Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WizKid is dropping a deluxe version of his album, 'Made in Lagos,' later this month "Essence" is truly coming for song of the ...

WizKid don't need no other body, but he put somebody else on the remix of his hit "Essence," featuring Tems: Justin… By Heran Mamo WizKid don’t need no other body, but he put somebody else on the ...

This year, the song of the summer debate hasn’t raged in any significant way, but for a subset of young, hip, mostly Black people, Wizkid’s “Essence” was the only contender. “Essence” is the fourth ...

WizKid and Tems have received a platinum plaque for their breakout hit "Essence." In October of 2020, Nigerian singer WizKid delivered his fourth album Made In Lagos, a project that introduced the ...

Four years ago, this column posed a question: "Can WizKid Conquer The US Pop Landscape He Helped Create?" At the time, American pop music was sounding increasingly African, in no small part thanks to ...

Kanye West praises Wizkid's song Essence. On Sunday, Rapper Kanye West said he considered Wizkid's hit song Essence as the best song in music's history. "Best song in the history of music to date," ...

You’re only going to see more artists emerge and become global stars.” Wizkid has been one of the strongest proponents of those artists, starting his label in 2013 with the express purpose of sharing ...

Wizkid has continued to break barriers with his song, Essence, which features features singer-producer Tems. In a recent chat with Billboard, Wizkid hinted that the song enables Afrobeat to spread ...

Grammy Award-winning Nigerian Afrobeats star Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, closed the 2026 edition of the Afro Plus Fest in Maryland, United States, on Sunday, marking 15 years since his ...

“Essence” is truly coming for song of the summer status. Black Twitter is having a wide range of reactions to WizKid‘s “Essence” remix with Justin Bieber, with many fans complaining about the new ...