Afrobeats singer and producer, Maleek Berry has recounted his encounter along with his colleague, Davido, throughout their days as up-coming artists.
That includes on the ’90s Child’ podcast, the ‘Kontrol’ crooner mentioned Davido pretended to be poor whereas they had been working in the identical studio regardless of coming from a rich background.
He mentioned he was stunned when he visited Davido’s father’s mansion.
“I used to be there when Davido solely have 4 thousand YouTube views. When he got here to London, I’d take him to studio in Bermondsey and report him,” he recalled.
“It was one among his cousins that related us through social media. He wasn’t even identified then. We had been simply two Nigerian guys that cherished music that obtained related.
“He acted round us like a kind of poor children. However once I pulled as much as his dad’s crib, I used to be stunned. 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.