Tobi Adegboyega, a prominent Nigerian pastor in the UK, referred to popular musician David Adeleke aka Davido as a gospel artiste. Adegboyega explained that gospel means spreading good news, which Davido is doing. Adegboyega was asked on the Off The Record podcast why he invited secular musicians rather than gospel artists to perform at his recent birthday bash.
Adegboyega also described Zlatan, a Nigerian artist, as his son.
He explained: “Gospel implies good news. Everyone there is a gospel performer. Davido is a gospel performer. Have you heard the phrase: “Because I stand strong?”
“What I had then were my friends—friends who stood by me through thick and thin. Davido told me: ‘I just want to be there and perform for one hour.’ They’re my friends. I didn’t pay any of them. They love me, and I will give my friends platforms.
“If gospel artistes aren’t my friends and are instead joining the bandwagon to criticize me by asking, ‘Is that a church?’ What should I do? Drag them with a rope?
“It’s my friends that will be there. Everyone in that room was my friend. Zlatan is like a son to me; his kids are my kids, and his parents were in my house. So should I now say, ‘Well, because you are not gospel artistes, let me go and look for some gospel artistes who are criticizing me and force them to sing?’
“My friends will always sing at my events, and the next one will be bigger because my circle of friends keeps growing.”
