Wizkid

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

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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

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Afrobeats → notableArtist → Wizkid ⓘ
Tiwa Savage → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ
“Ojuelegba” → artist → Wizkid ⓘ
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“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 → recordedBy → 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 ⓘ
Don’t Dull → artist → Wizkid ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Dull
Don’t Dull → performer → Wizkid ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Dull
Don’t Dull → albumArtist → Wizkid ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Dull
Don’t Dull → associatedAct → Wizkid ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Dull
Don’t Dull → isSignatureSongOf → Wizkid ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Dull
Jaiye Jaiye → artist → Wizkid ⓘ
Jaiye Jaiye → performer → Wizkid ⓘ
Jaiye Jaiye → associatedWith → Wizkid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wizkid discography
Come Closer → artist → Wizkid ⓘ
Come Closer → performer → Wizkid ⓘ
Come Closer → hasWriter → Wizkid ⓘ
Fever → artist → Wizkid ⓘ
Fever → performer → Wizkid ⓘ
Fever → writer → Wizkid ⓘ
Fever → partOf → Wizkid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wizkid discography
Essence → artist → Wizkid ⓘ
Essence → performer → Wizkid ⓘ
Essence → writer → Wizkid ⓘ
Essence → primaryVocalsBy → Wizkid ⓘ