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Davido reveals he made his first N20 million deal at the age of 17

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Davido reveals he made his first N20 million deal at the age of 17

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Popular Nigerian musician, Davido has revealed he made his first N20 million deal at the age of 17.

David Adeleke is known popularly as Davido and he is a major Afrobeats superstar in Nigeria and Africa.

He recently shared this information during an interview. He was speaking about his journey and how he rose to fame.

He revealed that when he was a teenager, at the age of 17, he had gotten his first deal which was worth millions.

It was a N20 million naira endorsement deal from one of Nigeria's biggest telecommunications network MTN.

They had approached him with this offer at such a young age.

He said this amount was a great one for him. He had just had 2 successful songs and this offer revealed how possible financial success was in Music industry.

He then approached his Dad to inform him about his career aspirations in music.

He revealed that his father embraced the vision he had and went ahead to build a studio for him.