{"id":203718,"date":"2025-01-15T10:03:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=203718"},"modified":"2025-01-15T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T10:03:32","slug":"why-my-dad-bought-me-out-of-record-label-deal-davido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/15\/why-my-dad-bought-me-out-of-record-label-deal-davido\/","title":{"rendered":"Why my dad bought me out of record label deal \u2013 Davido"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Davido has recalled a significant moment that shaped his independent music career, particularly with his dad\u2019s involvement.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The 32-year-old singer disclosed that in 2011, his father bought him out of a record deal he had earlier signed. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Davido revealed the part his hit song Dami Duro played in making that happen.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Afrobeats singer, Davido, has revealed why his billionaire dad, Adedeji Adeleke, interfered in his first professional recording deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The \u2018Omo Baba Olowo\u2019 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 \u2018Dami Duro\u2019 video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to him, his dad bought him out of the deal because he wanted him to own the masters of music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203720\" style=\"width: 1125px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9041.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9041.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9041.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9041-300x293.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9041-1024x999.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9041-768x749.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Davido<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While joining a trend on X asking people to tweet their \u201cmost random music fact, Ashafa wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Quoting the 2019 tweet, Davido wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSo much respect to you guys for allowing me walk!! Just know u were part of something that turned out to be phenomenal!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">An X user @Choiji_ES then claimed that the incident happened in 2019, but Davido retorted:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNo I signed the contract in 2011 \u2026 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!!!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Responding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/14\/why-i-didnt-have-bank-account-while-with-p-square-may-d\/\">Davido\u2019s<\/a> recent comments, Ashafa expressed pride in the singer\u2019s achievements so far. He tweeted;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cYou flatter me. The truth is, your talent was unstoppable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Super proud of what you&#8217;ve achieved and what you&#8217;ve done for the industry. Keep flying the flag my Bro.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Davido and some family members formed HKN Music after his dad bought him out of the deal with Black Diamond.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He later left HKN Gang to form his own record label, Davido Music Worldwide, DMW. \u00a0See screenshot of posts below:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039-209x300.jpeg 209w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039-714x1024.jpeg 714w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039-768x1102.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9039-1071x1536.jpeg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9040.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9040.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1242\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9040.jpeg 1242w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9040-300x230.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9040-1024x787.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/IMG_9040-768x590.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1242px) 100vw, 1242px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davido has recalled a significant moment that shaped his independent music career, particularly with his dad\u2019s 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. 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