Adebayo Adeleke, better known as B-Red, a Nigerian singer, has revealed that his cousin Davido used to be a backup singer
Davido was encouraged to pursue a career in music by B-Red,
He made the statement during his appearance as a guest on the most recent episode of Quincy Jonze’s Echoo Room podcast, .
According to the “Cucumber” singer, Davido possessed the talent, so he advised him to pursue a singing career.
, He said;
He 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 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.