My dad bribed me to go back to university, is the latest information made public by Nigerian Musician Davido. The Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, AKA Davido, disclosed that his billionaire father wanted him (Davido) to continue his education to at least the university level.
To achieve that, his dad had to finally bribe him to go back to university when he was young. The Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, revealed this in an interview granted. He revealed that in all this, he also ran away from school just to pursue his budding music career.
His exits from school even after his father’s interventions did not keep him out of school for long, as he eventually went back to school after receiving a juicy deal from his dad, Davido said.
How Davido was bribed to go back to university by his Dad – Davido’s Story
The deal was that, Davido would be given money to build his own studio where he will shoot music videos on weekends on the condition that, he went to school each week from Monday to Friday.
“My dad is just big on education. The first place I came to when I ran from home was London. From there, I came back to Nigeria and my dad wanted me to go to school, so I was like “What is in it for me”?
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“He said if I go to school, he has a plot of land not far; he will build me a studio. But I should go to school from Mondays to Fridays and, on weekends, work in the studio during the weekend. It was a world-class studio. He will give me money to shoot some videos,” Davido narrated.