Davido Reveals Nigeria’s President Used His Song As Ringtone
During an interview with Kelly Clarkson, Davido shared that one of his songs was once used as a ringtone by the Nigerian president, although he did not reveal which song or president.
The singer also opened up about his early struggles in the music industry, including his father’s initial disapproval of his career choice due to a prior agreement regarding his education. Despite this, Davido persevered and has become a successful artist, even surpassing his father’s expectations.
Davido said; “I had a song that was like top 20 on the charts in Africa, but then the next song I made went to number one. The president of the country, my song was his ringtone,” Davido said.
“I come from a big family that is really big on education. I’m first generation entertainer, in my whole life of bloodline. He was really adamant about me finishing school. One, because I didn’t make it. Two, because you know what I’m saying?
He didn’t mind me doing music, but he was really bent on me, you know finishing school. He owns a University, so again. So you can imagine and my mom was a college professor. I think they were also scared because whatever you want your kids to do, you want them to be successful in it. In our business, it’s not that easy to be successful.
So you know, we kind of made a deal, where I go to school for like two weeks out of the month and the other two weeks, I can be in the studio and do what I want. It got to a point where I was a distraction to the class when my music was getting bigger. After a while, I got to do part-time class-type stuff. I was getting too big and he got mad.
I’m talking about he see a billboard of me doing a show, the show gets canceled before I get there. He has that type of power. So it got to a point where everyone was scared to book me. But eventually, I did finish school and now he is my biggest fan”.
