Nigerian music ace and DMW boss, David Adeleke, widely called Davido, has bagged an award as the “Best African Act” at the 2017 MTV EMA. Davido edged out his biggest contender in Nigeria, Wizkid, and his South African counterpart, Nasty C, to take home the highly coveted award. Other African acts who were in the […]
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Ace Nigerian musician, Ayo Balogun, popularly known as ‘Wizkid’ has won the BET award for the Best International Act category. The singer was announced the winner on Saturday in Los Angeles, US. Wizkid was nominated for the 2017 BET Awards alongside three Nigerian artistes — Davido, Mr Eazi and Tekno. The quartet was nominated alongside […]
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Ace Nigerian singer Wizkid has scooped several honours with Canadian Drake in the 2017 BillBoard Music Awards in Las Vegas. Wizkid’s collabo with Drake and Tyla won for Top Streaming Strong(Audio) for the song, One Dance. One Dance also won the Top R&B song and also the Top R&B collaboration. However, Wizkid and Drake’s One Dance failed […]
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Forbes Africa has released its list of Richest African musicians. The list was put together using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, influence and others. Nigerian artistes, Don Jazzy, Wizkid and Davido, are among the top ten richest African musicians. Take a look […]
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Ace Nigerian musician, Wizkid has dropped the much anticipated video for the single, ‘Come Closer’. The video which was released on 6 April, has already raked over 400,000 views on You Tube and over 3,000 on Wizkid Evo account. The audio on You Tube, has closer to 1.5million views. In the video, according to a […]
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Popular Nigerian singer, Ayo Balogun, popularly called Wizkid, has signed a multi-album worldwide deal with RCA Records/Sony Music International. The deal which was sealed after much speculation came after American rap artists Drake and Skepta released a remix of WizKid’s 2015 hit ‘Ojuelegba’ which was a global sensation and gave the singer worldwide recognition. According […]
Continue ReadingThe nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced on Tuesday, December 6, with last year’s Best New Artist winner Meghan Trainor unveiling the contestants for the marquee categories live on CBS. Beyonce led the field with 9 nominations, followed by similarly huge stars Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West (8 each). Meanwhile, Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun has […]
Continue Reading2016 MTV Africa Music Awards Winners Artist of the Year: Wizkid (Nigeria) Best Female: Yemi Alade (Nigeria) Best Male: Wizkid (Nigeria) Best Group: Sauti Sol (Kenya) Best Breakthrough Act: Tekno (Nigeria) Best Live Act: Cassper Nyovest (South Africa) Best Hip Hop in association with MTN: Emtee (South Africa) Song of the Year in partnership with […]
Continue ReadingAfter weeks of excitement and anticipation, Africa’s music fans have spoken at the sixth edition of Africa’s premiere annual music showcase, the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016. It unfolded at the TicketPro Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg, South Africa on Oct. 22. The awards, an exhilarating celebration of African music and achievement, made its Jo’burg […]
Continue ReadingFollowing a recent confrontation, where Dammy Krane accused Wizkid of stealing his song, Veteran dance hall act and a former member of Plantashun Boyz, Ahmedu Augustine, widely called Blackface, has also called on fellow musician, Wizkid, to “stop stealing” his songs. Blackface spoke to Punch Newspaper, saying that the young hip-hop artiste had been copying […]
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