Nigerian male singer and songwriter preferably called Wizkid, in the music scene but officially called Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun. Ayodeji as known, is the most Influential Nigerian Afrobeats musician in the world of music.

Wizkid was formerly signed to the record label, Empire Mates Entertainment but currently in his own record label Starboy Entertainment RCA.

Wizkid moved into his music career at a very early age; at age 11. He recorded a seven-track album under the stage name Lil Prinz. He recorded his first song with OJB Jezreel.

Wizkid made a number of endorsements deals with:

Pepsi

MTN Nigeria

Guinness in November 2013 for the Guinness World of more Concert held at Eko House and Suites which took place at Victoria Island in Lagos Nigeria.

In 2015, Wizkid left MTN for Glo for the endorsement deal of 128 million Naira contract.

During a query session, Wizkid was questioned on his brand in his clothing style and frankly stated that he wears a mixture of street wear and traditional Nigerian clothes. He further stated that his icon in fashion is Pharrell Williams.

Wizkid has four children with three different women. Per information on social media, there were speculations concerning the paternity of the children. He denied the paternity of some of his children quite a number of times during interview sessions.

written by Ruth Ama Onumah