Video of Davido admitting to Wizkid’s superiority, manipulated

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Mohammed Taoheed

Claim: A Facebook user shared a video showing Nigerian singer Davido glorifying his counterpart, Wizkid, admitting regret for not taking his advice.

Verdict: Misleading! DUBAWA discovered the video had been manipulated. Its original version spotlights Davido, comparing his music skill set at the beginning of his career to what he has now.

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For years, there has been a debate about who is superior between the two Afrobeat musicians, David Adeleke, known as Davido, and his counterpart, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid. 

While both artists continue to pit themselves against each other, their supporters have only continued to trigger the duo’s antagonism, from comparing music streams, awards, endorsement deals, fame, and family and personal lifestyles.

Against this backdrop, a Facebook user, FC Chairman, shared a video of Davido purportedly expressing regret for not considering Wizkid’s advice before the release of his latest album.

The claimant captioned the video, “Davido declared Wizkid the biggest.”

In the nine-second footage, Davido could be heard saying, “I respect Wizkid so much because he is the biggest, but I didn’t take advice from Wizkid before dropping that trash album, and I’m regretting my life.”

When DUBAWA checked the video on Sunday, May 4, 2025, we noticed an engagement statistics of about 46,000 likes, 2,800 comments, and 848 reposts. 

The same post appeared here and here on Facebook. 

Due to the number of engagements the post had accumulated and the strained relationship between the two artists, DUBAWA decided to verify the claim.

Verification 

We first observed that the voice texture sounded weird and different from the musician’s usual voice. DUBAWA took screen grabs from the video and subjected them to a Google Reverse Image Search. The result linked us with similar videos shared on Instagram in November 2024, as seen here, here, and here. Similar versions were shared on YouTube, Facebook, and X within the same time frame.

We carefully examined the original version of the video and discovered that Davido was talking about growing old and comparing his present abilities with his formative years in music.

“I finally agree I’m getting old. Normally, when we land for a show, no matter the time, we are going out. These days, I just want to sleep,” he said.

Furthermore, we checked Davido’s official Facebook page to see whether he made a recent post about the video used by the claimant, but found none. We did the same check on Wizkid’s official Facebook page and found nothing to support the claim. 

Finally, we subjected the video to Deepware.ai, a verification tool that detects deepfake videos. It shows a likelihood of the clip being digitally distorted to paint a different narrative from the original version. 

Conclusion 

The video alleging Davido expressed regret for rejecting advice from Wizkid has been digitally altered to share a false superiority acceptance narrative. Our findings reveal it is an old video of Davido with unrelated context.