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Wizkid facts for kids
For Whiz Kids (disambiguation)|Whiz Kids, see Wizkid (disambiguation).
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Wizkid performing at Iyanya's album launch concert in 2013 | |
| Born | Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (1990-07-16) 16 July 1990 (age 34) Ojuelegba, Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Citizenship | Nigerian |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
Notable work | Discography |
| Awards | Full list |
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| Origin | Lagos, Nigeria |
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Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), popularly known as Wizkid, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. Born in the Ojuelegba suburb of Surulere, Lagos, Wizkid is a voice in the emerging Afrobeats movement. His music is a blend of Afrobeats, afropop, R&B, afrobeat, reggae, dancehall, and pop. He began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with t
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Fast Facts
Full Name:
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun
Nickname:
Wizkid, Big expert, Star Boy, Ayo
Birth date:
July 16, 1990
Relationship Status:
In a relationship
Background
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, was born to a large interfaith family on July 16, 1990, in Surulere, Lagos. He is of African nedstigning and a Cancer bygd design. Wizkid attended Ijebu Ode Grammar School and grew up listening to Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, and King Sunny Ade, who were his earliest musical influences. After hanging around legendary musicians like 2 Face Idibia, Sound Sultan, Naeto C, and Banky W, he got signed to Empire Mates Entertainment in 2009.
On June 12, 2011, through this record label, Wizkid released his debut album “Superstar,” featuring ‘Holla at Your Boy’ as its lead single. 2011 was pivotal for Wizkid as he won the ‘Next Rated Award’ at the 2011 Headies and got nominated for ‘Best Pop Single’ for ‘Holla at Your Boy.’ His debut studio album was a success, and he tou
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P2J
When did you first discover Wizkid?
About ten years ago, when I heard “Holla At Your Boy”. I don’t know what channel I was watching, it might have been BEN back then, I just saw one kid come up, I said, “who’s this? This boy is sick.” I remember telling Wiz actually, I said to him, “that day that I saw you, I knew you were going to be a star.” Like when I saw the performance from that video I said, “that boy is gonna be a star.”
How did your relationship with Wizkid kick off?
The funny thing is, we have a song – he and Tiwa [Savage]’s “Bad” –which we did about four or five years ago now, but we had never met at that point. I remember getting his vocals
back and I was like “oh shit, Wizkid’s on my song, crazy!” We met properly in 2018. Burna [Boy] called me, he was in a session with [Wizkid], and they were working on a song when I got there. As soon as they finished, Burna said to me “yo, P, pull up a beat, man” and I was like “ahhh, shit, this is mad. Burna and Wiz in the s