May 21, (THEWILL) – Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has revealed why his billionaire father became overprotective of him after his mother’s death.
He made this known in an interview with Real 92.3 FM. According to him, he feels his dad made a promise to his late mother to take care of him.
He added that his father’s over-protectiveness was out of fear.
He said, “I come from a family where there is oh ‘go to school and after, you go work for dad’. I am from a Christian, business family. My dad didn’t know I was doing music till like two years after I started recording. He saw it and he was like ‘How sad’?”
“I look up to him. He is like everything to me. I didn’t want to always disappoint him. All my older brothers and sisters have graduated with a Master’s degree. I was expected to do the same.
“I think it was out of fear. He loved me so much. My mum passed on when I was really young and till today I always feel like he made a promise to mum like ‘take care of my baby’. That type. He is always overprotective.
“He is a man that has lived his life in a certain way for so long. I am the first-generation entertainer in my family. So, for somebody of that calibre. He’s a billionaire. He is thinking ‘Why are you wasting your time? Just go to school and come work’.”
