Wizkid

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Afrobeats musician human recording artist singer songwriter

Wizkid is a Nigerian singer and songwriter widely recognized as one of the leading global stars of Afrobeats music.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Wizkid canonical	113
Wizkid discography	2
Starboy Wizkid	1
Wizkid (Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun)	1
Wizkid as a leading figure in contemporary Afrobeats	1
Wizkid verse	1
Wizkid – Caro	1
Wizkid – Nowo	1
Wizkid – Ojuelegba	1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afrobeats musician ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	2001 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Big Wiz ⓘ Starboy ⓘ
associatedAct	Akon ⓘ Burna Boy ⓘ Chris Brown ⓘ Drake ⓘ Justin Bieber ⓘ Olamide ⓘ Skepta ⓘ Tems ⓘ Tiwa Savage ⓘ
awardReceived	BET Award ⓘ surface form: BET Award for Best International Act: Africa Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ MOBO Award for Best African Act ⓘ Soul Train Music Award ⓘ
birthName	Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Akon ⓘ Beyoncé ⓘ Chris Brown ⓘ Drake ⓘ H.E.R. ⓘ Justin Bieber ⓘ Skepta ⓘ Tems ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1990-07-16 ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	Afrobeats ⓘ Afrobeats ⓘ surface form: Afropop R&B ⓘ reggae fusion ⓘ
influencedGenre	global Afrobeats ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Yoruba ⓘ
notableAchievement	first Nigerian artist to win a Grammy as a lead or featured artist on a major category music video ⓘ one of the first Afrobeats artists to achieve major global chart success ⓘ
notableAlbum	Ayo ⓘ Made in Lagos ⓘ More Love, Less Ego ⓘ Sounds from the Other Side ⓘ Superstar ⓘ
notableCollaboration	One Dance ⓘ
notableSingle	Come Closer ⓘ Don’t Dull ⓘ Essence ⓘ Fever ⓘ Ginger ⓘ Holla at Your Boy ⓘ Joro ⓘ Ojuelegba ⓘ Pakurumo ⓘ Soco ⓘ
notableWork	Come Closer ⓘ Don’t Dull ⓘ Essence ⓘ Fever ⓘ Ginger ⓘ Holla at Your Boy ⓘ Jaiye Jaiye ⓘ Joro ⓘ Mood ⓘ Ojuelegba ⓘ Pakurumo ⓘ Soco ⓘ
occupation	entrepreneur ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lagos ⓘ surface form: Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria
recordLabelFounded	Starboy Entertainment ⓘ
religion	Christianity (raised in a Christian and Muslim household) ⓘ
residence	Lagos ⓘ surface form: Lagos, Nigeria London, England ⓘ surface form: London, United Kingdom

Referenced by (122)

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

Afrobeats → notableArtist → Wizkid ⓘ

Blue Ivy Carter → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Tiwa Savage → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

“Ojuelegba” → artist → Wizkid ⓘ

subject surface form: Ojuelegba

“Ojuelegba” → performer → Wizkid ⓘ

subject surface form: Ojuelegba

“Ojuelegba” → recordedBy → Wizkid ⓘ

subject surface form: Ojuelegba

Davido → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Burna Boy → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Mr Eazi → collaboratedWith → Wizkid ⓘ

Olamide → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Sarkodie → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Don Toliver → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

2Baba → influenced → Wizkid ⓘ

Fally Ipupa → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Brown Skin Girl → artist → Wizkid ⓘ

Brown Skin Girl → performer → Wizkid ⓘ

Brown Skin Girl → vocalist → Wizkid ⓘ

Brown Skin Girl → featuredArtist → Wizkid ⓘ

Brown Skin Girl → recordedBy → Wizkid ⓘ

Brown Skin Girl → creditedSongwriters → Wizkid ⓘ

Black Is King → featuresPerformer → Wizkid ⓘ

The Lion King: The Gift → featuresArtist → Wizkid ⓘ

Starboy → performer → Wizkid ⓘ

Starboy → alsoKnownAs → Wizkid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Starboy Wizkid

Starboy → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ

Starboy → usedBy → Wizkid ⓘ

Big Wiz → alternateName → Wizkid ⓘ

Holla at Your Boy → artist → Wizkid ⓘ

Holla at Your Boy → performer → Wizkid ⓘ

Holla at Your Boy → musicVideoPerformer → Wizkid ⓘ

Don’t Dull → artist → Wizkid ⓘ