Monday 5 September 2016

How Much Do You Know Wizkid?

Nigerian born purpular sensational star Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun also know as Wizkid was born on the 16 of july late 1990, Wizkid currently happens to be one of the biggest shots in local and global music as the artist has in many ways been able to make waves round the glob with his wonderful and extraordinary work of art [Music]. Ayodeji Ibrahim kick start his musical career at age 11, after dropping a collaborative album in 2001 with Glorious Five(5) and the albulm was titled "Lil Prince". Wizkid pushed up is hustle a lil further in 2009 when he officially got signed to Empire Mates Record's (EME) under Banky W, and a year later the begining of a new era in the global music industry began as Wizkid moved from being and upcomming artist into a real artist with the release of his hit single which was titled "Holla At Your Boy", Wizkid went on to releasing his first studio debut albulm "Superstar" in 2011 which stormed the world as the abulm practically seem to be a collection of global hit sounds including songs like Holla At Yor Boy, Pakurumo, Gidi Girl, Dont Dull, Love My Baby, Tease Me/Bad Guys and Oluwa Ni.In 2014 Wizkid went on to release his second album "Ayo" which comprises of other major chart topping tracks like One Question, Jaiye Jaiye, Ontop Your Matter, Show Me The Money, Joy and Bombay.

Asides his personal stuffs Wizkid has been able to collaborate with other artist locally and internationally which as also been another reason why not just fans appreciate this guy but even other fellow artist appreciate Wizkid because every verse and chorus which he was placed on was murderd at a hundred percent. Examples of major hits which Wizkid was featured on are songs like Sexy Mama, The Matter, Girl, Slow Down, Pull Over and so many other tracks.
So my people this a a quick run through on CEO Starboy Records and one of the biggest artist of his Generation Wizkid.. We will be dropping another section of (GTKTS) "Getting To Know The Stars" next week so kindly stay connected to 101Classictunes.blogspot.com, Your Home Of Global Enetertainment.

In addition to his solo work, Wizkid has collaborated with several artists and was featured on the hits "Girl" (with Bracket), "Fine Lady" (with Lynxxx), "Sexy Mama" (with Iyanya), "Slow Down" (with R2Bees), "The Matter" (with Maleek Berry), "Pull Over" (with KCee) and "Bad Girl" (with Jesse Jagz). He was ranked 5th on Forbes and Channel O's 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists.[4][5] In February 2014, Wizkid became the first ever Nigerian musician to have over 1 million followers on Twitter

1990–2010: Early life and Lil Prinz
Wizkid was born on 16 July 1990 in Surulere, a residential and commercial area of Lagos.[8][9] In a 2012 interview with Tim Westwood, he said that his father has three wives.[10] Wizkid started singing at age 11, releasing a 7-track album entitled Lil Prinz (2001).[11] During an interview with Adesope of Factory 78 TV, Wizkid described his life in a nutshell. He said he formed a group called the Glorious Five with a couple of his church friends. The group dropped an album prior to dismembering. Wizkid later met OJB Jezreel, a record producer who prevented him from recording for a year. While visiting Jezreel's studio frequently, he watched 2 Face Idibia record Grass 2 Grace and Sound Sultan record Jagbajantis. A year later, Wizkid started recording. His first song featured OJB Jezreel.[12] The song was met with great reception throughout Surulere. Wizkid cited Naeto C as one of the people who mentored and coached him while he was 15 years old. Wizkid also told Factory 78 TV that his parents weren't receptive of his music from the onset. In order to gain his father's trust, he had to work hard and spent lots of time in the studio.[13] Wizkid has a great relationship with Banky W. He told Factory 78 TV that he and Banky became friends prior to starting a professional relationship. He co-wrote Banky W's "Omoge You Too Much", a song off the The W Experience album.[13] In 2006, he collaborated with Naeto C and Ikechukwu. In 2009, Wizkid became a household name within Nigeria's musical landscape; he was featured on M.I's "Fast Money, Fast Cars" and Kel's "Turn by Turn".