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Grief in showbiz as Wiz Kid, Nkem Owoh lose mother, daughter respectively

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2023 0

Famous Nigerian singer Wizkid, whose real name is Ayodeji Balogun, has sadly lost his mother. Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, passed away at 1:30 a.m. Friday, August 18, 2023. Confirming the news, Sunday Are, Wizkid’s manager, shared that Mrs Balogun passed away during the early hours of

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Elon Musk removes Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, other’s verification badges

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2023 0

Microblogging site, Twitter has stripped notable Nigerian musicians of their Legacy verification tick. The microblogging platform, on Thursday, removed the verification badges of the Nigerian singers, Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid and Peter Okoye. Recall that Twitter owner, Elon Musk, had in March, in a tweet accompanied by links to subscribe to the premium program, hinted

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Wizkid postpones ‘More Love, Less Ego’ tour, gives reasons

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2023 0

Sensational Nigerian music star Wizkid has postponed his More Love, Less Ego tour. The music tour which was planned to commence on Friday, March 3 in Texas and end on April 9 in Los Angeles, has now been postponed to the Fall of 2023 his post stated. According to the statement released by Wizkd, via […]

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BREAKING: Wizkid, Burna Boy Wins Grammy

Ihesiulo Grace 14 March 2021 0

Nigeria music superstar and afrobeat maestro, Burna Boy has won his first-ever Grammy. Daily Times recalls Burna Boy won the best global music for his last album, twice as tall. The victory was announced on Sunday evening (Nigerian time) at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards premiere. View this post on Instagram A post shared by […]

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Wizkid to feature Burna Boy, Tems, Terri, Ella Mai, Skepta and more on ‘Made In Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2020 0

By Mutiat Alli On October 29, 2020, Nigerian superstar, Wizkid announced that his fourth studio album, ‘Made In Lagos’ will finally be released at 11:11 pm on the same day. As the tracklist has revealed, the 14-track album is set to feature Burna Boy, Skepta, Tems, Tay Iwar, Tems, Ella Mai, H.E.R, Damian Marley and […]

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“Smile” by Wizkid makes Obama’s summer playlist

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2020 0

Former US President Barack Obama has released his 2020 summer playlist. “Smile”, a song by Nigerian singer Wizkid, is among the 53 songs on the list. Others in the collection are Beyonce, Rihanna, Nas, J. Cole, Nina Simone and Frank Ocean. As gathered by Daily Times, Obama said some of the songs will be played […]

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Wizkid’s “Smile” makes No. 15 on Obama’s 2020 summer playlist

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2020 0

Nigerian music star Wizkid has put a “Smile” on the lips of Barack Obama, making the former US president’s 2020 summer playlist, Daily Times Nigeria reports. Wizkid, whose real name is Ayodeji Balogun, is at No. 15 on Obama’s playlist with his new single, “Smile”, featuring American Grammy winner, H.E.R. READ ALSO: Wizkid ‘Made in […]

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Wizkid ‘Made in Lagos’ album picks July 16 release date

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2020 0

Nigerian music star, Ayo Balogun, better known as Wizkid, has announced that his new ‘Made In Lagos’ album will drop on July 16.The singer announced this in an encrypted message on his Instastories. This is Wizkid’s fourth album following the successes recorded in previous albums, ‘Sounds from the Other Side’ (2016), ‘Ayo’ (2014) and ‘Superstar’ […]

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“Wizkid taught me how to use Instagram”-Daddy Showkey

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2020 0

Nigerian singer, Daddy Showkey has narrated how he discovered popular social media platforms, Instagram, and Twitter. He made this known during an Instagram live chat with comedian, Woli Arole. He said,“ I dey for my house I no even know wetin them dey call Instagram, I first go Wizkid place, he con dey tell me […]

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I’d like to create a sound with Wizkid, Davido and Tiwa Savage – Playboycasted

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2020 0

Nigerian song writer and composer, Playboycasted has revealed three Nigerian music stars he would like to collaborate with on a song, in Africa. Speaking with reporters in Lagos, the Ebutte-Metta born, when asked three Nigeria artiste he would like to work with and those he has worked it, said: “I have worked with a number […]

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2baba is King! Singer claims throne at #20YearsAKing Concert

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2020 0

Legendary music icon 2baba has made another incredible mark in the history of live performance in Nigeria with ‘20years a king concert’, which was held on Saturday, December 28 2019 at EKO Hotel Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Organised by TEC, Achievas Entertainment and Hypertek Digital, the concert has been classified by attendees as the […]

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Kwara Govt not behind Wizkid concert, says AbdulRazaq

Ihesiulo Grace 27 December 2019 0

…Says infrastructure, enterprise, innovation key to devt Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday, denied that the government was behind the popular musical concert that featured pop star, Wizkid, in Ilorin, adding however that the event was a welcome development and could be a springboard to promote entertainment and get local talents hooked to

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Wizkid, Beyoncé make ‘Brown skin girl’ video

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2019 0

Abuja – Nigerian singer and songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and American singer, Beyoncé Knowles, has called on people to appear on ‘The Lion King ‘ the gift video Nigerian superstar and the American singer have commenced shooting the music video for fans favourite song ‘Brown Skin Girl.’ According to a British tabloid, the […]

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Wizkid nominated for 2019 Soul Train Music Awards

Ihesiulo Grace 29 October 2019 0

Ace Nigerian music superstar, Wizkid,  has been nominated for the 2019 Soul Train Music Awards scheduled to hold on Nov. 17  in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Wizkid is nominated in the Best Collaboration and the Songwriters’ Award categories, all for his collaborative song with Beyoncé, “Brown Skin Girl.” The News […]

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Wizkid releases, ‘Joro’, part of Made In Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 1 October 2019 0

VIDEO: Wizkid – Joro. (Sony Music/RCA Records) Mr  Ayo Balogun  aka Wizkid has released a new single, titled “Joro” “which is exceted to be in a new album titled Made In Lagos” to be released in October 2019. Artist: Wizkid Song Title: Joro Genre: Afrobeats EFCC arrests 12 suspected internet fraudsters in a Yahoo yahoo School Album: Made In […]

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Sony Music West Africa Welcomes Oluwaseun Lloyd as new General Manager

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2019 0

Mutiat Alli – Lagos As you must have read by now, Sony Music West Africa has appointed foremost music entrepreneur and now former President of Davido Music Worldwide, Oluwaseun Lloyd also known as, Banko as its General Manager. The record company said its partnership with Banko is based on his pure love for African music […]

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My root African sound defines me-Femi My root African sound defines me-Femi Koya

Ihesiulo Grace 22 June 2019

Afrobeat music composer and versatile saxophonist, Femi Koya has disclosed that what his deep root African sound mixed with jazz otherwise known as traditional highlife differs him from others because having the opportunity to cross over sound between the west and south of Africa and engaging in both culture of Nigeria and South Africans has […]

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I Can Never Love One Woman – Wizkid

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2018 0

Nigerian super star singer, Ayodeji Balogun, known as Wizkid loves women. In fact the ‘Pakurumo’ crooner blatantly declared in a recent interview that he cannot settle down with any woman because there are many women he loves and who In the interview he admitted to having several girlfriends and claims all his girls know he […]

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Wizkid’s bestie, Tiwa Savage wins ‘Best African Act ‘ MTV EMAs 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2018 0

Tiwa Savage has won the MTV Europe Music Awards for Best African Act ,2018.The ceremony took place at the Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao in Spain. She beat fellow Nigerian musician, Davido ,Shekhinah,Fally Ipupa,Nyashinski and Distruction Boyz. Tiwa has now made history as the first female to win the award whose past winners include, Wizkid and Davido. […]

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Daddy Freeze Reacts To “Fever” Video Of Wizkid And Tiwa Savage

Ihesiulo Grace 26 October 2018 0

Daddy Freeze as finally come out to reacts to “Fever” video that is stewing everywhere. He wrote: “I think the video for #Fever is great, the chemistry is amazing, Wiz did a good job and so did Tiwa. The video only served to give life to an already soulful masterpiece. My score: 9.5 out of […]