associated_acts years_active birth_place label background genre article_title name occupation
maleek niyola wale wande coal ice prince r2bees m.i jesse jagz berry legendury beatz l.a.x banky w. skales shaydee 2001 -- present surulere , lagos , lagos state , nigeria '' ` current '' ' solo_singer afrobeats afropop reggae wizkid -lrb- musician -rrb-
 wizkid recording artist songwriter performer
wizkid -lrb- musician -rrb-

ayodeji ibrahim balogun -lrb- born 16 july 1990 -rrb- , better known by his stage name wizkid -lrb- sometimes stylised as wizkid -rrb- , is a nigerian recording artist , songwriter and performer .
he started his musical career at age 11 , releasing a collaborative album with glorious five entitled `` lil prinz '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- .
in 2009 , he signed a record deal with banky w. 's imprint empire mates entertainment .
he rose to prominence in 2010 with the release of the song `` holla at your boy '' from his debut studio album , `` superstar '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- .
`` tease me/bad guys '' , `` do n'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 '' -lrb- 2014 -rrb- , was preceded by the singles `` jaiye jaiye '' , `` on top your matter '' , `` one question '' , `` joy '' , `` bombay '' and `` show you the money '' .
in addition to his solo work , wizkid has collaborated with several artists and was featured on the hits `` girl '' -lrb- with bracket -rrb- , `` fine lady '' -lrb- with lynxxx -rrb- , `` sexy mama '' -lrb- with iyanya -rrb- , `` slow down '' -lrb- with r2bees -rrb- , `` the matter '' -lrb- with maleek berry -rrb- , `` pull over '' -lrb- with kcee -rrb- and `` bad girl '' -lrb- with jesse jagz -rrb- .
his work and contribution to the nigerian music industry has earned him several achievements , including a bet award , a mobo award , three the headies awards , two channel o music video awards , four nigeria entertainment awards , a ghana music award , two dynamix all youth awards , two city people entertainment awards , and a future award .
in addition , he has been nominated three times at the mtv europe music awards as well as four times at the world music awards .
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 .
