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Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), known professionally as Wizkid (sometimes stylised as WizKid), is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He started recording music at age 11 and managed to release a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed. In 2009, he signed a record deal with Banky W.'s record label Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). He rose to prominence in 2010 with the release of the song "Holla at Your Boy" from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011). "Tease Me/Bad Guys", "Don't Dull", "Love My Baby", "Pakurumo" and "Oluwa Lo Ni" were also released as singles from the Superstar album. Wizkid's self-titled second studio album, Ayo, was released in September 2014 and was preceded by six singles: "Jaiye Jaiye", "On Top Your Matter", "One Question", "Joy", "Bombay" and "Show You the Money".

In 2016, Wizkid achieved international recognition following his collaboration with Drake on the global hit, "One Dance", which reached number one in 15 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. In addition to his solo work, Wizkid has collaborated with several other artists and was featured on the hits "Girl" (with Bracket), "Fine Lady" (with Lynxxx), "Sexy Mama" (with Iyanya), "Slow Down" (with R2Bees), "The Matter" (with Maleek Berry), "Pull Over" (with KCee) and "Bad Girl" (with Jesse Jagz).

Following the release of his second studio album and expiration of his 5-year recording contract, Wizkid left E.M.E. On 1 March 2017, Billboard magazine reported that Wizkid signed a multi-album deal with RCA Records. The deal was first reported by several media outlets in September 2016. The chairman and CEO of RCA Records, Peter Edge, somewhat confirmed the signing while speaking to Music Business Worldwide in January 2017.

He was ranked 5th on Forbes and Channel O's 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists. In February 2014, Wizkid became the first ever Nigerian musician to have over 1 million followers on Twitter. Moreover, he became the first Afrobeats artist to appeared in the 2018 Guinness World Records for his contribution to Drake's hit song "One Dance".


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizkid_(musician)

Happy birthday one and only starboy.
More life..

Happy birthday starboy, remain blessed and keep giving us Manya kinda songs

ozoebuka1:
Happy birthday starboy, remain blessed and keep giving us Manya kinda songs

Manyewu

Happy birthday STARBOY.
Keep BALLING!

Happy birthday Wizkid.

Happy born day

Aww my birthday mate

Hapi bufday wizlion.

If I drop them, will he see them?

CuddleBear:
how does that add to your bank account

How does quoting me add to yours ?

Happy birthday �

Starboi call me number 1.... Happy baiday starboi

Igbolabi oko omoge is year older today. HBD to you bro. Bless up !!!

Hbd to me also, how amazing...I and wizzy born the same day, month and year also....

Just hit like and I get a cake for that

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATE.

But OP, You'd have brought his current photo na, weed has dried him.
Him wan get body like wiz Khalifa now due to excess of smoking.

Stop making wack artists famous!!!!

Is he a Yoruba Muslim?

Sharpshooota:
Is he a Yoruba Muslim?

No, Hausa Christian

I still doubt he's upto that age. Happy birthday to him.

Horlaboy51:
No, Hausa Christian

Taaaaa.... He is Yoruba

Happy birthday 2shotz......




If you know you know.

Memphis357:
Stop making wack artists famous!!!!

SHarap!

Lanceslot:
I still doubt he's upto that age. Happy birthday to him.

You must be his mother