3 Surprising Things Davido Revealed In His New Forbes Interview, Davido Is On The Cover Of Forbes

Nigerian superstar Davido this week graced the cover of Forbes Magazine. Taking to social media, the mega successful singer posted the cover with the caption: “Emi n’ikan I be godfather oh! Thank you to the amazing @forbes team. Had fun doing this! Feature out now – check it out! 💥”

Here are 3 new things Davido revealed in this new Forbes feature.

  1. He Revealed That it Was Because of Artistes Like 50 Cent and Ja Rule That He Entered The Studio

FORBES: While attending high school in Lagos, Davido became obsessed with American hip-hop artists like 50 Cent and JaRule. A cousin owned a music studio, and after recording a song one afternoon, Davido was hooked. “I hid it from my family,” he says. “The normal thing was to go to school, graduate and then work for my dad.” At just 15, he enrolled in Oakwood University, a historically Black school in Huntsville, Alabama, before dropping out to focus on music. (He eventually earned a degree in music from Nigeria’s Babcock University in 2015).

  1. Aliko Dangote, His Godfather, Drove He and His Mom Home From the Hospital on the Day of his Birth

FORBES: And then there’s Davido’s godfather, the business mogul Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest person with estimated net worth of $13.5 billion. Davido says that Dangote drove him and his mother home from the hospital after his birth. “I learned so much from being around my dad, watching him in the office, hearing him on the phone, seeing how he handled life,” says Davido. “He’s very humble, principled and a strong Christian. Before I step on any stage, my team knows not to mess with my prayers.”

  1. He’s Planning to Start Making His Way More Seriously Into His Dad’s Business

FORBES: His latest album Timeless marks Davido’s return to music and public life. Over the next year, he plans to tour the globe, including stops in New York, Boston, Toronto, Chicago and LA. He also wants to expand from music production to filmmaking and launch a media company to back stories from Nigerian writers and directors. Now that he’s out of his 20s, Davido is feeling a tug to become more involved in the family business. “I want to get into my dad’s company and learn more about electric generation,” says Davido, who sits on Pacific Holdings’ board of directors, often Zooming into quarterly meetings while on tour.

“I’ve gotten to meet so many important people and Presidents from around the world—so I have some leverage to expand the business to new places where people are fans of my music.

Source: Jide Okonjo

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