{"id":40714,"date":"2021-02-26T08:19:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T08:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40714"},"modified":"2021-02-26T08:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T08:20:15","slug":"singer-davido-reveals-his-father-worked-at-fast-food-restaurant-burger-kings-before-he-became-wealthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=40714","title":{"rendered":"Singer, Davido, reveals his father worked at fast-food restaurant, Burger Kings, before he became wealthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Davido-support.jpg\" alt=\"CELEBRITY GIST... Tacha, Cosmos, Don Jazzy, Davido, Cossy and all that went down in the week\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerian recording artiste, David Adeleke better known as Davido is the son of billionaire businessman, Adedeji Adeleke. Davido is the last born of the multi-billionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/time-magazine-lists-nigerian-singer-davido-among-100-most-influential-people\/\">Davido<\/a>&nbsp;recently revealed that his father is his biggest influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the singer, his billionaire father, Adedeji Adeleke, worked as a manager at Burger King, a fast-food restaurant in the US before he became wealthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The singer disclosed this while speaking about his biggest inspiration during a performance on NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk, a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/billionaire-heir-davido-narrates-grass-to-grace-story\/\">Billionaire heir, Davido, narrates grass to grace story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy dad went to one as well. He used to work at Burger King. He was a manager at Burger King.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is coming several days after the singer narrated his grass to grace story on the social media platform, Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, Davido revealed that he stayed in a one-bedroom apartment with his cousins, B-Red and Sina Rambo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is what he wrote;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damn, I went to my old apartments where I used to live 12 years ago with Sina and B red!!! As hard as it is to believe .. we had no money .. no support just us and a dream !! 12 years later ! We millions in ! Road to a billion&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&#x1f4b5;\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.0.1\/svg\/1f4b5.svg\">!!! We thank God !! 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