One of probably the most talked-about occurrences of the 12 months occurred on November 17–18 of final 12 months.
Around this time, Davido requested that individuals ship him N1 million as a birthday present. What started as a joke quickly developed right into a frenzy of well-known folks and common folks mailing the artist a whopping N174 million in simply 24 hours. Chike, a musician and composer from Nigeria, is among the people that despatched the singer N1 million.
Many folks had been stunned by Chike’s N1 million money present to the musician as a result of they’d by no means seen Davido and Chike collectively. Even if the 2 had ever met, they’d no thought. As you might anticipate, many individuals assumed that Chike paid the cash to Davido to attempt to achieve affect or to affix the sender’s bandwagon. However, the singer is now disclosing why he despatched Davido the N1 million within the first place. Chike explains it like this.
During a latest interview with The Road Show on Cool FM, Chike was requested on air, “A while back, Davido celebrated his birthday. There were screenshots of receipts and we saw a screenshot [from you] with a lump sum. Was that because you wanted to celebrate him, that’s why you sent him that large sum of money? Or was it because he’s been so impactful in your career?” He mentioned:
I suppose for anyone who even despatched in cash that day, I wish to imagine that the first purpose was as a result of this was someone that everyone needs to have fun. He gained’t keep in mind, I doubt, however the first time I met Davido was in all probability in 2016. I was in Shisha Room, I nonetheless keep in mind, and I suppose I was going over to say hello and he was with a bunch of individuals. And you already know there’s at all times going to be that blockade, however a way I discovered myself there, and he was like “Ah! Chike, I know you na!”. Do you perceive? It made me really feel like, “Ah ah, this person even recognized me. Like how?”
Then the opposite time I met him once more was in some lounge in V.I. When I came to visit to say hello, he was even the one which was like “Ah ah, let me give you my number.” So I felt like after all I was going to ask for the quantity, however I don’t know if I would have needed to go that far to ask. This was like 2021 or early this 12 months.
So one factor everybody has in widespread about him is he appears to be a free-spirited individual and you already know, that’s sufficient.
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