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Don Jazzy is the brain behind my album name – Davido

Davido Adeleke, the Nigerian musician popularly known as Davido, has revealed how he got the idea to name his album ‘Timeless.

According to him, ace music producer, Michael ”Don Jazzy” Ajereh suggested the title he should give his fourth studio album.

He explained that Jazzy slid into his DM about a year ago and made the recommendation which he adopted.

The DMW boss made the revelation while answering questions in an interview about his latest music project.

Davido said he almost chose a different album name but eventually settled for ‘Timeless’, as suggested by the Mavin boss.

“Funny enough, Jazzy actually DMed me like a year ago and suggested that I named my album Timeless. In the end I changed it like two months ago and changed it back ”, Davido said.

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Recall that Davido finally dropped his much-anticipated ‘Timeless’, on March 31, after a 5-month hiatus following the death of his son, Ifeanyi Adeleke jnr.

The 17-track album featured guest appearances from Grammy award-winning Beninese singer, Angelique Kidjo, British rapper, Skepta, Asake, Fave, Cavemen, and DMW’s latest signees; Morravey and Logos Olori.

Meanwhile, CorrectNG reported earlier that the music star, said he and Kizz Daniel have an album together.

He made the revelation while speaking on the Beat 99.9 fm, adding that they decided to keep the album until the right time for its release.

Davido was talking about the foreign and domestic artistes he’s recorded songs with, that was when he mentioned Kizz Daniel and noted that he has a song with American rapper, Blxst.

“In Naija, me and Kizz have a whole album, we are just keeping that for when we are ready to just drop it”, he said.

He also sent a shoutout to Drake aka Champagne Papi, during the interview as he hinted that they have worked together.