Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter, born 16 July 1990. He started music at the age of 11.
1.Wizkid is a Muslim at birth as his father, Alhaji M.O Balogun, is a Muslim and has a Christian mum, Mrs. Balogun. He grew up living with 12 sisters, a lot right?
- Wizkid was first known as ‘Lil Prinz’ when he started his music career. He went to the university of Lagos where he dropped out.
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At 15, Wizkid met the late OJB Jezreel who helped his music career as well as Sound Sultan, 2 Face and Naeto C
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His very first single was ‘Mami water’, can you remember that?
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The singer was later signed into Banky W‘s EME record label in 2009 which was the beginning of fame for the young man.
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He has worked with Nigerian stars as well as international artistes including Drake and Chris Brown.
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Wizkid is a father to three sons. His first son, Boluwatife in 2011, In 2016, Wizkid welcomed his second son, Ayodeji with his second baby mama, Binta Diallo and third son, Zion.
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Ojuelegba’ is the song that drew the attention of the international scene
But his die-hard fans, would remember ‘Holla at your Boy’
9. Wizkid became the first Nigerian singer to make it to Billboard’s Twitter Last 24 hours chart in 2016
- Wizkid’s “One Dance” his previous collaboration with Drake became the most streamed song on Spotify globally with over 1.1 billion streams.
Wizkid featured in Beyonce‘s ‘Lion King’ album which is a collection of music inspired by the 2019 remake of the classic Disney movie ‘Lion King.’
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