1. Wizkid's real Names are Ayodeji Ibrahim
Balogun.
Balogun.
2. Wizkid, born on July 16, 1990 into a Lagos-
based family of 6, is the last child and only son of
his parents.
3. Wizkid holds the record for the highest number
of Celebrities feature (Cameo Appearance) on a
Music Video in Africa – ‘Tease Me’ & ‘Pakurumo’
4. Ayodeji Balogun changed his name from Lil Prinz
to Wizkid in 2006.
5. Wizkid purchased his first car, “Black Honda
Accord i-VTEC” in 2011
Accord i-VTEC” in 2011
6. He started off singing at the age of 11 with the
name ‘Lil Prinz’.
7. At 11 years, he formed a church group named
“Glorious Five” that released a 7-Tracker Album,
and made N10,000 from the total sales of his first
album with “Glorious Five”.
10. His first break-out into the Music Industry was
his feature on MI’s Fast Money, Fast Cars in 2009.
11. In 2009, he signed a record deal with Banky
W.'s imprint Empire Mates Entertainment.
12. 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", Gidi Girl, "Love My Baby",
"Pakurumo" and "Oluwa Lo Ni" were also released
as singles from theSuperstar album.
13. He was ranked 5th on Forbes and Channel O's
2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African
Artists.
14. Wizkid has a son, Boluwatife Balogun given
birth to in 2010. Wizkid’s Baby Mama,
Oluwanishola Ogudugu studied at Houdegbe North
American University, Cotonou. The genesis of her
affair with Wizkid was after he performed at the
school, which resulted in a child – Boluwatife. They
not together anymore. Wizkid is currently in a
relationship with half-caste, Tania Omotayo.
15. Wizkid was a student of Ijebu Ode Grammar
School, Ogun state, and dropped out of Lead City
University in 2011 into his 3rd Year where he was
studying ‘International Relations’.
16. Wizkid’s first International Collaboration was
with Akon on Don’t Dull (Remix).
17. In February 2014, Wizkid became the first ever
Nigerian musician to have over 1 million followers
on Twitter.
18. Wizkid owns and controls Star Boy
Entertainment, that has over the years produced
artistes with very good vocals and applicable lyrical
contents.
19. His work and contribution to the Nigerian Music
Industry has earned him several achievements,
including a BET Award, a MOBO Award, five The
Headies Awards, two Channel O Music Video
Awards, four Nigeria Entertainment Awards, two
Ghana Music Awards, two Dynamix All Youth
Awards, two City People Entertainment Awards, and
a Future Award.
20. Wizkid has been nominated three times at the
MTV Europe Music Awards as well as four times at
the World Music Awards.
