Wizkid

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990),
better known by his stage name Wizkid
(sometimes stylised as WizKid ), [4] 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 ", " 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".
His work and contribution to the Nigerian
Music Industry has earned him several
achievements, including a BET Award, a MOBO
Award from 3 nominations, three The Headies
Awards from 8 nominations, a Channel O
Music Video Award from 6 nominations, four
Nigeria Entertainment Awards from 11
nominations, a Ghana Music Award from 7
nominations, two Dynamix All Youth Awards
from 3 nominations, two City People
Entertainment Awards from 4 nominations, 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. [5][6] In
February 2014, Wizkid became the first ever
Nigerian musician to have over 1 million
followers on Twitter.