{"id":57,"date":"2026-07-16T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:17:02","slug":"my-kids-will-work-in-my-fathers-companies-not-in-entertainment-industry-davidomy-kids-will-work-in-my-fathers-companies-not-in-entertainment-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/2026\/07\/16\/my-kids-will-work-in-my-fathers-companies-not-in-entertainment-industry-davidomy-kids-will-work-in-my-fathers-companies-not-in-entertainment-in\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My kids will work in my father\u2019s companies, not in entertainment industry\u2019 \u2013 Davido\u2018My kids will work in my father\u2019s companies, not in entertainment industry\u2019 \u2013 Davido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Afrobeat singer, Davido, has stated that he doesn\u2019t want any of his kids to work in the entertainment sector.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid\"><\/div>\n<p>Davido, who made the disclosure during a viral interview with \u2018Breakfast Club\u2019, said his children will work in his father, Deji Adeleke\u2019s, companies.<\/p>\n<p>The singer attributed the decision to his past struggles before his breakthrough in the industry, noting that working in his father\u2019s companies will make life easier for them.<\/p>\n<p>Narrating how his father\u2019s refusal to support his music career before his breakthrough \u201ckilled his joy\u201d, Davido noted that he would still support any of his children who choose to go into the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewer: \u201cDo you want your kids to be in this industry or would you prefer your kids to work with grandpa?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article\"><\/div>\n<p>Davido answered, \u201cOmo, go and work with my dad. Every Christmas, my dad takes all the grandkids with him. And I could just see that, among all the things he has, including multiple private jets and all that, his happiness is seeing his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd my father is single. So I just saw his happiness and I\u2019m like meh, this is like what life is all about. My dad not wanting me in the entertainment really killed my joy until he saw that this boy is really adamant about doing this. I wouldn\u2019t want to do that to my kids as well. My daughter is already singing and dancing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mjo-disclaimer\"><strong>DISCLAIMER:\u00a0<\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afrobeat singer, Davido, has stated that he doesn\u2019t want any of his kids to work in the entertainment sector. Davido, who made the disclosure during a viral interview with \u2018Breakfast Club\u2019, said his children will work in his father, Deji Adeleke\u2019s, companies. The singer attributed the decision to his past struggles before his breakthrough in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essienarthur.net\/newsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}