Biography of WIZKID
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun polularly known as Wizkid is a skilled vocalist, musician and entertainer. He begun recording music at age 11 and figured out how to discharge a shared collection with a gathering, he and two or three his congregation companions shaped.
In 2009, he marked a record manage Banky W. 's record name Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). He rose to unmistakable quality in 2010 with the arrival of the melody " Holla at Your Boy " from his presentation studio collection, Superstar (2011). " Tease Me/Bad Guys ", " Don't Dull ", "Love My Baby", "Pakurumo" and "Oluwa Lo Ni" were additionally discharged as singles from the Superstar collection. Wizkid's second studio collection, AYO, was discharged in September 2014 by six singles: " Jaiye ", "On Top Your Matter", "One Question", "Euphoria", "Bombay" and "Demonstrate to You the Money".
In 2016, Wizkid accomplished worldwide acknowledgment following his coordinated effort with Drake on the worldwide hit, " One Dance", which achieved number one out of 15 nations, including the United States, United Kingdom , Canada and
Australia . Wizkid has teamed up with a few different specialists and was highlighted on the hits "Young lady" (with Bracket ), "Fine Lady" (with Lynxxx), " Sexy Mama " (with
Iyanya), "Back Off" (with R2Bees ), "The Matter" (with Maleek Berry), "Draw Over" (with
KCee ) and "Trouble maker" (with Jesse Jagz ).
Wizkid left E.M.E. On 1 March 2017 after his 5-years recording contract lapses
Board magazine revealed that Wizkid marked a multi-collection manage RCA Records . The arrangement was first detailed by a few media outlets in September 2016. The executive and CEO of RCA Records, Peter Edge , affirmed the marking while at the same time addressing Music Business Worldwide in January 2017.
He was positioned fifth on Forbes and Channel O 's 2013 rundown of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists.
In February 2014, Wizkid turned into the primary ever Nigerian artist to have more than 1 million devotees on Twitter.
Futhermore, he turned into the primary Afrobeats craftsman to show up in the 2018 Guinness World Records for his commitment to Drake 's hit tune " One Dance".
PERSONAL LIFE
Auto collision and Porsche securing
On 15 June 2013, Wizkid was engaged with a non-hazardous pile up along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lekki, Lagos. As indicated by an article posted on Silverbird Television , Wizkid was hospitalized for a minor blackout coming about because of the disaster area. As per onlooker reports ordered by MTV Base, Wizkid's Porsche Panamera was spotted speeding not far off; the auto's front tires extinguished and brought about the driver of the vehicle losing control and colliding with a street hindrance. Onlooker reports likewise included that the auto's airbag suspension framework conveyed on effect, protecting Wizkid and the driver promptly. At the season of the occurrence, Wizkid and different travelers in the auto were coming back from the Soundcity Nokia LumiaBeat Party. The mishap purportedly happened around 3:30am before the GET Arena. Because of the disaster area, the auto was seriously harmed. Photos of the harmed vehicle surfaced on Instagram and Facebook.
Vanguard announced that Wizkid procured a
Porsche Cayenne two weeks after the mishap. He posted photos of his new obtaining onto his Instagram page and labeled the photos with the inscription "#Blessed".
Parenthood CONTROVERSY
On 22 August 2011, Nigerian Entertainment Today announced that Wizkid fathered his first kid at age 21. After a careful examination, the news source reasoned that Wizkid impregnated an undergrad understudy Sola Ogudugu.
The news source included that different sources comfortable with the "child mother" and her family disclosed to them that they thought about the connection between the two gatherings. At the point when the story broke out, dear companions and partners of Wizkid didn't affirm the story because of DNA results that were pending at the time. Wizkid ended his quiet on the story in a few meetings. In a meeting with a Nigerian Entertainment Today supervisor, Wizkid denied having a kid. In another meeting held at Ogudu-GRA in Lagos, Wizkid said he truly wouldn't like to wind up in that impossible to miss circumstance. Seven days before denying the charges, Wizkid tweeted from his official Twitter handle. In December 2012, he denied the infant embarrassment amid a meeting with Nonye Ben-Nwankwo of The Punch . In October 2013, Wizkid transferred an image of he and his 2-year-old child, Boluwatife Balogun, onto his Instagram account. The photograph affirmed the supposed gossipy tidbits and claims that were harbored for a long time. The photograph likewise vindicated Nigerian Entertainment Today, the news source that originally secured the story. He likewise has two different young men from two unique ladies, making him a Father of Three young men.
Fights
Wizkid moved toward becoming overwhelmed in cracks with a few specialists including his previous manager Banky W and previous mark mate Skales. Different specialists incorporate Davido, Dammy Krane ,Saeon, Tonto Dikeh , Samklef and blogger Linda Ikeji .
A casualty of IMPERSONATION
On 19 June 2013, Wizkid and his administration were addressed by men from the Nigeria Police Force . Tricking charges were leveled against them by a gathering of UNILAG understudies. The understudies asserted that Wizkid consented to perform at the UNILAG Sports Center on 21 May 2013 for an aggregate whole of ₦500,000. They additionally guaranteed that he didn't appear for the show and didn't restore their cash. In the wake of leading an exhaustive examination, Police confirmed that Unilag understudies were requested by another specialists trick him. In a meeting with Showtime Celebrity , He told the media that the police were exploring the case. The brains behind the pantomime were later kept by law authorization operators in Lagos.
AWARDS AND NOMINATION
Rundown of honors and designations gotten by Wizkid
Wizkid's commitment to the Nigerian Music Industry has earned him a few accomplishments. He is the beneficiary of two BET Awards, three
Board Music Awards, two iHeartRadio Music Awards , one MTV Europe Music Award , four
MTV Africa Music Awards, two SoundCity MVP Awards, three MOBO Awards , six The Headies Awards , two Channel O Music Video Awards, six Nigeria Entertainment Awards, two Ghana Music Awards , two Dynamix All Youth Awards, two City People Entertainment Awards, and a
Future Award . Moreover, he has been named multiple times at the MTV Europe Music Awards , multiple times at the American Music Awards , multiple times at the World Music Awards, and once at the Grammy Awards. Additionally, he got an ASCAP plaque for his songwriting commitments to Drake's " One Dance".
He got selected six (6) classes of the 2017 Sound city grant and won the 'Advanced Artiste of the Year'.
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