Wizkid History

Biography, Awards, and Albums of Wizkid
This piece is based on actual events involving one of Nigeria’s most popular musical artists.
Wizkid’s biography includes information about his accolades, albums, controversies, parenthood, and endorsements. Born on July 16, 1990, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, generally known as Wizkid, has become a household name after breaking into the music industry. Wizkid, a producer and songwriter, has developed into one of the major figures in the Nigerian music business. Young Wizzy’s first hit tune, “Holla at Your Guy,” captured the attention of the entire world. Wizkid was acquired by Banky W’s record company Empire Mates Entertainment in 2009.

Since then, Wizzy, as he is affectionately known, has put in a lot of work and made his contribution. The BET Award is one of his many accomplishments in the Nigerian music industry. He has also won one MOBO Award after being nominated twice, three “The Headies Awards” out of his eight nominations thus far, one Channel O Music Video Award after suffering through agonizingly painful six nominations, four Nigeria Entertainment Awards from an impressive 11 nominations, and one Ghana Music Award. Incredibly, Wizkid has received three MTV Europe Music Awards nominations, followed by another four. nomination for World Music Awards.