Nigerian singer and music executive David Adeleke, professionally known as Davido, has shared how he started his singing career.
The 30 BG boss who headlined the American business magazine Forbes’ 30 under 30 Africa Summit that was held in Gaborone a few days ago revealed during a chat with the publication that his initial career aspiration was to become a producer.
According to Davido, his older cousin was the musician in the family, while he was into the technical aspect of things.
However, he later discovered that he was very good at singing, which led him to pursue a career in music.
“I used to be a producer. I have always wanted to be like in the background of things. So, I used to have an older cousin, he was like the musician of the family. I’m the last born of my family.
“But then I was very good with like computers, tech, stuff like that. So, when he told me he does music, I quickly went to go and learn how to record music from YouTube. I bought a computer, programme and everything, so I started learning on YouTube. Then I started recording artists.
“One of my cousins that always with me every time in the studio, he noticed that if you are an artist and I’m recording you. He noticed that if the artist made a mistake, I’m like ‘Nah, don’t sing it like that, sing it like this. Sing it this way, it will catch their ears more this way.
“So, over time doing that, I was like ‘Yo! I’m better than everybody that I’m recording’ I was like ‘You know, maybe I should record a song’. The first song I ever recorded, blew up”, he said.
