Davido said he began to sing full-time and professionally after he discovered he was better than the artistes he was recording
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nigerian singer and record label owner, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has opened up on why he began singing professionally.
The “Electricity” crooner said he quit his first job as a record producer for singing after he discovered he was better than the singers he was recording.
Davido made the disclosure in a recent interview with Forbes, where he said he had wanted to work in the background as a producer but eventually switched to singing.
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He said, “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.”
The 30-year-old multiple award winner during the interview also said he eventually recorded a song that was a huge success.
“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.” Davido added.