Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun

E297033
human recording artist singer songwriter

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun is a Nigerian singer and songwriter, widely known by his stage name Wizkid, and recognized as one of Africa’s most influential Afrobeats artists.

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Label Occurrences
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun canonical 6
Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct Akon ⓘ
Burna Boy ⓘ
Chris Brown ⓘ
Drake ⓘ
Justin Bieber ⓘ
Olamide ⓘ
Skepta ⓘ
Starboy Entertainment ⓘ
Tems ⓘ
Tiwa Savage ⓘ
Olamide ⓘ
surface form: Wale
awardReceived BET Award for Best International Act: Africa ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Music Video (as a featured artist on Brown Skin Girl)

MOBO Award for Best African Act ⓘ
birthName Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun self-link ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1990-07-16 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Yoruba people ⓘ
founded Starboy Entertainment ⓘ
genre Afrobeats ⓘ
Afropop ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
dancehall ⓘ
reggae ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Yoruba ⓘ
nationality Nigerian ⓘ
notableAlbum Ayo ⓘ
Made in Lagos ⓘ
More Love, Less Ego ⓘ
Sounds from the Other Side ⓘ
Superstar ⓘ
notableAlias Big Wiz ⓘ
Starboy ⓘ
notableEP Soundsman Vol. 1 ⓘ
surface form: Soundman Vol. 1
notableWork Azonto ⓘ
Brown Skin Girl ⓘ
surface form: Brown Skin Girl (with Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Blue Ivy Carter)

Caro ⓘ
Come Closer ⓘ
Don’t Dull ⓘ
Essence ⓘ
Essence (remix) ⓘ
surface form: Essence (feat. Tems)

Essence (remix) ⓘ
surface form: Essence (remix feat. Justin Bieber and Tems)

Fever ⓘ
Ginger ⓘ
Holla at Your Boy ⓘ
Joro ⓘ
Mood ⓘ
Ojuelegba ⓘ
Pakurumo ⓘ
Soco ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Surulere, Lagos State, Nigeria ⓘ
recognizedAs one of Africa’s most influential Afrobeats artists ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Lagos ⓘ
surface form: Lagos, Nigeria
stageName Wizkid ⓘ
yearsActive 2001–present ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wizkid → birthName → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
Starboy → realName → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
Big Wiz → realName → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
Fever → writer → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
One Dance → writer → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun → birthName → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun self-link ⓘ
Mayorkun → name → Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel