As exclusively reported by NET in 2012, the once
buoyant relationship between Ayo ‘Wizkid’
Balogun and David ‘Davido’ Adeleke has run into
stormy waters.
Though the music stars have maintained relative
peace in the last one year, they have once again
resumed hostilities on popular social network,
Twitter.
Currently, the young pop stars are at loggerheads
over what insiders say is a claim to superiority
between ‘Wizzy’ and ‘Omo baba olowo.’
Both camps have taken sides, insults have been
traded and subliminal messages thrown around;
the tension between both artistes keeps
threatening any air of peace left.
The dispute between Wizkid and Davido, which
have seen older Nigerian celebrities, Iyanya and
Wale Gates trying to mediate, dates back to the
parting of D’banj and Don Jazzy, as reported by
The NET.
First Blood
It all started with the news of D’banj signing
Davido to his DB Records back in May 2012 – the
news turned out to be false, but this obviously
didn’t go down well with the ‘other camp.’
‘Davido was very close to Don Jazzy and the
Mo’hits squad before they parted with D’banj.
When Jazzy heard Davido signed with D’banj, he
wasn’t entirely happy’, a close friend of both
camps tells NET.
Second Round’s On Me
Don Jazzy is said to have immediately told
Wande Coal (who mentors both Wizkid and
Davido) to stop visiting Davido at his Lekki home.
Davido, at the time, was still recording his debut
album and had plans to collaborate with Wande
and Wizzy on separate songs. When Davido
contacted Wande Coal, the pop singer’s
management asked for an exorbitant fee
(reportedly N1.5m) for the collabo. Sources say
Davido was keen to get it done, but his manager
Asa Asika was having none of it. This ‘sudden
policy’ led to a war of words between Asika and
Wande’s manager Nana. The collabo never
happened. Wande and Davido stopped talking to
each other.
Strike Three
Davido moved on to record the much talked about
duet with Wizkid. But when he sent the
instrumental to the EME team, Wizkid, sources
say, told them he couldn’t work with Davido on
the song, saying the beat wasn’t up to standard
and he didn’t want to lower his brand. Little did
Davido know that it was his fight with Wande
that made him (Wizkid) immediately take sides.
‘Wande is like Wizkid’s elder brother. Wizzy looks
up to him a lot and anything Wande says, Wizkid
will do. When Wande told him about what
happened between him and Davido, he just took
sides with him’ says our inside source.
Davido, losing on both ends, scrapped both songs
and even though it was a huge blow, he didn’t let
it get him down. The disappointment is said to
have inspired the first track on his album ‘All of
you.’ Davido, well known for his boisterous
attitude, laid it all out on the song, claiming to be
better than ‘everyone’, referencing artistes such
as 2face, Psquare and D’banj as his mentors,
conspicuously leaving out the MAVIN and EME
crew. The MAVINS seemingly responded by not
attending Davido’s album launch, held at the Eko
Hotel and Suites.
‘Davido doesn’t send Don Jazzy or them Banky
W again, that’s what inspired that song. He
believes they aren’t better than him, and to an
extent, he does prove it’ said our source.
As It Stands
After the Don Jazzy-D’banj split, crew members
decamped and spoils were taken. While Don
Jazzy took pop singers Wande Coal, Dr SID, and
rapper D’Prince, launching his MAVIN Records
label with surprise signing Tiwa Savage, D’banj
went the other way, with his younger brother Kay
Switch. Other familiar friends like Naeto C,
Ikechukwu, Davido, the HKN Gang and Mo’Hits
hype man Special Ed readily affiliated themselves
with D’banj.
Cat And Mouse Game
After all that happened in 2013, Wizkid and
Davido sheathed their swords and then began the
cat and mouse game.
Davido’s HKN Gang continued working and
soaring high, while Wizkid kicked off his StarBoy
Entertainment even though he was still signed to
EME.
The pop stars tried to avoid each other most of
the time and when it was unavoidable, they put
up a façade to give the impression of a good
relationship.
Change Of Handlers
Davido fell out with his cousins and fellow HKN
team but later reconciled with them while Wizkid
also reconciled with EME and signed on two acts
in the United Kingdom.
A few months after Davido parted ways with his
manager, Asa Asika, Wizkid also parted ways with
his manager, Osagie Osarenkhoe after their
contract expired.
Kamal Ajiboye immediately took over Davido’s
management while his elder brother, Adewale
Adeleke took over the running of the HKN Gang
businesses.
Meanwhile, Wizkid immediately employed the
services of Godwin Tom as his manager. The two
camps looked good to go and take on any team
but the façade relationship remained, with Special
Ed always claiming the two were cool.
The Sesan Ogunro Part
Unknown to many, the relationship between
Wizkid, Davido and top music video director,
Sesan Ogunro, also contributed to the ongoing
battle for supremacy between the two.
Earlier in the year, Sesan Ogunro shot one of the
three videos for Davido’smonster hit, ‘Skelewu,’
but the video was leaked days before it’s official
release, after which Davido went on a Twitter rant
accusing the filmmaker of breaching terms of
agreement.
While Sesan, who is hardly drawn into the
limelight except through the videos he made,
cleared the air, Wizkid was quick to show his
support for the talented filmmaker, throwing
shade at Davido by praising the Sesan’s work
and referring to Davido and his crew as ‘smellos.’
A few weeks later, Sesan shot Wizkid’s ‘Jaiye
jaiye’ video, while Davido worked with Mr. Moe
Musa on a new video.
And They Grew In Leaps And Bounds
Between 2013 and 2014, Davido and Wizkid
amassed more affluence, fame and awards than
their contemporaries and older colleagues.
From Nigeria to other parts of Africa, Europe and
America, the young men continued to conquer the
world as their rivalry thickened.
Winning awards from Hip Hop World awards to
MOBO, NEAs, MAMAs and BET, the competition
for the most superior between the two grew, as
their rivalry got deeper.
Just as they performed at tours and concerts
across Europe and America, jealousy and envy
became the order of the day and the dislike for
one another couldn’t be quenched.
Trouble once again reared its ugly head after
Davido threw shade at Wizkid for allegedly
parting ways with his old friends and buddies,
Wizkid replied with his concert success, featuring
Akon and Wale on stage at his New York show.
The Twitter Rants
Both Davido and Wizkid were quick to take to
Twitter to express their mutual dislike, thereby
kicking off a beef-trending week.
Here are some tweets from the duo, despite
claims that all is well between them.
‘Snitch. No wonder you are not rolling with your
day 1 niggas,’ Davido
‘Thank you so much New York! Amazing show
last night, big up @Wale and @Akon. Proper
show, proper venue, boys talk, men work,’ Wizkid
‘Pull Half of my crowd before talking shit Nigga’
Davido
‘It’s all fun and game till somebody gets knocked
out! Ask around, I got them hands!! You would
always have a H factor, Smello…’ Davido
‘Done with all this shit!! Back to music…smooth
sailing.. Tick tock’ Davido
‘Easy to type shit about somebody and put it on
twitter, another thing wen you see face to face,’
Adewale Adeleke
All ima say is it won’t be pretty niggas ain’t
p***y but if you are willing to find out, we can
take that route as well…’ Adewale Adeleke
‘ROTFLMAO…’ Wizkid
Iyanya, Wale Gates Appeal To Warring Parties
Following what seemed like a brewing battle
between the two, older colleagues of the music
sensations have decided to wade in.
Iyanya and Wale Gates have tried to calm frayed
nerves without calling any names.
While Wale Gates used Twitter to reach out to the
youngsters, Iyanya took to Instagram to preach
about peace.

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