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.

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 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 → 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	Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria →
recordLabelFounded	Starboy Entertainment →
religion	Christianity (raised in a Christian and Muslim household) →
residence	Lagos, Nigeria → London, United Kingdom →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blue Ivy Carter → Burna Boy → Davido → Don Toliver → Olamide → Sarkodie → Tiwa Savage →	associatedAct
Ojuelegba →	artist
Mr Eazi →	collaboratedWith
Afrobeats →	notableArtist
Ojuelegba →	performer
Ojuelegba →	recordedBy