{"id":74794,"date":"2023-06-09T11:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T11:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/09\/wizkid-i-first-to-hit-stardom-davido\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T11:24:41","slug":"wizkid-i-first-to-hit-stardom-davido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/09\/wizkid-i-first-to-hit-stardom-davido\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid &#038; I First To Hit Stardom \u2013 Davido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong> Davido and Wizkid\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Famous Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said he and Wizkid were the first young Nigerian artistes to hit stardom.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was excited to see \u201cnew cats\u201d (stars) such as Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun, and Asake now dominating the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201830 Billion Gang\u2019 crooner stated this in an interview that went viral on social media on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cWizkid and I were the first young artistes to blow up, and it feels good seeing new cats like Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun, you know a lot of new cats coming, killing it\u2026Asake who was on my album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, yes, I think the future of Afrobeat is in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his statement has sparked controversy on social media with many Burna Boy fans berating him for putting the Grammy award-winning singer in the same group with newbies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davido and Wizkid\u00a0 Famous Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said he and Wizkid were the first young Nigerian artistes to hit stardom. He said he was excited to see \u201cnew cats\u201d (stars) such as Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun, and Asake now dominating the music industry. The \u201830 Billion Gang\u2019 crooner stated this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wizkid &amp; I First To Hit Stardom \u2013 Davido - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/09\/wizkid-i-first-to-hit-stardom-davido\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wizkid &amp; I First To Hit Stardom \u2013 Davido - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Davido and Wizkid\u00a0 Famous Afrobeats star, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has said he and Wizkid were the first young Nigerian artistes to hit stardom. 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