Nigerian singer Adebayo Adeleke, better known as B-Red, has revealed that his cousin Davido used to be a backup singer.
Adeleke stated that he was the one who encouraged Davido to pursue a career in music.
He made the claim while appearing as a guest on the latest episode of Quincy Jonze`s Echoo Room podcast.
The βΛCucumber` singer stated that he advised Davido to pursue a singing career because he possessed the talent.
He said;
He Davido was so good. Na me first tell David, omo, start singing.
Shoutout to my cousin, M-Pizzy; he is still a good artist. We started pushing him M-Pizzy first. So one day, David was always doing backups, and I said, David, M-Pizzy is good, but you too, you are good oh, start singing na.
David said, are you serious? I said, yes! And he started singing. So, it was my cousin, M-Pizzy that actually showed us the way. Shoutout to M-Pizzy too.
In addition, the artist revealed how he and David sold 20 televisions in his father`s house.
During the Mo`hits era, he and his brother, Sina Rambo, worked as personal assistants to Don Jazzy and D`banj, he said.
