Davido Announces Retirement From Music, Creating Buzz In the Entertainment Industry

David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has announced his retirement from music after releasing his next album.

On Thursday night, the ‘Unavailable’ crooner responded to some blogs’ doctored images and videos about him.

He claimed that some people desperately want him out of the music business.

“You niggas want me out of the game that bad? Oya, after the next album, I am done. So una fit get peace,” he wrote on his X handle.

Yall niggas want me out of the game that bad ?? Oya after the next album I will not do it again. So una fit get peace.

Davido recently stated that since joining the industry, most of his colleagues have not had peace of mind.

This is coming a few hours after dropping Kante’s visuals to wrap up the era of his fourth studio album titled ‘Timeless.’

Davido wraps up the Timeless era with Kante’s visuals featuring Fave.

“You are not my destiny decider,” Barber claps back to Davido.
‘Kante’ is the tenth track from ‘Timeless’, a Grammy-nominated album released in March 2023.

The singer stated that he is looking forward to a new era of music and milestones.

Davido rose to prominence with his 2012 hit ‘Dami Duro’ for HKN Music.

Davido established his music label, DMW, in April 2016.

The label has housed musicians such as Mayorkun, Peruzzi, and Dremo, among others.

In March, Davido rebranded his label as DMW 2.0 and introduced two new artists: Morravey and Logos Olori.

Last year, Davido received his first Grammy Award nomination in three categories, including ‘Best Global Album’ for his most recent album, ‘Timeless.

Other awards included ‘Best African Performance’ for his song ‘Unavailable’ and ‘Best Global Music Performance’ for his track ‘Feel.

He also lost ‘Best Global Music Performance’ to ‘Pashto’ by Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, and Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia, as well as ‘Best Global Album’ to Shakti’s ‘The Moment.