Wiz kid

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (wavutse ku wa 16 Nyakanga 1990), uzwi cyane ku izina rya Wizkid, ni umuhanzi n’umwanditsi w’indirimbo wo muri Nijeriya. Yavukiye mu gace ka Ojuelegba ko muri Surulere, Lagos, kandi abarwa mu majwi akomeye y’itsinda riri kuzamuka rya Afrobeats. Umuziki we uvanga injyana za Afrobeats, afropop, R&B, afrobeat, reggae, dancehall na pop. Yatangiye gufata umuziki afite imyaka 11, asohora album yakoranye n’itsinda ry’umuziki rya Glorious Five, yashinze we n’inshuti ze zo mu rusengero.

Mu 2009, Wizkid yasinyanye amasezerano na Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) ya Banky W. Yamenyekanye cyane nyuma yo gusohora indirimbo *Holla at Your Boy*, yari indirimbo iyoboye album ye ya mbere ya studio *Superstar* (2011), yakurikiwe n’izindi ndirimbo zakunzwe nka *Tease Me/Bad Guys* na *Don’t Dull*

## Life and music career

### 1990–2010:Ubuzima bwo hambere
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun yavutse ku ya 16 Nyakanga 1990, avukira Ojuelegba, Surulere, Lagos.   Yarerewe mu rugo rwo kwemera mu madini atandukanye, akurana na bashiki be cumi na babiri. Nyina yari Umukristo w'Umupentekote naho se yari umusiramu.  Wizkid yize Ijebu Ode Grammar School .   Yakuze yumva  King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti na Bob Marley .  Mu kiganiro yagiranye na radiyo na Tim Westwood mu 2012, yavuze ko "se afite abagore batatu".  Mu kindi kiganiro twagiranye na Adesope wo muri Factor 78 TV, Wizkid yavuze ko yashinze itsinda ryitwa Glorious Five hamwe n’inshuti ze Basenganaga .  Bashoboye gusohora alubumu mbere yo guseswa. Wizkid yaitwaga **Lil Prinz** muriryo Tsinda kugeza mu2006  yaje Gahura [./Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OJB_Jezreel OJB Jezreel] Utunganya imiziki Amubuza gukora indirimbo muburyo bwo gufata amajwi mugihe kingana n'umwaka wose Muricyo gihe Nibwo yasuraga Studiyo ya Point Beat ya OJB kenshi, yitengereza indirimbo za 2 Face Idibia yandika indirimbo kuri alubumu ye  *Grass 2 Grace* .Yari ahari kandi mu gihe hafatwaga amajwi y’album ya mbere ya Sound Sultan yitwa *Jagbajantis*.   Yavuze ko Naeto C ari umwe mu bantu Bamugiriye Inama ubwo yarafite imyaka 15. Wizkid yasinyanye amasezerano na Empire Mates Entertainment mu 2009. Yafatanije kwandika "Omoge You Too Much", indirimbo ya Album ya *W Experience* ya Banky W.   Yakoranye kandi na Naeto C, Ikechukwu na M.I Ari nako yatezaga imbere ibihangano bye. Hagati muri 2009 , yavuye mu Ishuri  kaminuza ya Leta ya Lagos (LASU). Nyuma yaje kwiga muri kaminuza ya Lead City, ariko avamo  amaze kwiga amasona a yo abiri . 

### 2010–2011: ''Ubwamamare''
Wizkid yatangiye gufata amajwi y’album ye ya mbere ya studio yise *[[:en:Superstar_(Wizkid_album)|Superstar]]* mu 2009 Yasohoye indirimbo *[[:en:Holla_at_Your_Boy|Holla at Your Boy]]* nk’indirimbo ya mbere y’album ku itariki ya 2 Mutarama 2010  Iyo ndirimbo yahataniye  igihembo cy’Indirimbo Nziza ya Pop, kandi yatumye atsindira igihembo cya Next Rated mu birori bya The Headies 2011. Uretse gutsindira igihembo, yahawe imodoka ya Hyundai Sonata yo mu 2012 yatanzwe n’abategura iryo rushanwa . Amashusho y’iyo ndirimbo yatorewe igihembo cy’*Umuhanzi Mushya Ushoboye* (Most Gifted Newcomer Video) mu birori bya Channel O Music Video Awards byo mu 2011. 

Ku ya 2 Mata 2010, Wizkid yasohoye " Tease Me / Bad Guys " nk'indirimbo ya kabiri ya alubumu. Yabanje gusohoka nka Freestyle rap .  " Don't Dull ", indirimbo ya gatatu ya alubumu, yasohotse ku ya 6 Ukuboza 2010.  *Superstar* yanditswe mu Cyongereza na Yoruba . Yasohowe ku ya 12 Kamena 2011 na Empire Mates Entertainment . Album ikubiyemo ijyana ya Afrobeats, R&B, Dancehall, na reggae. Mugihe yakoraga kuri *Superstar*, Wizkid yakoranye n'abatunganya amajwi nka E-Kelly, Jay Sleek, Shizzi, DJ Klem, Masterkraft, Q-Beats na Samklef .Iyo album ikubiyemo kwifatanya n’abahanzi nka Banky W., Skales, D’Prince na Wande Coal. Yari iteganyijwe gusohoka ku itariki ya 14 Gashyantare 2011, ariko nyuma yaje gusubikwa.  Ku ya 12 Kamena 2011, Wizkid yakiriye ibirori byo kumurika alubumu muri Expo Hall ya Eko Hotel na Suites . Ibirori byo kumurika byagaragaye ibitaramo bya Banky W, Skales, 2face Idibia, Samklef, Wande Coal, D'Prince, Olamide, eLDee, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, Lynxxx na Seyi Shay .  *Superstar* yatsindiye igihembo cya  Album nziza y'umwaka muri Nigeria Entertainment Award 2012, kandi yatowe muri Album of the Year muri The Headies 2012 . 

### 2012–2014: Urugendo rwa E.M.E, ''Ayo'' N'izind
 A 15-second sample of "Jaiye Jaiye". The song is a fusion of Afrobeat and Afrobeats , Wizkid_-_Jaiye_Jaiye_(feat_Femi_Kuti).ogg,"Jaiye Jaiye" (2013)

Wizkid yazengurutse London mu mwaka wa 2012 anakorera ahitwa Hammersmith Apollo ku *ya* 4 Kamena 2012.  Yakoranye na Banky W. ,Skales,Shaydee and Niyola  Nyuma yo kumurika alubumu, ibikorwa bya E.M.E byazengurutse Amerika. Urugendo rwatangiye muri Nyakanga rurangira muri Nzeri 2012. Ibikorwa bya E.M.E byakorewe mu mijyi myinshi, nka Houston, Dallas, Toronto, Vancouver, Umujyi wa New York, Providence, Calgary, Atlanta, Washington, DC, na Chicago.  ] ​​​​​

Ku itariki ya 12 Ugushyingo 2012, Wizkid yaririmbye mu gitaramo cya BBC Radio 1Xtra Live ku kigo cya O2 Academy i Brixton, ahurira n’abahanzi nka Trey Songz, Tulisa, Kendrick Lamar na Angel.

Hagati ya 2012 na 2014, Wizkid yafashe alubumu ye ya kabiri ya studio *Ayo* . Yafatanyije nabarimo Femi Kuti, Banky W., Seyi Shay, Phyno, Tyga, Akon na Wale . Iyi alubumu yatunganijwe na Sarz, Shizzi, Uhuru, Del B, Dokta Frabz, Maleek Berry, Legendury Beatz na Spellz. Yabanje kwitwa *Choosen* .  Nk’uko MTV Base ibivuga, iyo album yahuye n’ikibazo cyo gusubikwa ku Itariki Yaragusokeraho..  Byatangajwe mbere ko alubumu izaba irimo Don Jazzy, Efya na Olamide.  Ku ya 6 Nzeri 2014, Wizkid yagaragaje ishusho y’album hamwe n’urutonde rw’indirimbo zayo. Mbere y’uko atangaza gahunda yo gusohora album ye ya kabiri ya studio, yari yarateguye gusohora Uruvange muri Mata 2013.  Mu kiganiro na Ok! Yavuze kandi ko hazagaragaramo Wale na Tinie Tempah .  Wizkid yaje gutangaza ko azashyira ahagaragara alubumu ye ya kabiri ya studio ku ya 12 Kamena 2013.  Mu kiganiro na HipTV , Banky W yagaragaje izina ry’iyo album anavuga ku gusubikwa kwayo. Yanatanze n’igihe cy’agateganyo cyo Kumurikiraho album.. 

Ku itariki ya 2 Gicurasi 2013, Wizkid yasohoye indirimbo ya mbere y’iyo album yise "*Jaiye Jaiye"*. Iyi ndirimbo ikubiyemo ubufatanye n’umuhanzi w’Umunyanigeria wari watorewe igihembo cya Grammy Award, Femi Kuti. Wizkid yabwiye Showtime Celebrity ko yakoranye na Femi Kuti kugira ngo abantu batamufata nk’umuhanzi wibanda gusa ku ndirimbo z’inkundura, imodoka n’ibintu by’ubukungu.i.  Ku ya 17 Ukwakira 2013, yaririmbye muri Felabration ya 2013, igitaramo ngarukamwaka cyeguriwe Fela Kuti .   -yakozwe "On top your Matter" yasohotse nk'indirimbo ya kabiri ya alubumu ku ya 26 Ukwakira 2013 .  Ku ya 2 Ugushyingo 2013, Wizkid yaririmbye muri Guinness Colorful World of More igitaramo hamwe na D'banj, Tiwa Savage, P-Square, Davido, Ice Prince, Burna Boy, Olamide na Phyno . Igitaramo cyabereye ahitwa Eko Convention Centre muri Eko Hotels na Suites .  Ugushyingo 2013, yakoreye igitaramo mu gitaramo cya Guinness Big Eruption cyabereye i Accra, muri Gana. 

Muri Gashyantare 2014, Wizkid abaye umucuranzi wa mbere wo muri Nijeriya ufite abayoboke barenga miliyoni kuri Twitter.   Muri Nyakanga 2014, Wizkid yasuye studio ya Beat 99.9 FM i Lagos maze abwira Toolz ko yakoranye n'umuririmbyi wo muri Barubade Rihanna .   Wizkid yatumiwe nk'umushyitsi udasanzwe mu bitaramo bimwe na bimwe byagaragaye mu ruzinduko rwa Tinie Tempah mu Bwongereza mu 2014. 

### 2015–2018: ''Byumvikane kurundi ruhande'' nk'itsinzi mpuzamahanga hamwe na "One Dance"

Ku ya 5 Mutarama 2015, Wizkid yashyize ahagaragara amashusho y'indirimbo " Ojuelegba ", indirimbo igaragaza urugamba yahuye narwo mu myaka ya mbere y'umwuga we wo gufata amajwi.  yemewe nk'indirimbo igaragaramo amajwi ya Drake na Skepta ; Yerekanye  kuri OVO Sound Radio muri Nyakanga 2015 . Muri , Wizkid na Chris Brown bombi bakoze "African Bad Gyal" mu gitaramo cya ChrisBrown cyabereye i Durban, muri Afurika y'Epfo.  Wizkid yasohoye "Expensive Shit", indirimbo ya Afrobeats Igizwe Light Guitar, saxofone na percussion acoustic muri Gicurasi 2015; indirimbo yavuzwe nkaho ishobora kuba yashyizwe kuri alubumu. Muri , Wizkid yatangaje ku rubuga rwa Twitter ko Angélique Kidjo azagaragara kuri alubumu. Muri , Mu Kwakira 2015, yavuze ko azasohora EP ye kandi akazongera gusubika itariki yo gusohorerwa album ye ya gatatu ya studio. Ibi yabitangaje kuri Instagram akimara kurangiza igitaramo cyo guha icyubahiro  2Face Idibia  *Fortified*. 

Ku ya 5 Mata 2016, Wizkid abaye umuhanzi wa mbere wo muri Nijeriya washyizwe ku rutonde rwa Billboard   Imbonerahamwe y’amasaha 24 ashize, nyuma y’ubutanyei bwe Na drake ku ndirimbo yise “ One Dance ” yanditswe na Afrobeats ya Drake, yashyizwe ku mwanya wa    "One Dance" Yakomeje Kwamamara ku rwego mpuzamahanga, iza ku mwanya wa mbere mu bihugu 15, birimo Ubwongereza, Kanada, Ositaraliya, Ubufaransa n'Ubudage. Indirimbo yabaye Wizkid yambere ya mbere nkumuhanzi wagaragaye muri utwo turere.

Umwanditsi wa Pitchfork, Sheldon Pearce, yavuze ko iyo ndirimbo ari ‘indirimbo yishimisha, y’umwimerere w’ibihe by’ihungabana, yishimira umurimo wose Wizkid yakoze.’ Mu Gicurasi 2015 , Wizkid yifatanyije na Chris Brown mu rugendo rw’isi yose rwitwa *One Hell of a Nite*.".  

Muri Werurwe 2017, yasinyanye amasezerano na RCA Records . Ku  Nyakanga 2017, Wizkid yashyize ahagaragara alubumu ye ya gatatu ya studio *Ijwi ryavuye ku rundi ruhande.Byambere* byanditswe na Karayibe, *SFTOS* ikubiyemo izindi njyana zitandukanye, zirimo afrobeats, EDM, R&amp;amp;B, n'inzu .  igaragaramo abashyitsi bagaragaye muri Drake, Major Lazer, Chris Brown, Ty Dolla Sign, Efya, Bucie na Trey Songz .  wakozwe na Sarz, Del B, Spellz, Dre Skull, DJ Mustard, Major Lazer, na Picard Brothers. Iyi alubumu yabonetse kugirango igure kandi ikoreshwe kumurongo kumurongo wa muzika myinshi, harimo Apple Music, Amazone Music, Spotify, Deezer na Google Play . &#x5B; **' &#x5D;</sup> ''SFTOS'' yatangiriye kuri numero 107 kuri  200 yo muri Amerika.  Yatangiye kandi ku mwanya wa 58 ku mbonerahamwe ya Album ya Kanada . <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B; **' &#x5D; Gusohora alubumu yabanjirijwe nindirimbo eshatu: "Daddy Yo" irimo Efya, "Urukundo Ruryoshye", na " Ngwino Hafi " irimo Drake . &#x5B; ** &#x5D; " African Bad Gyal "yasohotse hamwe no gutumiza alubumu ku ya 9 Kamena 2017,  na" Naughty Ride "yasohotse mu rwego rwo kwamamaza ku ya 23 Kamena 2017. 

Wizkid abaye umuhanzi wa mbere wa afrobeats wagaragaye muri *Guinness World Records* 2018 kubera uruhare yagize muri "Imbyino imwe". Indirimbo ye " Soco " ibaye indirimbo ye ya mbere ya afrobeats yemerewe zahabu muri Kanada.   Nyuma yuwo mwaka, yagaragaye kuri EP *Normani x* ya Normani na Calvin Harris, Calvin Harris, ku ndirimbo "Kugenzura Urutonde", yaje ku mwanya wa mbere ku mbonerahamwe yo kugurisha indirimbo ya *Billboard* World Digital . 

### 2019 : "Brown Skin Girl", ''Umuhanzi Vol.'' ''1'' na Yakorewe ''i Lagos''

Mu ntangiriro z’umwaka wa 2019, Wizkid yafatanyijwe n’umuhanzikazi Beyoncé ku ndirimbo "*Brown Skin Girl"*, ikaba iri ku *soundtrack* ya filime *The Lion King: The Gift*, yaje gushimwa cyane n’abakunzi b’umuziki n’abasesenguzi..  Yavuzweho ko ari kimwe mu bihe bye "bimurika" byo muri 2019,    mu bihembo yahataniye mpuzamahanga, akamuhesha ibihembo bibiri bya Soul Train Music Awards ,  Nyuma yuwo mwaka, yasohoye kandi indirimbo "Joro" na "Ghetto Love". 

Ku ya 6 Ukuboza 2019, label ya Wizkid Starboy Entertainment yasohoye EP *Soundman Vol.* *1*, yibanze cyane kuri Wizkid, kandi ikubiyemo ibintu biva muri Chronixx, nabandi bahanzi batandukanye. 

Muri 2020, Wizkid yagaragaye ku ndirimbo zitandukanye, harimo "Escape" ya Akon, "Gbese 2.0" hamwe na DJ Tunes na Spax, "Eve Bounce" na Yung L, na "Consider II" hamwe na Walshy Fire. Yasohoye kandi afatanyije n'umuririmbyi w'umunyamerika, H.E.R, bise " Smile ". Ku ya 17 Nzeri , Wizkid yasohoye indirimbo yise  Stress ", atangaza ko azamurika alubumu ye ya kane, *Made i Lagos*, ku ya 15 Ukwakira  . 

Ku nshuro ya 27 ngarukamwaka South African Music Award, *Made i Lagos* yakiriye igihembo cya Afurika isigaye. 

Ku ya 13 Kanama 2021, yasohoye remix ya " Essence ", irimo umuhanzi wo muri Kanada Justin Bieber .  Indirimbo yabaye indirimbo yagaragaye cyane kuri *Billboard* Hot 100 yakozwe nigikorwa nyafurika, igera ku mwanya wa 11 ku ya 4 Ukwakira 2021.  

Ugushyingo 2021, muri Grammy Award ya 64 ngarukamwaka, alubumu ye, Made *in Lagos* n'indirimbo ye "Essence" yamuhesheje ibihembo bibiri bya Grammy. Mu Kwezi kumwe , yakiriye kandi ibihembo bine bya Soul Train Awards, yatsindiye imwe muri "Essence" Best Collaboration . 

Ku isabukuru ya mbere ya *Made i Lagos*, Wizkid yatangaje alubumu ya 5  More Love*, Less Ego*, mu ntangiriro yashyizwe ahagaragara umunsi wa nyuma wa Made i Lagos, ku ya 22 Mutarama 2022.   Album ye ya gatanu ya studio *More Love,Less Ego* yasohotse ku ya 11 Ugushyingo 2022 

Ku ya 18 Ukwakira 2024, Wizkid yasohoye indirimbo " Piece of My Heart " irimo umuririmbyi w’umunyamerika Brent Faiyaz nk'umuhanzi wambere muri alubumu ye ya gatandatu ya studio *Morayo* .  

Mu Ugushyingo 2024, indirimbo *MMS* ya Asake yafatanijemo na Wizkid yatorewe igihembo cya Best African Music Performance mu bihembo bya 67th Annual Grammy Awards  Wizkid ahabwa icyubahiro cyifuzwa mu mwuga we.

Ku ya 22 Ugushyingo 2024, Wizkid yashyize ahagaragara alubumu ye ya gatandatu ya studio *Morayo* y'indirimbo cumi n'esheshatu zirimo Asake, Anaïs Cardot, Brent Faiyaz, Jazmine Sullivan, na Tiakola .