Phyno Blogger ®: Wizkid Celebrates 27th Birthday Today

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), better known by his stage name 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.