By Oyinkansayo Wole-Bodunde.
Simi, a Nigerian singer, has expressed that she wants people to stop referring to her daughter, Adejare, as “Duduke.”
The nickname originated from her 2020 song “Duduke,” which was released before her child’s birth.
In the song, “Duduke” represents the sound of her heartbeat, likened to a drumbeat. Simi clarified this in an interview with VJ Adams. She said, “People call my daughter Duduke, which I don’t like. That’s not her name. It doesn’t even mean anything. Had it meant something good, I would have allowed it. But it’s just a beat, duduke, duduke. That was what I meant. My heart beats like a drum. Stop calling my child Duduke. But you know what? I get it, it’s coming from a good place, so I try not to react.”
She appreciates the good intentions behind the nickname, but would prefer it if people used her daughter’s real name, Adejare.
