Fans Celebrate Afrobeat Legend, Wizkid at 32
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, otherwise professionally known as Wizkid, celebrated his 32nd birthday today, 16th of July.
Numerous fans took to their social media, particularly twitter -to voice their appreciation and blessings to the afrobeat singer.
Wizkid - who was discovered by Banky Wellington, began to take the Nigerian music industry by storm in 2011, releasing his first single "Holla At Your Boy", and his first album - "SUPERSTAR" by June 12, 2011.
Thanks to the likes of Wizkid, Afrobeat music has gone global/international , often charting in North-American and European countries, and is still making waves.
The Afrobeat legend starting making music at the age of 11 , with a team "Glorious Five" which he and his Church friends formed.
Throughout his career, Wizkid has been nominated and has won various local and international awards such as :
- MTV EUROPE Music Awards
- Soul Train Music Awards
- BET Awards (3)
- NAACP Image Awards (2)
- and One Grammy Award
He has also collaborated with the likes of Chris Brown, Beyonce, Drake, Wale, Tyga, etc . His song with Beyonce : "Brown Skin Girl" won his first Grammy.
Fans took to twitter to tweet various messages :
@lagossultan - 'Nigeria have crude but Wizkid is Nigeria's biggest export.
See some of the screenshots from twitter below :
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