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Wizkid was local artist before I brushed up his career – Akon reveals

Wizkid was local artist before I brushed up his career – Akon reveals

Africa Links 24 with Sunny Green Itodo
Published on 2025-05-02 12:07:44

Senegalese-American singer, Akon has revealed that he played a key role in the career success of Nigerian international Afrobeats star Wizkid.

He claimed that the Starboy crooner was just a local musician before he signed him to his record label in 2008 and brushed him up.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Bagfuel Brigade podcast, Akon also claimed that Afrobeats wouldn’t have been what it is today without him developing some artists in Nigeria and opening bigger markets for them in the late 2000s to 2010s.

“In 2008, I spent my time in Nigeria developing what you…

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