Grammy nominee and multiple awards winner, David Adeleke aka Davido has explained that he didn’t imagine he was going to become a global star at thr initial stage of his career.

Davido made this known in a recent chat with Apple Music during the promotion of his fifth album entitled ‘5ive.’

“Never imagined it here. Forget it. I’ll be lying to you. Never imagined it. So when things were just happening over time, we were just taking in the strides like, “Damn, this is getting lit.”

We sold out 1,000. We sold out 2,000. Damn, we sold out 30, 40… Yeah, so it’s never really… I feel like every successful person that attains a great level of success can’t explain the feeling. You know what I’m saying?

“I think just generally in life when good things are happening so quick, you don’t realize. I actually remember the first time I was sitting in front of my laptop opening Logic and sitting down like, “Damn, I want to make it. I actually want to be a musician. This is what I want to do.”

“Watching MTV Cribs, watching people go on tour. I was a big YouTuber. I used to watch YouTube a lot. I used to watch vlogs. Tour vlogs, so it’s like Soulja Boy vlogs, just people about just being popular and being a star.

I used to watch all that stuff, so I saw it transition into reality for me. Do you understand?

“From the beginning, from showing my friends the culture, showing my friends like, “Come listen to this Nigerian music.”

And then, actually falling in love with the genre, falling in love with music, knowing that my family’s not going to accept this, but I’ll still do it anyway, not knowing that I’ll be one of the ones to pioneer it.”

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Afrobeats star Davido has expressed solidarity with social media activist VeryDarkMan, who is currently detained.

The arrest reportedly occurred shortly after he visited a branch of a new generation bank to complain about alleged unauthorised transactions from his mother’s account.

In a tweet, Davido highlighted the positive impact VDM has had on people’s lives, despite the controversies surrounding him.

The Grammy nominee noted that the outpouring of support for VDM is encouraging and motivates him to do more for the masses.

“Outside all the noise, it’s good to see that the good one does impact lives, and people appreciate it!

The support I’m seeing for VDM everywhere is encouraging, making one want to do more for the masses.

“This is to clarify to everybody that I was not kidnapped nor did I kidnap myself but we thank God and I have to thank the whole world with calls from many of my fans wanting to know my wellbeing and state.”

There were the words of Dr. Sunday Adeniyi-Adegeye aka King Sunny Ade in a video shared yesterday.

This is coming following an alarm raised by the musician’s daughter, Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye on social media on Monday, April 28.Damilola had claimed King Sunny Ade’s manager and son, Dayo Adegeye, had shielded her father away from the family and associates.

This is coming following an alarm raised by the musician’s daughter, Damilola Esther Adeniyi-Adegeye on social media on Monday, April 28.Damilola had claimed King Sunny Ade’s manager and son, Dayo Adegeye, had shielded her father away from the family and associates.

“They are keeping him in different hotels, away from his family, pumping him with sleeping medications! My dad just lost his daughter and hasn’t even had time to mourn, yet they keep dragging him from show to show. I want my dad free from their bondage,” Damilola lamented.

In furtherance, the decorated singer, who is 78, said he was in good shape and had neither been kidnapped nor in danger.

The Nation