The Afrobeats realm is draped in sorrow as Wizkid, the celebrated icon, faces the heart-wrenching loss of his mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, who passed away in London during the early hours of yesterday, according to media reports. As of now, the details surrounding the incident remain sketchy. Wizkid, who was born Ayo Balogun on July Read More…
The Afropop star and the reggae scion link up to talk about spirituality, fatherhood, collaboration, and what connects Nigeria and Jamaica Damian Marley became a Wizkid fan after crossing paths with the Afropop star at a New York City hotel while promoting Stony Hill, his 2018 Grammy winner for Best Reggae Album. “Wiz’s melodies are Read More…
Wizkid joins Zane Lowe on Apple Music to chat about the success of his latest album Made in Lagos, the resilience of music and growing as an artist, collaboration, parenting, lessons learned during quarantine, making music moving forward, and more. Wizkid Tells Apple Music About The Resilience of Music… …like you said, music is life, Read More…
Wizkid’s album, “Made in Lagos’ is soaring high on the global music charts with with Charts Africa, an African music charts social media operation, announcing that it had crossed the Spotify 50-million-albums-sold mark. In the Dominican Republic, it is no. 1 on the Apple music top albums chart. The “Made in Lagos” album was released Read More…
The Grammys will shift from its original 31 January broadcast to 14 March, the official statement read Burna Boy and Wizkid will have to await their moment in the sun as the 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge Read More…
Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ featuring Tems has made ‘Barack Obama’s Favorite Music of 2020.’ The impressive playlist by the former US President has 29 other artistes drawn from different genres around the world. Obama gives special credit to his daughter, Sasha, for helping him curate the songs which includes ‘Blue World’ by Mac Miller and ‘Ghosts’ by Read More…
Revelling in their success at the just concluded MOBO awards, Nigerian music stars – Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (Burna Boy) and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (WizKid) – have been nominated for the 63rd Grammy Music Awards scheduled to take place on 31st January 2021. Burna Boy’s ‘Twice as Tall’ was nominated for Best Global Music Album of Read More…
REVIEW by PitchFork The Afrobeats star balances the formula to unite home and abroad with big pop songs that can compete across cultures and an underlying theme that embraces his roots. It’s been 10 years since WizKid first debuted in Lagos, becoming synonymous with all that is good in Afrobeats. Four years ago, Drake’s “One Read More…
Two Nigerian superstars, Wizkid and Burna boy won big at the Mobo Awards 2020 which was streamed live on YouTube in the early hours of Thursday. Wizkid was named the Best African Act while Burna Boy was named the Best International Act. The awards returned after a three-year hiatus on Nov. 24, with announcement of Read More…