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Who is Wizkid? 5 Things When Nigerian Singers Perform At AMAs 2022 – Hollywood Life


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  • Wizkid is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
  • He rose to fame after releasing his debut album ‘Superstar’ in 2011.
  • He won a Grammy for his collaboration with Beyonce.
  • He’s set to perform at the 2022 American Music Awards.

Wizkid32 years old, about to have an amazing performance at American Music Awards 2022. The Nigerian superstar’s real name is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, is debuting his AMAs performance at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater on November 20th, this will be an opportunity for Wizkid to showcase his talents in front of an audience that may be unfamiliar to him. Before his performance, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about Wizkid.

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Wizkid is Nigerian.

Wizkid was born in a residential area in Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria and the second most populous city in Africa. He was raised by a Christian mother and polygamous Muslim father, who had three other wives, according to an interview he conducted with the is the protector. Wizkid is the youngest in a family of 11 children.

He started recording music at the age of 11.

As a child, Wizkid fell in love with church music and formed a musical group called the Glorious Five, with four of his church friends. At the age of 11, Wizkid recorded his first song with a record producer OJB Jezreel. In 2009, he signed a recording contract with Empire Mates Entertainment and released his debut studio album, Super star, two years later. The album included Wizkid’s hit single “Holla at Your Boy” which helped him gain attention in the industry.

As of 2022, Wizkid has released five albums. His fifth album More love, less ego launched on November 11th. Wiz is a collaborator on drakeOne Dance’s hit song in 2016. He also collaborated with Tyga, Jeezy, Akonand others.

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Wizkid (Photo: Sachin Jethwa/Shutterstock)

He won a Grammy with Beyonce.

Wizkid has been featured on Beyoncésoundtrack album of the 2019 remake of Lion King. For the music video of the song “Brown Skin Girl”, Beyonce and Wizkid won Grammy Award for Best Music Video in 2021. Wizkid has been nominated for three other Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year in 2016 as featured artist on Drake’s album View.

He has four children.

Wizkid had four children with three different women. He shares two young children with girlfriend Jada Pollock. “I am more careful now with what I put in my songs. Because my kids listen to my songs,” he told guard. Wizkid fathered his oldest child when he was 21 years old after he had a college student named Sola Ogudugu pregnant. He initially denied having children until he shared a picture of his son Balogun Boluwatife in 2013.

He has been vocal about Nigerian politics.

In 2020, Wizkid openly criticized the President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari amid protests against the country’s special anti-robbery team. He said guard that he’s “going to go crazy with their donkeys” going into the 2023 election. “All these old men will lose power this time. They need to go to the nursing home and relax,” the singer said in the interview.

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