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 ...

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," ...

Wizkid, born Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and one of Africa’s biggest music stars. He gained international recognition with his 2010 hit Holla at Your Boy. Known for his ...

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 ...

Tems and Wizkid didn’t need no other body during a performance of their hit collaboration “Essence” at Coachella on Sunday evening. Still, Tems sweetened the deal for her audience at the Mojave tent ...

With Billboard Hot 100 top 10 smash (and potential Big Four contender) “Essence,” Nigerian superstar Wizkid has a global audience listening -- and is bringing African artists along for the rise.

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 ...

You might have seen a viral tweet doing the rounds this week suggesting that Justin Bieber has a future making afrobeats music. Today that idea moved one step closer to reality with Bieber joining ...

“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 ...