Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has reacted to a post by entertainment talent manager, Tosin Ashafa, who shared details about his first official music contract.
Naija News reports that Ashafa revealed in a post via X that Davido’s father, after realising that the singer was determined to push his music career without his support, reached out to them and bought out the contract Davido signed with them.
He wrote, “I signed @davido to his 1st official contract under Black Diamond Promotions with Cecil Hammond/another silent partner. We hired @GodwinTom to manage him. Dr. Adeleke realized David was really serious with pushing his music without him, reached out to us, and bought us out.”
In response to the revelation, Davido noted that the contract was good, but his father wanted him to keep 100 percent of his work.
He wrote, “Lmao I remember this day. No I signed the contract in 2011 … was a good contract not bad ! But daddy wanted me to have 100 percent of whatever I was doing ! Especially after I played him first cut of Dami duro video in his office ! He knew it was game time!!! So much respect to you guys for allowing me walk!! Just know u were part of something that turned out to be phenomenal!!”