Afrobeats icon David Adeleke, better known by his stage name Davido, has talked about a significant cash gift he received from his father, Adedeji Adeleke, following his performance in Atlanta.
He disclosed that following his performance, his father gave him a $300,000 surprise gift.
Davido revealed in a recent interview that his millionaire father continues to provide for him financially even though he is a successful musician.
He explained that even though he has a good job and is well off, his father still gives him checks.
“I’m his baby, so my dad should be honest if I tell you that he doesn’t give me money. Naturally, my father offers me a check.
The following day, he simply called me and said, “Ah, my son, fantastic show, excellent work, excellent work. Hold this. “Oh, thanks, Dad!” I said. “I remember,” Davido said.
Davido has been given 21 days by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan to come before it and respond to accusations of intellectual property theft.
Abel Great Umaru, David Ovhioghena Umaru, Kelvin Ayodele Campbell, and Martins Chukwuka Emmanuel are the four Nigerian artists who brought the complaint, according to court documents that Peoples Gazette was able to get.
Davido was charged of stealing their 2022 song “Work.” Davido allegedly stole their song to make his own 2024 single, “Strawberry on Ice,” according to the plaintiffs.
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Emmerson Amidu Bockarie, better known by his stage as Emmerson, who appeared on Davido’s song, Carlos Jenkins, Matthew Quinney, Marques Miles II, and Wynn Records, the label that published and distributed “Strawberry on Ice,” are also listed in the lawsuit along with Davido.
In January 2022, the plaintiffs, acting in good faith, shared a demo of “Work” with Davido as part of a possible partnership, according to the court documents. At the time, the trio was trying to make a splash in the music industry. Instead, the plaintiffs claim that Davido brought the song to Emmerson, who sampled the individual recorded vocal and instrumental parts of “Work” without authorization to produce “Strawberry on Ice.”
After contacting Davido to settle the dispute, the plaintiffs were successful in reaching an agreement on March 14, 2025, after several months of negotiations. Davido was required to pay $45,000 as part of the settlement, and the plaintiffs would also receive 20% of the earnings from the song’s sound recording and 40% of the royalties from the song’s underlying composition. Despite his pledge to make payment prior to the prearranged date of March 24, Davido did not fulfill his end of the bargain.
On April 4, the plaintiffs responded by bringing a lawsuit in New York against Davido and his co-defendants. The plaintiffs want the court to rule that Davido and his co-defendants violated “Work’s” intellectual property rights. Along with $150,000 in damages, they want to give the plaintiffs 20% of the sound recording copyright and 40% of the compositional copyright for “Strawberry on Ice.”
They further want the court to stop the defendants from violating the plaintiffs’ copyrights in the future or from taking any other measures that would violate their future works.
