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Davido Recounts How He Was Treated by Police After Buying First House in America
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Davido recalls how the American Police visited him for buying a house
During an interview, Davido discussed his experience with racial profiling from the US police when he purchased his first house in America.
In a viral video that has gone widely shared on social media, DMW Records CEO detailed how the police handled him when he bought a house in the United States.
When he was about 23 or 24, the Afrobeat musician purchased a home in a predominantly white neighbourhood.
According to him, a detective-type police officer knocked on the door two days after he had moved in.
The 29-year-old recalled how they conducted a thorough investigation of the property and grilled him on a variety of topics, including how he acquired the home, his occupation, and many more.
Davido said:
“When I was 23, no 24, I was the only African person in that neighborhood, so I moved in, had a U-Haul truck behind me. 2 days later, police came to the door, like a detective type. They came in and searched the whole house, asking me what do I do because I bought that house cash.”
The interviewer noted UK rapper, Stormzy, also experienced something similar when he bought a house in Chelsea and asked what Davido’s thoughts were on the incident.
Davido noted that when white people see a black person doing something positive and making money, they are confused and want to know how.
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The DMW boss said:
“I don’t think they have a problem with it, it might just be shocking or they want to know how. When you see young black men not stealing money, not killing, not robbing, doing something positive and makes money out of it and moves to a certain area, they are confused.”
Davido went on to stress that he considers such treatment because of brainwashing, this is because Americans are brought up to think there’s nothing good in Africa.
In his words: “I wouldn’t say it’s racist because that’s how they’ve been brainwashed to think.
“I’ve lived in the western world, I live in Africa, so I understand why the Africans are angry and I also understand why the Americans will think that way because living in America, you’re brought up to think Africa is like no go area, in Africa, we are brought up to think ‘yo this people took everything from us’, so I think that’s something we have to fix.”