My children can follow in my footsteps, but there is a caveat – Davido

By Standard Entertainment | 3yrs ago | 3 min read

Davido [Photo: Instagram @davidoofficial]

US-born Nigerian pop star David Adedeji Adeleke alias Davido on Wednesday, September 30 opened up in a rare, explosive interview on Bounce Radio and revealed that his children are free to follow in his footsteps but must be good at it.

Speaking to Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Davido explained that he has no objections to any of his three children getting into music but reiterated that they must first tick the box showing they are good at it. "Only if they are good," noted the Fia hitmaker before revealing that he treats his children equally.

“At the end of the day, all my kids are equal. Once I have a kid, everybody is equal. Before I had kids, I was obviously friends (with their mothers). Nothing is perfect. I am not going to say that we do not argue or we do not fight, it happens, but the love that we all have for our kids comes first,” said the Davido Music Worldwide (DMW) label owner. “Imade and her sister talk almost every week. Their mothers ensure that they speak almost every week. Some days ago, Imade was with Ifeanyi in their grandfather’s house. It is not easy, but at the end of the day, as a man, you have to make everybody happy. You just have to be responsible and know what you have to do,” he said.

Opening up about his engagement, the award-winning songwriter and producer pointed out that the Coronavirus pandemic spoilt his wedding plans to his fiancée, Chioma Avril Rowland.

"Honestly, coronavirus messed plans up because it was meant to be in July. I have decided it will be some time next year. For now, I want her to work on her business while I work on my album and the kids. I want everything to balance first,” said Davido. “I have known Chioma for about seven years. We have been dating for about five years. Lati introduced me to Chioma. We went to the same school - Babcock University. We started as friends but I got so used to her and she got so used to me as well. She is a great cook as well.”

The singer went on to reveal that Chioma takes after his mother Dr Veronica Adeleke. Dr Veronica was at the time of her passing a lecturer at Babcock University, Osun State. She was 39. “I was about 10 to 11 years old when she died. She died on my father’s birthday. Honestly, it was just cardiac arrest. Even if it was going to happen, I would not have known because I was about 10 or 11 years old. She was not really sick. She used to get sick once in a while but it was nothing serious. I often say that I see my mother in Chioma. I did not grow up with my mother. I can hardly remember what happened when I was that young.”

Adding: “One thing I always wish for is that she should have been alive. I would have bought her a lot of diamonds and houses but she knew that I was going to be great. Every Sunday, there was always a party. My mother was from Benin. I think I am more like my mother; I inherited her agility. She helped so many people that to date, I go to some places and people would tell me what my mother did for them. Before my mother died, I was a mummy’s boy because my father was always busy. He was working and always travelling to places like China. I was a mummy’s boy; so, imagine her just being taken from me, my best friend, the only person in the world I loved being taken from me without caution.”