In a series of random Instagram posts, Grammy award-winning artist, Wizkid has denounced being an afrobeat musician. Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid is one of Nigeria’s most commercially successful and influential African recording artists. Various International and local publications, media houses, and blogs have referred to Wizkid as an Afrobeat musician. The melodic singer has denounced the genre completely.
The melodic crooner took to social media to announce the completion of his latest album. The new album, titled Morayo, is a tribute to his late mother and marks Wizkid’s sixth studio album. Jane Dolapo Balogun passed away on August 18, 2023, and was laid to rest in October of the same year. In 2014, Wizkid released Mummy Mi, a track from his Ayo album dedicated to mothers worldwide.
