Ace afrobeat singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, aka Davido, has shocked his fans as he deletes almost all his Instagram posts, including his profile photo.
Recall that the singer promised to return to Instagram in March with a new album. Many of his fans have been waiting non-stop for his moment of return.
However, things took a different turn after Davido removed his profile picture and deleted over 4,000 posts from his page.
Only photos of his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke, who passed away in November 2022; that of him and his wife, Chioma; and one of his performances at the World Cup in Qatar are left on his page.
Many of the singer’s fans are scared and confused and seem to think that it is a bad sign that he deleted over 4,000 posts from his page.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Davido is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.
Davido was born in Atlanta, US, and raised in Lagos. He developed his interest in music as a teen, while attending Oakwood University where he started making his own beats and investigating music production before dropping out in order to pursue a career in music.
He rose to fame following the release of “Dami Duro“, the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo (2012), from which six additional singles—”Back When”, “Ekuro”, “Overseas”, “All of You”, “Gbon Gbon”, and “Feel Alright”—were taken.
In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles “Gobe“, “One of a Kind”, “Skelewu“, “Aye“, “Tchelete (Goodlife)”, “Naughty”, “Owo Ni Koko”, “The Sound” and “The Money”.
In January 2016, Davido announced on Twitter he had signed a record deal with Sony Music and a few months later founded the record label Davido Music Worldwide, to which acts Dremo, Mayorkun, Yonda and Peruzzi are currently signed. In July 2016, Davido signed a record deal with Sony’s RCA Records.
In October 2016, he released the 5-track EP Son of Mercy, which was supported by the singles “Gbagbe Oshi”, “How Long” and “Coolest Kid in Africa”. In April 2017,
Davido re-negotiated his contract with Sony due to creative control issues, and later that year he released five singles including “If” and “Fall“.
“If” generated worldwide social media activity while “Fall” became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history.
Davido released his second studio album A Good Time in November 2019. It was supported by the previously released singles “If”, “Fall”, “Assurance”, “Blow My Mind” and “Risky”.
He has received numerous accolades, including BET Awards for Best International Act, 8 Headies Awards, 7 Nigeria Entertainment Awards, 5 Afrima Awards, 1 Kora Award, 1 Chanel O Award, 1 Ghana Music Award, and nominations for MTV Europe Music Awards, Soul Train Music Awards and MOBO Awards.
Davido was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2019.[6] His third studio album A Better Time was released on November 13, 2020. In February 2021, he appeared on Time magazine‘s Time 100 Next List.
Davido is a cultural ambassador for Nigeria and a prominent voice of human rights on the African continent. He is one of the most followed African artists on both Instagram and Twitter.
