Davido speaks about losing mother, son and people close to him (Video)

Nigerian singer David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has spoken out about the loss of some of his closest friends.

The musician released his fourth studio album titled ‘Timeless' on Friday, March 31, 2023 – a 17-track body of work that comes months after the death of his three-year-old son, Ifeanye Adeleke.

Davido revealed in an interview with Beat FM that LNCD (Legends Can Never Die), track 16 on his new album, is dedicated to his late mother, as well as his late friends and son.

You may recall that the Afrobeat superstar lost his mom at the age of 10. He later lost his best friend and bodyguard in the space of two years. On October 31, 2022, his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke drowned in a swimming pool. 

But Davido described all the gone souls as “legends” who still live on spiritually.

”Like over time. Even everybody knows that I lost my mother at 10. Losing my best friend and my bodyguard in one to two years, and then losing a child and all that together.

”I don't think the song is really being sad. I just feel like since I have lost all of them, I don't want to really feel like they have left me spiritually. I still have them around me a kind of. They were all legends. So that's why I say that a legend never dies.,” he said.

He added that the music is dedicated to everyone who have lost someone close to them.

Watch the interview below.