Simi Tells Nigerians: Stop Calling My Child Duduke

Popular singer-songwriter, Simi asks Nigerians to stop calling her daughter, Adejare, ‘Duduke’.
She lamented over how many Nigerians continue to mistake her daughter’s name for the popular hit song, ‘Duduke’ which she sang when she was pregnant with the child.
Simi noted that a lot of people have taken to calling her daughter the name, and she doesn’t appreciate that.
She opined that the word ‘Duduke’ has no meaning, but it was just simply a music beat.
The mother of one said …
“People call my daughter Duduke which I don’t like. It doesn’t mean anything. As in if it means something good.. it is just a beat. I get it; it’s coming from a good place and I try not to react.”
“Stop calling my child Duduke” – Simi tells Nigerians pic.twitter.com/NjholkRz5t
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