Nigerian’s top music fine artist has announced that he will be visiting his fans in Kenya on 22nd July 2017, about 2 weeks to Kenya’s general election.
The news of Wizkid yet have come at the wrong time, it remains to be the best news since the year.
In a span of about 3 years, Kenya has surprisingly hosted one of the worlds top musicians and celebs.
And Wizkid adds a great impact on that. Here are 10 facts about Wizkid you should know.
- The 26 years old is officially known as Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990)
- He started recording music at age 11 and managed to release a collaborative album
- Yet his first hit came in 2010 named “Holla at Your Boy” which placed him on fame
- He rose to a global level when he partnered with US top artist Drake in 2014 with ‘One Dance’ which topped in 15 countries for several months
- He was ranked 5th on Forbes and Channel O’s 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists
- February 2015, Wizkid became the first ever Nigerian musician to have over 1 million followers on Twitter
- Wizkid has won top awards such as Betaward and Mobo Awards
- He is planning to realease another collabo with Vybz Kartel, Jamaica’s life term jail serving artist
- Wizkid is popula in 5 genres Dancehall, Hiphop, reggae, Afrobeat and Afropop
- This is the first time he will be visiting Kenya
