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Ayodeji balogun, AKA Wizkid is one young man who has set his name on the imprints of entertainment in Africa and the rest of the world. The artist who hails from Surulere, Lagos Nigeria has proving time after time that he is a global force to reckon with in the entertainment industry.
Flash back to 2009 when the audio of one of MI's hit tracks waved our airways, one could only but wonder who the young genius who was 18 at that time that performed this hook with such eloquent
savor that made most Nigerians sing along to this hip track well his name was Wizkid, the boy wonder who after that briefly dropped his hit single Holla at your boy that was the wave track in all
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campuses in Nigeria back then. But was the kid done? certainly not he then released his album Star Boy which became the most sold out album and probably up to date recorded in the country this kid was certainly destined for greatness as every track he performed on became a hit one after the other
and back to back. He kept on snatching almost every awards that came his way and soon he became the youngest Nigerian ever to win an international award, the BET awards back in 012. A lot of
musicians would have stopped there and just relax and perform shows right here in the country but not this young man he wasn't settling for less. Soon afterwards he left his record label EME and formed his own label which he called Starboy and swiftly entered the Ghanaian market which at the
time were producing mad afrobeats sounds from the likes of Sarkodie, R2bees and so many others. He quickly signed R2bees, Efya and Eazi to his label. But still his hunger wasn't satisfied; it was time to go international which he did. He has collaborated with top American artists like Drake who first
jumped on his hit track Ojuelegba, Chris brown,Ty dollar sign, Major lazer,Zara Larsson, Justin Skye and so much more. Wizkid has being on the nomination list for his contributions on Drakes Album Views and just recently has already picked up Billboard awards about three in number. There is no doubting that this kid is taking Africa to the world and No doubting that he is a legacy being born.
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