Wizkid: 5 Things About The International Superstar Performing For The First Time At The AMAs

• Wizkid is simply a Nigerian vocalist and songwriter.
• He roseate to fame aft releasing his debut medium ‘Superstar’ successful 2011.
• He won a Grammy Award for a collaboration with Beyonce.
• He’s acceptable to execute astatine the 2022 American Music Awards.

Wizkid, 32, is astir to enactment connected an unthinkable show astatine the 2022 American Music Awards. The Nigerian superstar, whose existent sanction is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, is making his AMAs show debut at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theatre connected Nov. 20. This volition beryllium an accidental for Wizkid to amusement disconnected his talents to a monolithic assemblage that whitethorn beryllium unfamiliar with him. Ahead of his performance, we rounded up everything you request to cognize astir Wizkid.

Wizkid (Photo: Amanda Jones/Shutterstock)

Wizkid is Nigerian.

Wizkid was calved successful a residential country successful Lagos, the largest metropolis successful Nigeria, and 2nd astir populous metropolis successful Africa. He was raised by a Christian parent and polygamous Muslim begetter who had 3 different wives, according to an interrogation helium did with The Guardian. Wizkid was the youngest of eleven children.

He started signaling euphony astatine 11 years old.

Wizkid was a kid erstwhile helium fell successful emotion with euphony astatine religion and formed a philharmonic radical called Glorious Five, with 4 of his religion friends. At 11 years old, Wizkid recorded his archetypal opus with the grounds shaper OJB Jezreel. In 2009, helium signed a grounds woody with Empire Mates Entertainment and released his debut workplace album, Superstar, 2 years later. The medium included Wizkid’s deed azygous “Holla astatine Your Boy” which helped him gully attraction successful the industry.

As of 2022, Wizkid has released 5 albums. His 5th album More Love, Less Ego came retired connected November 11. Wiz was a collaborator connected Drake‘s deed opus “One Dance” successful 2016. He’s besides collaborated with Tyga, Jeezy, Akon, and others.

Wizkid (Photo: Sachin Jethwa/Shutterstock)

He won a Grammy with Beyonce.

Wizkid was featured connected Beyonce‘s soundtrack medium for the 2019 remake of The Lion King. For the euphony video to the opus “Brown Skin Girl,” Beyonce and Wizkid won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video successful 2021. Wizkid’s been nominated for 3 different Grammys, including Album of the Year successful 2016 arsenic a featured creator connected Drake’s album Views.

He has 4 children.

Wizkid has 4 children with 3 antithetic women. He shares his 2 younger kids with his woman Jada Pollock. “Now I’m much cautious with what I enactment successful my songs. Because my kids perceive to my songs,” helium said to The Guardian. Wizkid fathered his eldest kid erstwhile helium was 21 years aged aft helium got an undergraduate pupil named Sola Ogudugu pregnant. He initially denied having a kid until helium shared a representation of his lad Boluwatife Balogun in 2013.

He’s spoken retired abut Nigerian politics.

In 2020, Wizkid openly criticized Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari amidst protests against the country’s peculiar anti-robbery squad. He told The Guardian that he’s “about to spell brainsick connected their asses” heading into the 2023 election. “All these aged men are going retired of powerfulness this time. They request to spell to an aged people’s location and chill out,” the vocalist said successful the interview.