In 2017, we witnessed a lot of iconic moments from “The Real Starboy” �

He performed at the World Biggest Stages, entered the Guinness World Book of Records, won several international awards, became the first African to sell out the Royal Albert Hall and also ending the year on a good note.

However, Nigerians are wondering, how can Wizkid release a whole album without any video to show for it ��



We expected hits like African Bad Gyal and Picture Perfect to get videos, but Wizkid probably constricting himself to the label’s terms and conditions did not release any videos.

Weeks after releasing SFTOS, Wizkid release three singles; Odoo, Medicine and Medicine Remix. Wizkid promised three videos, however no video was done for the three songs.

Fast Forward to November 2017, Wizkid released Manya, a beautiful sample to VVIP’s song, Ahomka Wemu. What got us skeptical was the fact that it was a collaborative effort between him and Legendury Beatz (Mutay).



Why was Mutay included? Wizkid probably had to feature Mutay in the song (who obviously didn’t produce the Song or sang just to camouflage and scam Sony into believing Mutay was the owner of the song).

However, when the video was uploaded to YouTube on Wizkid’s Vevo, it was removed due to a clause in Wizkid‘s Sony Deal which states that there’s a limitation in the amount of local content he can release.

To further give credence to this fact, who remembers when in 2016, Davido had to wait for 9 months until he could release new content. He ranted at them on Snapchat was left frustrated and his eventual output, Son Of Mercy EP was slept on and didn’t receive enough appeal from the fans.

Davido had to re-negotiate his contract to allow him release songs anytime he liked. Davido gave us 3 Hits in 2017!

To further compound his problems, Wizkid’s soon to be released track, Soco is a feature involving him and 3 other artistes. Obviously, this was also done to make Sony believe it’s just a collaborative effort and not his own personal input.

Nice move, a video is to be released for the song with Wizkid introducing the best Shaku Shaku dancers from Nigeria for the song which was supposed to be Wizkid’s track alone!



Well, if you don’t believe this, why didn’t “Every Time” by Wizkid featuring Future get a video?

Wizkid didn’t promote the song, released the song for free on Soundcloud and no visuals for the song. It was one of the potential hit songs that was slept on in 2017.

Our question now is �

Is Sony Music Inhibiting Wizkid From Releasing New Songs?
Is There A Part Of The Contract We Need To Understand And Won’t This Affect Wizkid In 2018?
Tell us what you think.

Drop your comments.

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I like both wizkid and Davido....
I know both of them won many awards in 2017(wizkid for the International category,Davido for the Africa category)...

BUT 2017 WAS A DAVIDO YEAR(in terms of good music)

My Advice to wizkid,forget about the Sony deal;in fact do a beef or diss track and call them out;then return to your root and release massive hits for your Nigerian and African audience;just like your new 'best friend' has done... Good luck Babạ Nla.

lalasticlala,Mynd44

Hmmm

Nobody forced him to sign any contract with Sony and am sure that he had lawyers with him when he was signing.

He should have read the fineprint very well, asked for long term implications of entering into such a contract, weighed his options before putting pen to paper.

I hear he got 5m dollars for the deal hence the least he can do is to abide by the terms and conditions.

Same way people are screaming blue murder for Kiss Daniel from a contract that got him a bedroom house in Lekki, 4 state of the house cars and about 120m in earnings over 4 years. Yet people were screaming that the label cheated him. No wonder we can't move forward as a country.

Sony music is a record label influenced by d illuminati who claimed to promote unsuspecting artiste music career by giving them world wide recognition and massive sales and other enticing deal.The truth remains that Sony has made many people popular and at the end destroy their career with drugs and other negative stuffs.So my advice for wizkid who is currently having a passion for excessive drug intake n philandeering with women should seek for deliverance frm Sony bondage.

I believe Sony don't want to promote songs that are going to flop, plus they don't know afro-beats like we do

Let Wizkid ask Michael Jackson about Sony ,,,..,,,,

Sony did same to Ycee he left, did same to David and he left. Wizkid should better leave if he still want to keep making waves.

Michael Jackson's once called Sony CEO the real devil