Daddy Showkey

{{Short description|Nigerian singer}}

Daddy Showkey is a veteran Nigerian galala singer. His genre of music is called ghetto dance or simply ghetto. He was born in Ajegunle and rose to popularity there in the late 1990s. He was born as John Odafe Asiemo but is known as Daddy Showkey all over the Ghetto.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribune.com.ng/glitz/item/12948-i-don-t-know-why-god-is-still-keeping-me-alive-daddy-showkey/12948-i-don-t-know-why-god-is-still-keeping-me-alive-daddy-showkey |title=I don't know why God is still keeping me alive —Daddy Showkey |publisher=Tribune.com.ng |accessdate=25 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103122558/http://www.tribune.com.ng/glitz/item/12948-i-don-t-know-why-god-is-still-keeping-me-alive-daddy-showkey/12948-i-don-t-know-why-god-is-still-keeping-me-alive-daddy-showkey |archivedate=3 November 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/daddy-showkey-my-life-on-the-streets/|title=Daddy Showkey: My Life on the streets|work=Vanguard News|date=17 July 2009 |accessdate=25 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ngtrends.com/2014/08/visit-my-house-and-youll-know-if-am-broke-daddy-showkey/|title=Visit My House And You'll Know If Am Broke - Daddy Showkey -NG Trends|work=NG Trends|accessdate=25 October 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://nigerianewsdigest.com/%EF%BB%BFi-was-abandoned-after-i-had-an-accident-daddy-showkey-interview/ |title=I Was Abandoned After I Had an Accident – Daddy Showkey [interview] |publisher=Nigeriannewsdigest.com |accessdate=25 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025145101/http://nigerianewsdigest.com/%EF%BB%BFi-was-abandoned-after-i-had-an-accident-daddy-showkey-interview/ |archivedate=25 October 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.ngtunes.com/video-interview-second-coming-daddy-showkey/|title=VIDEO INTERVIEW: The Second Coming of Daddy Showkey|work=Ng Tunes|accessdate=25 October 2014}} He hails from Olomoro Kingdom in Isoko South LGA of Delta State.{{Cite web|title=40 Isoko People you must be Proud of in Lagos|url=https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/229151/40-isoko-people-you-must-be-proud-of-in-lagos.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Nigerian Voice}}