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Wizkid
Name: Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun
Birthday: 16 / Jul / 1990
Home: Surulere, Lagos
Instagram: @Wizkidayo
Wizkid's Full Bio:
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990),
better known by his stage name Wizkid
(sometimes stylised as WizKid), is a Nigerian
recording artist, songwriter and performer. He
started his musical career at age 11, releasing
a collaborative album with Glorious Five
entitled Lil Prinz (2001). In 2009, he signed a
record deal with Banky W.'s imprint Empire
Mates Entertainment. He rose to prominence
in 2010 with the release of the song "Holla at
Your Boy" from his debut studio album,
Superstar (2011). "Tease Me/Bad Guys",
"Don't Dull", Gidi Girl, "Love My Baby",
"Pakurumo" and "Oluwa Lo Ni" were also
released as singles from the Superstar album.
Wizkid's self-titled second studio album, Ayo
(2014), was preceded by the singles "Jaiye
Jaiye", "On Top Your Matter", "One Question",
"Joy", "Bombay" and "Show You The Money".
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).
His work and contribution to the Nigerian
Music Industry has earned him several
achievements, including a BET Award , a MOBO
Award, three The Headies Awards, two Channel
O Music Video Awards, four Nigeria
Entertainment Awards , a Ghana Music Award ,
two Dynamix All Youth Awards, two City
People Entertainment Awards, and a Future
Award. In addition, he has been nominated
three times at the MTV Europe Music Awards
as well as four times at the World Music
Awards. He was ranked 5th on Forbes and
Channel O's 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/
Bankable African Artists . In February 2014,
Wizkid became the first ever Nigerian
musician to have over 1 million followers on
Twitter.
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