Singer Davido has revealed that he did not know his father Adedeji Adeleke was rich till he was 13 years old.
The 29-year-old made this revelation during an interview with an American-based podcast Earn Your Leisure on Wednesday.
“I didn’t know he was rich till I was 13 because he lived so normal. I didn’t even know he was a billionaire driving a Honda; He had a brand new silver Honda Accord. He had a driver, my mum had a Toyota or so, or a Honda truck or something. So I didn’t know,” he said.
The singer also said his parents lived modestly and he did not know how wealthy they were until they moved to a new house.
“They lived so modestly until we moved out of that house to the new house, from the new house, that was when I started trying to know what my dad does and get into knowing that he was into business,” he continued.
The ‘Aye’ star also disclosed that he is still amazed at his father’s humility and modesty despite his status.
“Till date, he’s still so humble and modest with the way he spends and the way he goes about his business. The way he handles his business is still amazing to me. Growing up till I was about 11, I wasn’t close with my dad because he was always about work work work work, I remember him coming home late every day building something, I didn’t know what he was doing I didn’t even know we were rich till I was about 13,” Davido said.
The pop singer recently announced that he was donating N200 million raised by his friends to charity. He added N50 million of his personal money to bring the total to N250 million.
