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Success isn’t money to me – Davido

Afrobeats maestro, David Adeleke aka Davido has offered a personal definition of success, stating it has nothing to do with money. In a bid to provide more insight into his point of view, the…

Afrobeats maestro, David Adeleke aka Davido has offered a personal definition of success, stating it has nothing to do with money.

In a bid to provide more insight into his point of view, the “Timeless” crooner tried to give life to his imagination with spoken words.

He noted that money doesn’t equate to success, noting that the latter was basically about the transformation of lives around one’s community.


He said: “Success to me is not money. To me, it’s the organisations and the lives you change around the community. That is success to me.”

He explained: “I want to be able to sit down when I’m like 40, 50 and maybe just be on my balcony.

“I always envision it in my head and speak it into existence. Just like I told you I was going to blow up.

“So, I’m going to have big estates and I can just see me wearing a nice Versace robe, you know. Maybe my cognac and my cup and me just walking to the balcony and looking down.

“So when I look down, it’s enguarded with all my wife, friends, kids; the staff. Like just having a party and everybody is successful in their own way. Knowing that all this came from a dream of me just wanting to do music. So, that’s like….I always have that vision.”

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Published September 12, 2023
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