gobe” was quickly followed by the second and third singles – “One of a Kind” and “Skelewu” respectively.
The fourth single from the album “Aye” produced by T Spice was released on February 2, 2014, while the video was released few days after as directed by Clarence Peters.
Later on by April 30, 2014, Davido’s HKN Music released the upcoming album’s fifth single “Tchelete (Goodlife)” featuring South African duo Mafikizolo.
Davido revealed his plans of collaborating with American rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill and in June 2015, he dropped the long-awaited collaboration with Meek Mill titled “Fans Mi”. In an announcement he made on Twitter in 2016 which was met with mixed reactions, Davido revealed that he signed a record deal with Sony BMG.
Davido and Wizkid
The singer is always saying that he has a sense of competition when it comes to music. There was a long-running feud between Davido and Wizkid who were former friends and collaborators.
They suddenly turned into rivals, who spent a few years teasing each other in songs and on social media platforms. However, Davido denied all these reports:
“Me and Wizkid, we’re the best. If one telecoms comes to me, the other one will go meet him. If Coke comes to me, Pepsi goes to him. Whether or not it’s true, they make it feel like it can only be one of us. I think there’s enough for all of us to eat, but then sometimes it can feel like only one person will win.”
Awards And Nominations
Within a short time of his music career, Davido has received a total of 29 awards from 74 nominations. His awards include BET Award, a Kora Award, a Channel O Music Video Award a Ghana Music Award, a Nigeria Music Video Award, 2 MTV Africa Music Awards, 2 African Muzik Magazine Awards, 5 The headies Awards, 7 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and 2 Dynamix All Youth Awards.
Endorsements
Davido reportedly signed a 30million naira endorsement deal with MTN on April 6, 2012. Thus, he was unveiled as the face of MTN Pulse, a marketing campaign for one of the telecom network tariff plans targetted at Nigerian youths.
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On October 24, 2013, it was reported that Guinness Nigeria signed Davido to an endorsement deal, after which he performed at the Guinness World of More Concert alongside other popular artists.
His love life: Davido’s Baby mamas and children
Before he became a father, he was dating a model named Sira Kante. They started dating in late 2014.
However, the beautiful couple broke up in 2015, just before the birth of the singer’s first baby-girl Imade Aurora Oluwadamilola Adeleke, whose mum is Sophia Momodu. Sophia and the singer broke up soon after the birth of their baby girl.
After their split, the two ex-lovers started fighting over the care of the child. According to some rumors, an argument started between the ex-couples when the singer was trying to take the child away from her Sophia Momodu.
He also planned on escaping with the baby to the USA. Davido and his sister were stopped at the airport and the police took away their passports.
The staff of the Nigerian immigration service and airport staff contacted the mother of the child, but the singer insisted on taking the child away. He confirmed that Sophia was truly the mother of his child, but he took advantage of him when he was younger.
He said that he met Sophia when he was almost 21 years old. She was older than him and was able to manipulate him, using his youth, naivety, and generosity.
Sophia is the mother of the musician’s daughter, but Davido has said that there’s nothing more than that between them. She would never be his wife and was never qualified for that status. Her background is very dissimilar from his, she has very paltry education and equally diminished physical attributes. The musician even revealed that she manipulated him so that she could move into his house.
Soon after the incident with Sophia, the Nigerian singer and another baby mama named Amanda welcomed their new bundle of joy in May 2017. The star couple named the baby Hailey Veronica Adeleke. The singer posted photos of him and the baby, confirming that now he was the happy father of two daughters.
That relationship didn’t last long.
Reports have it that a lady named Ayotomide Labinjo was involved with the musician before he became popular. They have a child – Mitchell Anu Adeleke.
Today, the singer is engaged to Chioma Avril Rowland, who is also the mother to his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke.
Davido, who opened up in a rare interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on Bounce Radio live, said their highly-anticipated wedding will take place in 2021.
He said,
‘‘Honestly, Coronavirus messed plans up because it was meant to be in July. I have decided it will be some time next year. For now, I want her to work on her business while I work on my album and the kids. I want everything to balance first.”
In the interview, the artist also opened up about their love story and why his heart belongs to Chioma:
“I have known Chioma for about seven years. We have been dating for about five years. Lati introduced me to Chioma. We went to the same school, Babcock University. We started as friends but I got so used to her and she got so used to me as well. She is a great cook as well.”
Davido net worth
On April 6, 2012, Nigerian Entertainment Today wrote an article about the singer’s new deal with MTN. It was reported that he signed a ₦30 million endorsement deal with MTN. According to the contract, Davido would be the face of MTN Pulse, a marketing campaign for Nigerian youths.
Soon after that, on October 24, 2013, Pulse reported about the artist’s new big endorsement deal with Guinness Nigeria. In the framework of that contract, the singer performed at the Guinness World of More Concert. Other artists including P-Square, D’banj, Wizkid, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Chidinma, Waje, and Tiwa Savage were present at the concert as well.
In 2018 Davido signed an endorsement deal with smartphone maker Infinix.
As of 2020, Celebrity Net Worth reports that his net worth is $10 million.
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As we can see, Davido’s life is full of adventures and very crazy stories. He is living it up and is not afraid of being judged by others. As time passes, the singer only becomes more popular. We will see how everything will go for him in future, but for now, let’s keep on enjoying his songs and following the latest news about this Nigerian music star’s life.
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