BEVERLY HILLS, February 25, (THEWILL) – Nigerian singer, Adedeji Adeleke better known as Davido, says his father had worked at a fast-food restaurant in the US, Burger King.
Davido disclosed this when he spoke about his early inspirations in a performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk which is a video series of live concerts organised by NPR Music at the desk of Bob Boilen, ‘All Songs Considered’ host, in Washington.
Narrating about his varsity days, the singer disclosed that his father had worked at a restaurant job before becoming rich.
He said: “The inspiration for me has been my father, a Nigerian-American like me. He studied in the States. I studied there myself. I went to HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), a predominantly black college.
“My dad went to one as well. He used to work at Burger King. He was a manager at Burger King, and to become…”
THEWILL recalls that the singer had earlier opened up on the death of his mother.
“I was about 10 to 11 years old when she died. She died on my father’s birthday. I always wish that she should have been alive,” he had said.
“I would have bought her a lot of diamonds and houses but she knew that I was going to be great. My mother was from Benin. I think I’m like her; I inherited her agility. She helped so many people 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 traveling to places like China.”
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