Davido was born on November 21, 1992 to Chief Deji and Vero Adeleke in Atlanta, Georgia. His father is a Nigerian business magnate while his late mother was a university lecturer. He attended the British International School in Lagos. Davido studied Business Administration at Oakwood University prior to relocating to Nigeria. He graduated from Babcock University in Ogun State, earning a degree in music.
As we await his sophomore album with baited
breathe, he released two hit track and its video, Dodo and The Money featuring
Baddo Sneh and YBNL Boss, Olamide, both track produced by Kiddominant. The HKN Gang
recording artiste who was involved in a robbery attack and robbed of $60thousand
and two rolex wrist watches in South Africa last week vowed to
move closer to God and he will never travel outside the country without his
full crew again.
ACCOLADES
Davido since the beginning of his career has had 51 nominations and won 29 awards which includes, AFRIMA awards in 2014 as Best Male Artiste in West Africa, Song of the Year(Aiye) and Artiste of the year; Kora Awards in 2012 as the Best newcomer; BET awards in 2014 as Best international Act in Africa; Ben TV Awards in 2014 as Music Video of the year(Aiye); Dynamix All Youth Awards in 2011 as the Promising Youth Artiste and Song of the Year(Back When); African Muzik Magazine Awards in 2014 as the Best Male West Africa and Artiste of the Year; MTV Africa Music Awards in 2014 as Best Male; Channel O Music Video Awards as Most Gifted newcomer Video of the year; Nigeria Music Video Award(NMVA) in 2012 as Best Video by a new artiste(Damiduro) and in 2014 as Best Afro Pop Video(Aiye); Ghana Music Awards in 2014 as African Artiste of the Year; CityPeople Entertainment Awards in 2014 as Musician of the Year; Headies in 2012 as Next Rated, In 2013 as Best RnB/Pop Album and Hip hop World Revelation, and in 2014 as Song of the Year(Aiye) and Artiste of the Year.
Nigeria Entertainment Awards in 2012 as Best Collabo of the Year(Carolina), Hottest Single of the year(DamiDuro), Best New Act of the year. In 2013, he won the Best Pop/R&B Artiste of the Year, In 2014 as Hottest Single of the year(Aiye), Male Artiste of the Year and Best Collaboration(Gallardo)
ALLEGATIONS
In May 2014, Davido slandered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) after missing his flight to London. He accused them of pestering him for money. On May 11, 2014, the Public Relations Officer for the NIS debunked Davido's allegations and said that they didn't issue him an exit permit because he didn't have the proper travelling documents with him at the time.
In May 2014, Davido slandered the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) after missing his flight to London. He accused them of pestering him for money. On May 11, 2014, the Public Relations Officer for the NIS debunked Davido's allegations and said that they didn't issue him an exit permit because he didn't have the proper travelling documents with him at the time.
ENDORSEMENT
On April 6, 2012, Nigerian Entertainment Today reported that Davido signed a N30 million endorsement deal with MTN. The deal unveiled him as the face of MTN Pulse, a marketing campaign for Nigerian youths. On October 24, 2013, Pulse reported that Guinness Nigeria signed Davido to an endorsement deal. As part of the deal, Davido performed at the Guinness World of More Concert alongside P-Square, D'banj, Wizkid, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Olamide, Phyno, Chidinma, Waje and Tiwa Savage, among others.
Davido also acquired himself a new car worth 30million naira as an early birthday gift. Happy OBO, Happy Birthday HKN Boss, Happy Birthday David Adeleke.
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