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Nigerian pop star, Davido has revealed how billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote drove him home from the hospital after he was born 29 years ago.
Speaking in an interview with chat with Earn Your Leisure podcast, the music star also revealed that to the best of his knowledge that Dangote has not bought a new car for himself in the last ten years.
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that
Davido’s father, Adedeji Adeleke and Dangote have been family friends over the years.
Davido said this while responding to financial advice he gets from Dangote.
He said “Anytime I see Uncle Aliko, he tells me David save your money”.
While noting that the Dangote drove him from the hospital when he was born, he said: “Dangote drove me home from hospital when I was born.”
On how he is empowering younger artistes, Davido who owns the music label, DMW said: “It’s all love, shout out to this new generation, I hope they don’t make the mistakes that we made .I wasn’t welcomed when I came into the industry based on my background. I really had to show them that I am good at this.
“I have a lot of friends in the industry and I feel like, unity will make us become stronger. Shout out to these new artistes, they are going crazy. They are innovative. They are very smart young bright artistes coming out of this country. All of them come here, we hang out .I tell them my two cents”.
