What do you do when your billionaire father says no to music, but your heart says studio? If you’re Davido, you go and ask the two biggest guys who’ve already done it.

In a refreshingly honest moment from the new Afrobeats Documentary, Davido has revealed exactly how he plotted his escape from the classroom to the charts – with a little big-brother advice from Wizkid and Wande Coal.

As reported by cbinews.tv, the global superstar opened up about the conversation that shaped his career.

It’s such a human, almost cheeky confession. He wasn’t looking for permission to fail – he was looking for a blueprint to become undeniable.

For context, this wasn’t just any student. Davido is the son of business mogul Dr Adedeji Adeleke. Education wasn’t optional in that household.

At the time he asked the question (around 2010-2011), the Afrobeats landscape looked very different:

* Wande Coal was THE template. After breaking out of Mo’ Hits Records with Mushin To MoHits (2009), he had proved you could go from university corridors to dominating Nigerian airwaves.

* Wizkid had just dropped Superstar (2011) and was the poster boy for the new-school sacrifice – leaving Lead City University to chase the sound full-time.

Davido himself was enrolled at Oakwood University in Alabama, studying Business Administration. He was sneaking into studios at night. Then came ‘Dami Duro’ in October 2011. Produced by Shizzi, that monster hit didn’t just blow – it exploded. It was everywhere: clubs in Ikeja, taxis in London, weddings in Accra.

That was the leverage he needed. As CBINewstv notes, the song’s success made schooling impossible. Lectures and world tours simply don’t mix.

This is where the story gets really relatable for any Nigerian kid with big dreams and strict parents.

Davido didn’t just rebel. He negotiated. According to the documentary covered by cbinews.tv, he reached an agreement with his father: *I’ll go back to school if you build me a world-class studio and let me do music properly.

His father kept his end of the bargain. Davido transferred to Babcock University in Ogun State, where the music department created a programme for him. He graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music – a full-circle moment that shut up the “school dropout” critics.

From a kid asking “how did you do it?” to becoming a man who has now headlined the O2 Arena three times, won countless awards, and carried Afrobeats to the global stage.

This little anecdote matters because it demystifies Afrobeats stardom. It tells us three things:

1. Mentorship is real: Even at the top, Wizkid and Wande Coal were acting as older brothers to a younger Davido. That chain of knowledge-sharing is why the genre has survived.

2. The ‘school vs music’ debate is generational: For over a decade, Nigerian parents have seen music as a risky gamble. Davido’s story shows the new compromise – education AND excellence, not one or the other.

3. A hit changes the power dynamic: In many Nigerian families, success is the only permission slip you need. ‘Dami Duro’ wasn’t just a song; it was his business proposal.

What Does “Blow Up” Really Mean?

In Afrobeats lingo, to “blow” doesn’t just mean to get a few streams. It means you’ve reached cultural ubiquity – the point where your song is bigger than you, and your parents’ friends are calling them to say, “Is that your son on the radio?”

Wizkid and Wande Coal’s advice was brutally practical: Don’t argue with your dad about dreams. Bring him evidence. Make yourself so valuable that school has to wait.

Davido has since used that same studio his dad built to produce era-defining albums like A Good Time (2019) and Timeless (2023). The Afrobeats Documentary itself is now streaming and giving fans unprecedented access to these origin stories.

For aspiring artists watching this, the lesson from cbinews.tv’s report is clear: get the mentorship but also get the hit. One opens the door; the other keeps it open.

And for Davido? He’s now the one younger artists are asking: “How did you leave everything to do music?”

Source: cbinews.tv

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