‘I want my kids to work in my father’s companies not entertainment industry’ – Davido

Award-winning Afrobeats superstar Davido has revealed that he has no intention of allowing his children to follow in his footsteps in the entertainment industry.

Speaking during a recent interview on The Breakfast Club, the singer shared that he would rather have his kids build careers within the business empire of his father, Deji Adeleke.

According to Davido, the decision is deeply personal and shaped by his own journey to success. Despite now being one of Africa’s biggest music exports, the singer recalled that his rise to fame came with significant challenges and struggles.

Narrating how his father’s refusal to support his music career before breakthrough “killed his joy”, Davido noted that he would still support any of his children that choose to go into entertainment industry.

Interviewer: “Do you want your kids to be in this industry or would you prefer your kids to work with grandpa?”

Davido answered “Omo, go and work with my dad. Every Christmas, my dad takes all the grandkids with him. And I could just see that upon all the things he has including multiple private jets and all that, his happiness is him seeing his grandchildren.

“And my father is single. So I just saw his happiness and I’m like meh, this is like what life is all about. My dad not wanting me in the entertainment really killed my joy until he saw that this boy is really adamant about doing this. I wouldn’t want to do that to my kids as well. My daughter is already singing and dancing,” he said.