British-Nigerian singer and file producer Maleek Berry lately shared an interesting story from his early profession, revealing how the now-famous Nigerian music star Davido cleverly pretended to be poor throughout his early days within the music business.
Talking on the ’90s Child’ podcast, Maleek Berry recounted his experiences working with Davido after they have been each upcoming artists.
He described how they’d go to a studio in Bermondsey, London, to file music collectively.
Maleek Berry reminisced about their time within the studio, noting that regardless of Davido’s rich background, the singer seamlessly blended in with the extra modest way of life of his friends.
This led Maleek Berry to imagine that Davido got here from a much less privileged household. Nevertheless, this notion modified dramatically when Berry visited Davido’s father’s mansion.
In his phrases:
“I used to be there when Davido solely have 4 thousand YouTube views. When he got here to London, I might take him to studio in Bermondsey and file him,” he recalled.
“It was certainly one of his cousins that related us through social media. He wasn’t even identified then. We have been simply two Nigerian guys that beloved music that bought related.
“He acted round us like a kind of poor youngsters. However after I pulled as much as his dad’s crib, I used to be shocked. There’s cash and there’s cash!
“I used to be simply so shocked as a result of on the time, my thoughts didn’t used to maneuver like he [Davido] had cash. He used to mix in with us. Once I noticed the tower, I used to be like, okay, they’re wealthy.”
Berry additionally revealed that Davido was the one who related him to Wizkid years later.
