Why my dad bought me out of record label deal – Davido

• Davido has recalled a significant moment that shaped his independent music career, particularly with his dad’s involvement.
• The 32-year-old singer disclosed that in 2011, his father bought him out of a record deal he had earlier signed.
• Davido revealed the part his hit song Dami Duro played in making that happen.

Afrobeats singer, Davido, has revealed why his billionaire dad, Adedeji Adeleke, interfered in his first professional recording deal.

The ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ crooner revealed that he had signed a deal with Black Diamond in 2011 but his dad bought him out of the recording deal after he played him a snippet of his hit song ‘Dami Duro’ video.

According to him, his dad bought him out of the deal because he wanted him to own the masters of music.

He disclosed this after his former record label boss, Tosin Ashafa, shared how he gave Davido his first professional deal and how his billionaire dad reacted to it.

While joining a trend on X asking people to tweet their “most random music fact, Ashafa wrote:

“I signed @davido to his 1st Offical 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.”

Quoting the 2019 tweet, Davido wrote:

“So much respect to you guys for allowing me walk!! Just know u were part of something that turned out to be phenomenal!!”

An X user @Choiji_ES then claimed that the incident happened in 2019, but Davido retorted:

“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!!!”

Responding to Davido’s recent comments, Ashafa expressed pride in the singer’s achievements so far. He tweeted;

“You flatter me. The truth is, your talent was unstoppable.

Super proud of what you’ve achieved and what you’ve done for the industry. Keep flying the flag my Bro.”

Davido and some family members formed HKN Music after his dad bought him out of the deal with Black Diamond.

He later left HKN Gang to form his own record label, Davido Music Worldwide, DMW.  See screenshot of posts below: