Nigerian musician, songwriter and performer Davido, whose real name is David Adedeji Adeleke, has revealed in an interview on the +44 Amazon Music podcast how his father, Chief Adedeji Adeleke, bribed him to complete his university education. Despite having started his music career, Davido almost quit school, but his father convinced him to finish his degree by making a deal with him.
According to Davido, his father promised to build him a world-class studio and provide funds for music videos on weekends if he attended lectures from Mondays to Fridays and graduated with a second-class degree. Davido admitted that he took the deal and went back to school, although he revealed that it wasn't easy juggling his music career with his academic responsibilities.
In the interview, he said: “He [my dad] said if I go to school, he has a piece of land not far; he will build me a studio. But I should go to school from Mondays to Fridays and on weekends, work in the studio. It was a world-class studio. He will give me money to shoot some videos.”
