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  • Fake Igbo, yansh dey everywhere – Wizkid reveals from hospital bed

    Fake Igbo, yansh dey everywhere – Wizkid reveals from hospital bed

    A post that seems to be revealing reasons why popular singer, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid has been hospitalized has emerged.

    Recall that a  photo where Wizzy’s hand was attached to a drip syringe surfaced on his Instagram story on Tuesday evening has gone viral as fans query what is wrong with him.

    However, Wizkid, in a now deleted follow-up post, hinted on consuming fake substances.

    Providing additional information regarding the nature of his health, Wizkid wrote; “Fake Igbo dey, fake yansh dey.”

    Fans while reacting to his Instagram post wrote:

    @thatmustee wrote;

    “Who sells fake Azul for Popsi?”

    @razzybigvibes; “Who gave my idol infection??!!! Lagos girls una do this one.”

    @babylion_blogger; “This Wizkid Igbo supplier na national treasure be wan wound Wizkid with many inspiration.”

    @rekzyblynz; “Wizkid after he smoke kolos instead of colos.”

  • See the names of celebrities who attended Wizkid’s mom’s burial

    See the names of celebrities who attended Wizkid’s mom’s burial

    Nigerian celebrities unite in a magnificent display to celebrate with their colleague, Ayodeji Balogun, fondly called Wizkid at the burial of his late mother.

    The pop star lost his mother, Mrs. Jane Dolapo Balogun on August 18th, 2023.

    Following her demise, the family honored her with a grand burial ceremony for a life well spent.

    On Friday night, Wizkid’s mom was finally laid to rest and celebrities came out in numbers to honor the deceased and support their colleague.

    Here’s a list of celebrities spotted at the ceremony:

    Oba Elegushi
    King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1)
    Banky W
    Wande Coal
    Paul Okoye
    Osas Ighodaro
    Tiwa Savage
    Tony Elumelu
    Pretty Mike
    Eniola Badmus
    Frank Edoho
    Mercy Eke
    Kim Oprah

  • Wizkid’s fans allegedly hold his staff hostage as he fails to appear at concert

    Wizkid’s fans allegedly hold his staff hostage as he fails to appear at concert

    Fans of popular Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun,  known professionally as Wizkid, have reportedly held hostage a staff of the musician following his absence at his recent concert in Abidjan.

    Recall it was reported that WizKid failed to appear at his Ghana concert on 10 December 2022.

    Observant netizens express disapproval after Peggy Ovire stepped out without a wedding ring

    This stirred an uproar on social media as some fans called for his arrest while others expressed immense disappointment in him.

    WizKid had tendered an apology following his absence and had explained the reason why he couldn’t make an appearance.

    However, recent reports have claimed that the singer’s staff is currently being held hostage in Abidjan after he failed to show up.

    One tweep identified as @chisomnwoye1 alleged: “Guess what wizkid staffs that arrived earlier are being held hostage here in Abidjan up until he pay for the mess he cause in Abidjan. it’s the disrespect for the fan. After he will write an apology.”

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Wizkid is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. A prominent figure in the modern-day Afrobeats music scene,

    Wizkid is regarded as one of the biggest and most influential African artists of all time. He began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five (5), a group he and a couple of his church friends formed.

    In 2009, Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W‘s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). He later rose to the limelight after releasing “Holla at Your Boy“, the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011), which also spawned the singles “Tease Me/Bad Guys” and “Don’t Dull“.

    In September 2014, he released the self-titled second studio album, Ayo. The album was supported by six singles, including the song “Jaiye Jaiye“. Wizkid left E.M.E after his contract expired. In 2016,

    Wizkid achieved international recognition following his collaboration with Drake on the hit single “One Dance“, which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in 14 additional countries.

    The song broke multiple records, making Wizkid the first Afrobeats artist to appear in the Guinness World Records. In March 2017, he signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records; and released his third studio album Sounds from the Other Side, later that year. The album was supported by five singles, including “Come Closer” featuring Drake.

    In 2018, he was featured on the song “Checklist” by Normani and Calvin Harris, which reached number-one on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. The following year, he was featured on Beyoncé‘s project The Lion King: The Gift on the single “Brown Skin Girl“, which also reached number-one on the World Digital Song Sales chart, and won him a Grammy Award for Best Music Video.[7] In October 2020, he released his fourth album, Made in Lagos, which received commercial success and acclaim,[8] reaching number-one on the Billboard World Album Chart.[9] The album includes the single “Essence” featuring Tems, which became the first Nigerian song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100,[10] and reached the top ten following a remix released by Justin Bieber. Wizkid’s fifth album More Love, Less Ego was released on 11 November 2022.[11]

    By February 2021, Wizkid was the most-streamed Nigerian artist of all time on Spotify, with over 3.4 billion streams across all credits.

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  • Wizkid to feature on American TV show for the first time

    Wizkid to feature on American TV show for the first time

    Nigerian singer and songwriter. Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has been confirmed as the artist that will be performing on a popular American TV show for the first time.

    Following the success of the release of ‘More Love Less Ego’ and a historic night at the Madison Square Garden in New York, superstar and multiple award-winning singer would be taking on a new challenge as it was confirmed that he would be performing on a popular American Night Show for the first time.

    Wizkid was confirmed as a performer that would feature on the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon a popular US TV Show. The singer will be performing on the popular TV show in the late hours of the night today, Friday, November 18, 2022.

    This was confirmed by Big Wiz himself in a post on social media.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Wizkid is a prominent figure in the modern-day Afrobeats music scene. He is regarded as one of the biggest and most influential African artists of all time.

    He began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed.

    In 2009, Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). He later rose to the limelight after releasing “Holla at Your Boy”, the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011), which also spawned the singles “Tease Me/Bad Guys” and “Don’t Dull”.

    In September 2014, he released the self-titled second studio album, Ayo. The album was supported by six singles, including the song “Jaiye Jaiye”. Wizkid left E.M.E after his contract expired.

    In 2016, Wizkid achieved international recognition following his collaboration with Drake on the hit single “One Dance”, which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in 14 additional countries.

    The song broke multiple records, making Wizkid the first Afrobeats artist to appear in the Guinness World Records. In March 2017, he signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records; and released his third studio album Sounds from the Other Side, later that year. The album was supported by five singles, including “Come Closer” featuring Drake.

    In 2018, he was featured on the song “Checklist” by Normani and Calvin Harris, which reached number one on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. The following year, he was featured on Beyoncé’s project The Lion King: The Gift on the single “Brown Skin Girl”, which also reached number-one on the World Digital Song Sales chart, and won him a Grammy Award for Best Music Video.

    In October 2020, he released his fourth album, Made in Lagos, which received commercial success and acclaim, reaching number one on the Billboard World Album Chart.

    The album includes the single “Essence” featuring Tems, which became the first Nigerian song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten following a remix released by Justin Bieber. Wizkid’s fifth album More Love, Less Ego was released on 11 November 2022.

    By February 2021, Wizkid was the most-streamed Nigerian artist of all time on Spotify, with over 3.4 billion streams across all credits.

  • Wizkid, Ayra Starr exclusive UK live performance cause commotion online

    Wizkid, Ayra Starr exclusive UK live performance cause commotion online

    Grammy-winning singer, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, and his recent exclusive UK live performance with fast-rising Mavin record singer, Ayra Starr, has caused commotion online.

    The duo delivered a startling live performance at the “Wizkid Apple Music Live” show in the United Kingdom.

    Wizkid and Ayra Starr performed their collaboration ‘2 star’ off his latest album ‘More Love, Less Ego’.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that both artists performed together on stage for the first time.

    Both singers showed next-level stage chemistry as they performed.

    Wizkid, Ayra Starr exclusive UK live performance cause commotion online

    Wizkid Apple Music Live started at 9 pm on Monday, 14th November with Producer, artist, and DJ Juls opening for him and also assisted by his disc jockey DJ Tunez, a live band, and backup singers; the hour-long performance which took place in London was televised across the world with Apple Music subscribers able to watch the show through the App.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Wizkid also gave the audience a performance of some of his classic songs including ‘Soco’, ‘Caro’, ‘Don’t Dull’, ‘Fever’, ‘Ojuelegba’ and from his ‘More Love, Less Ego’, he performed ‘Bad To Me’, ‘Money and Love’, ‘2 Sugar’ and ‘Balance’.

    Another highlight of the show was when Wizkid paused Dj Tunez to speak to his fans about the track called ‘Balance’ reminding them that the song is a Classic.

    Wizkid is gearing up for his show at the prestigious Maddison Square Garden on Wednesday, 16th November 2022.

    A viral clip of the Afrobeat singer Wizkid and Mavin record signee Ayra Starr has stirred massive reactions online.

    Adoring fans, however, couldn’t help noticing how Daddy Yo seemed to have avoided getting too close to Ayra Starr or instigating too much sɛxʋal tension during the performance.

    Wizkid, Ayra Starr exclusive UK live performance cause commotion online

    Ayra Starr, whose real name is Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, is a Nigerian singer. Born in Cotonou, Benin, Ayra Starr began a fashion career at the age of 16 with Quove Model Management before deciding to pursue music. After covering several songs by popular artists on Instagram, she posted her first original song on her page in December 2019. This brought her to the attention of record executive Don Jazzy and led to her signing to Mavin Records.

    In early 2021, Ayra Starr achieved mainstream recognition with her eponymous debut extended play and its hit track “Away” which spent two consecutive weeks at number four on Nigeria’s TurnTable Top 50 and went to number 17 on US Billboard Top Triller Global, paving the way for the release of her first full-length mixtape, 19 & Dangerous in August 2021.

    Categorized mainly as Afropop and R’nB, the album has been met with favorable critical reception. It spawned two top forty hits in Nigeria. The lead single “Bloody Samaritan” peaked atop the Top 50 chart, becoming the first solo song by a female artist to reach the number-one position.

    Ayra Starr debuted on the Pandora Predictions chart, and on 28 August 2021, she ranked number two on Billboard’s Next Big Sound.

  • Lady requests for return of her bra with Wizkid

    Lady requests for return of her bra with Wizkid

    Ace Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, has leaked his chat with a lady requesting for the return of his bra, while praying not to get killed over excessive ‘nacking’.

    The father of four shared a screenshot of the message he received from a lady who pleaded with him to allow her to get back her bra.

    The lady claimed it was her favorite bra and she wanted it back.

    “Hey babe any chance I can get that bra back it was one of my faves”, the message read.

    Wizkid also shared a screenshot of the message he received from a fan who prayed that Wiz doesn’t end up dead over ‘nacking’. He said amen to the prayer.

    “I pray they don’t use nack kill you”, the concerned fan wrote.

    Wizkid is regarded as one of the biggest and most influential African artists of all time. He began recording music at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed.

    In 2009, Wizkid signed a record deal with Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). He later rose to the limelight after releasing “Holla at Your Boy”, the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011), which also spawned the singles “Tease Me/Bad Guys” and “Don’t Dull”.

    In September 2014, he released the self-titled second studio album, Ayo. The album was supported by six singles, including the song “Jaiye Jaiye”. Wizkid left E.M.E after his contract expired. In 2016, Wizkid achieved international recognition following his collaboration with Drake on the hit single “One Dance”, which reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in 14 additional countries.

    The song broke multiple records, making Wizkid the first Afrobeats artist to appear in the Guinness World Records. In March 2017, he signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records; and released his third studio album Sounds from the Other Side, later that year. The album was supported by five singles, including “Come Closer” featuring Drake.

    In 2018, he was featured on the song “Checklist” by Normani and Calvin Harris, which reached number one on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. The following year, he was featured on Beyoncé’s project The Lion King: The Gift on the single “Brown Skin Girl”, which also reached number-one on the World Digital Song Sales chart, and won him a Grammy Award for Best Music Video.

    In October 2020, he released his fourth album, Made in Lagos, which received commercial success and acclaim,[8] reaching number-one on the Billboard World Album Chart. The album includes the single “Essence” featuring Tems, which became the first Nigerian song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top ten following a remix released by Justin Bieber. Wizkid’s fifth album More Love, Less Ego was released on 11 November 2022.

    By February 2021, Wizkid was the most-streamed Nigerian artist of all time on Spotify, with over 3.4 billion streams across all credits.

  • “Wizkid just gave me 20million Naira to use to shoot”- Candy Bleakz

    “Wizkid just gave me 20million Naira to use to shoot”- Candy Bleakz

    Grammy Award winner, Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, has gifted a Nigerian indigenous rapper, Blessing Mariam Akiode a.k.a. Candy Bleakz, 20milion Naira to support her music career.

     

    This was revelled by Candy Bleakz via her Twitter page.

     

    The ‘Tikuku’ singer said Wizkid gifted her the money to shoot her musical video.

     

    “A very big thank you to Wizkid, Wizzy Baba nla. Wizkid just gave me 20million Naira to use to shoot Tikuku remix.

     

    “Make una help me thank Wizkid oh! God bless you Wizkid,” she said in an appreciate video made for the Star Boy.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the afro-pop star signed to Chocolate City Music.

     

    Recall that earlier Candy Bleakz, in an interview, said she came very close to giving up on her dream.

     

    In her words:”If I no blow this year, I would quit music.”

     

    What you need to know about Candy Bleakz

    It was mid 2016 and she was just another rapper scouring the streets of Lagos for a career-lifting miracle.

     

    A miracle she got later that year, even though she was not really expecting it.

     

    Her career trajectory remains proof that ‘time and chance do happen to us all.’

     

    Candy Bleakz, is one of the hottest voices in the Nigerian Hip-hop scene.

     

    She also thrives as one of the few female rappers who have broken into the mainstream Nigerian pop-market, with her deluge of Street-Hop jams.

     

    Since she first came to limelight in 2016, barely three months after she contemplated quitting music, Candy Bleakz has continued to thrive as a relentless wavemaker.

     

    The Chocolate City signee constantly soars in a heavily competitive male-dominated community, where gender stereotypes silently echoes around her.

     

    Nonetheless, Candy Bleakz is a fighter, resisting the negativity or difficulties that come with being a female Street-Hop rapper.

     

    She prefers to call herself a ‘dragon’ mirroring her fiery persona, both as a creative and as an individual.

     

    However, what does the magic for Candy Bleakz is her vocal control – her impressive ability to stylize her vocals to glimmer with a certain pop-appeal, yet retain its sanctity as a core rap record.

     

    On Fire, rehashes the magic she made with the viral hit, Tikuku, which is also the EP’s lead single, soaking the record with her narratives of life on ‘the street.’

     

    It is essentially a record about the lifestyle, the hustle, and the bustle that colours the realities of every ‘dreamer’ on the street.

  • Jada Pallock allegedly pregnant for Wizkid

    Popular Nigerian music star, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid and his manager who is also his child’s mother, Jada Pallock are expecting their second child.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the singer and Pallock are preparing to welcome another child, which would be the singer’s fourth child.

     

    Wizkid has two children from his previous relationships with Shola Ogudugu and Binta Diamond, who both have a son for him.

     

    Wizkid already shares 4-year-old Zion Balogun, with Pallock.

    Pallock

     

    According to sources, the couple were spotted in London last night at an event.

     

    The sources claimed that Jada was spotted with a visible baby bump and was made to stay away from the spotlight for obvious reasons.

     

    Days back, Jada took to her Instagram story where she shared a video of her pink jacket with her bump on full display.

     

    Though, Pallock did not show off the bump, eagle-eyed fans could spot that she is pregnant.

     

    Pallock, who once admitted that she is still in love with the singer and also described their love as magical, revealed her desire to start a family with him.

     

    She also addressed the title of being called his “babymama” (mother of Wizkid’s child).

     

    The 39-year-old talent manager and entrepreneur from the United States took exception to being addressed as his “third babymama”, saying that she found such name discriminatory and degrading.

     

    Pollock has worked with well-known celebrities, but to many Nigerians, she is best known as Wizkid’s third baby mama.

     

    She is best known as a music manager for her work with Wizkid, whom she assisted in establishing relationships with many prominent artists, most notably Drake. Additionally, she is a stylist with prior experience at Gucci.

     

    The talent manager said she found it degrading to be referred to as a baby mama to Wizkid.

     

    Pollock revealed this in a Question and Answer segment she hosted on her verified Twitter page.

     

    The American-born music executive became popular in the Nigerian space after she welcomed her child, Zion, with Wizkid in 2017.

     

    Zion is Wizkid’s third child and that earned Pollock the nomenclature of ‘Wizkid’s third baby mama.