Wizkid Bags 7 Nominations in Kenyan Award
Ayodeji Balogun, also known as Wizkid, is about to add more plaques to his award shelf, as he has been nominated in seven categories for a Kenyan Award.
The awarding body, identified as the Africa Arts Entertainments Award, is designed to reward and showcase the efforts of music stars across Africa.
The event will be held on August 17, 2024, in Kenya. The categories in which the Grammy-award winner was nominated include AAEA Continental Artist of the year, AAEA best continental male artist, Continental Album/EP of the year (S2), Best Continental intl Feature (Work Me Out), Best Continental Afro rap fusion hit (IDK), Best continental Afro RnB hit (Money&Love), and Best continental Afro RnB hit (Ebelebe).
The news is such an interesting one, and it is a win not just for Wizkid but for the Nigerian entertainment industry as a whole, which has done a great job of putting Afrobeats on the global map.
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Entertainment Digest has compiled some comments below:
@a_de_kun_ley: “We no need award again.”
@careless__kelly_: “And dem no hear him gbedu again? BABA NAH BABA.”
@_rarely.seen_: “All this wan use wizkid promote show.”
izzy____gram: “Award na for them Rema now.”
@wonders_of_miracle: “We want Morayo.”
@dayday.101: “Wiz Lion.”
@42__wayne: “lol but baba no send the award that’s the wahala.”
The Grammy Awards organisers released a list of the ten African artists that have been recognised as winners since inception.
Fans and netizens were surprised to see that Nigerian singers Wizkid and Tems were not included on the list. The list further revealed that Burna Boy was the only Nigerian artist to have received the award, which spurred mixed reactions online.
