Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has revealed that he is currently the most criticized artiste in Nigeria.

According to the 'Feel' crooner, he was lucky that his wealthy background wasn't made public on time, or it would have been one of what would have been used to bring him down during the early days of his career.

He explained that by the time people knew he was from a wealthy background, he had already released three hit songs. He further emphasized that criticism is normal especially when one gets to a great height.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Culture Knock Out podcast, Davido said:

"I’m the biggest criticised artist in Nigeria. I mean, I’m on fire and I’ve been on fire for a while. In the beginning, they didn’t know that my dad was rich. So the stigma of a rich kid doing music didn’t end up as crazy as it should have been for me.

"People didn’t know my father was rich. It was too late, I already did three hit songs before they found out that my dad had money…

“But I just wanted to do music. I didn’t care if I had to become homeless. At that point, that was all I wanted to do. Nothing would stop me.

“Over time, people started hating me because my dad is rich. But I keep on dropping good music, and it keeps working out.

“It happens to everyone, once you become the biggest in anything, you will get criticised. You are doing an election, people love you and they vote for you. But when you become president, they hate you.”