Afrobeat singer and activist Seun Kuti has issued a stern warning to fans of Grammy-winning artist Wizkid, popularly known as “Wizkid FC,” demanding that they desist from dragging his late father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, into online supremacy battles. In a scathing video posted on his Instagram page on Saturday, Seun condemned what he described as “disrespectful” […]
It’s been over a year since Wizkid’s last album, More Love, Less Ego, and fans are growing restless. Social media has erupted with hashtags like #WhereIsWizkid and #BringBackBigWiz. The Nigerian superstar has been noticeably absent from major events and online activity. However, his manager recently teased that Wizkid is “cooking something special” and may be […]
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 Friday. “Yes, she passed away this morning, around […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]