David Adeleke, aka Davido has said that he has relationships with a lot of presidents.
Speaking about the highlights of his career in an interview with a French fashion magazine, L’Officiel, the Fem singer said,
“It is a couple of things. It’s crazy landing in a country and getting a presidential welcome.
“ I remember landing in Rwanda and the president came to pick me up himself. I’m like, ‘What’s going on’? I know Bill Gates doesn’t get picked up by the president. Those kinds of incidents make me feel really good about myself and good about what I’ve made myself to be. Knowing that I have access to a president I can talk to. Even now, recently, I’ve been seeing a lot of coup d’états and military regime takeovers. I know a lot of these presidents personally. I’ve performed for them.
“ They get elected as the hero and the power just changes them. That’s why I keep telling myself, ‘Do I think I ever want to get into politics’? It feels like one is the good guy until one sits down on that seat and everything changes.
Sometimes, I wish I could just call them and talk to them before stuff like that happens.
In terms of music, (the highlights are) selling out arenas all over the world. As a kid, I recall going to the O2 Arena in London, Madison Square Garden in New York, and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. It’s amazing selling out those places.”