Davido discloses the reasons he stopped wearing Western clothes for event

Award-winning Nigerian musician David Adedeji Adeleke, better known by his stage name, Davido, has explained why he no longer performs in western garb.

When asked about it in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, the DMW boss addressed the topic.

His music and the message he conveys, “We Rise By Lifting Others” have made him famous. He has recently become good friends with the controversial American rapper DaBaby, with whom he has collaborated on a number of projects, and he has drawn attention on his current tour by donning the creations of only African fashion houses.

He expressed this regarding his connection to DaBaby;

When he came out, people used to always compare us. It was the energy, the eyes. And then funny enough, everybody around DaBaby is African. Everybody. I like his work ethic. I just see a lot of myself in him; the way he carries people along as well.

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He Said, in response to a query about how he keeps his friendship with DaBaby despite the latter’s controversy:

I spoke to him about it too. I’ve been in situations where I’ve said the wrong things and then really understand what I said like two days later. I feel like everybody makes mistakes. I’m not approving or saying what he said was right, but I know sometimes being on stage, you might get carried away. We did speak about it.

Davido, when questioned if he agrees that DaBaby’s comments don’t really portray his personality, responded:

I personally don’t, because I know him personally. I haven’t seen him being violent or stuff like that. Sometimes I do see it online, but exactly what I was telling you — everybody’s human and people go through stuff.

OBO mentioned this regarding the impact fatherhood has had on his ability to help others:

I’ve had friends that [I’ve] gone all out for and maybe I can’t do as much as I used to do before—reason being, I got children, bro. I can understand where you do so much for some people, and then after a while, they forget…But I can’t use that to punish the rest of the people that I still want to help grow, so I don’t look at it as much of a problem.

Speaking about why he stopped wearing Western clothes to perform, The DMW boss said:

Normally, I be putting in a big budget — It could be thousands, hundreds, crazy on clothes. So this year I was like, ‘Yo, why are we celebrating African music and wearing western clothes? Might as well do the whole package. Let’s give people opportunities.

Speaking about advice he gives to other artistes and closing words about his life, Davido said:

I always tell artists, ‘Always have that home love first. Then, you could take over the world. I get more creative when I’m home. Just even having [my] boys around. It was like, ‘What’s going on in town? What are the new slangs? What’s going on? I’ve been away for three months. Update me.

If you read the story of David in the Bible, he overcame a lot. He wasn’t really projected to be a king, and that’s really how my life story has been. I’m the last born of five kids. I wasn’t the best. I didn’t have the best grades. I wasn’t projected to be successful in high school. My whole life has just been me shocking the world, me shocking people, God blessing me. It’s been a lot of grace in my story.