Nigerian rapper and YBNL boss Olamide has clarified that Afrobeats star Wizkid started his music profession earlier than him, saying the latter has been within the trade a yr or two longer.
Followers typically mistake their profession timeline
The assertion was made throughout a latest interview with streamer Azeeez and goals to appropriate the long-held notion that each artists began on the identical time.
Followers typically hyperlink the pair as a result of each rose to nationwide prominence round 2010, Wizkid with the January launch “Holla at Your Boy” and Olamide with the later single “Eni Duro.”
Their parallel rise was cemented when each had been nominated within the Subsequent Rated class on the 2011 Headies Awards, a contest received that yr by Wizkid.
Olamide instructed Azeeez that the general public timeline has been misunderstood. “Wizkid and I didn’t begin doing music on the identical time. He began a yr or two earlier than me; he was already placing out music earlier than I got here,” he stated.
Olamide units the document straight in new interview
He stated his clarification was meant to set the document straight slightly than diminish both artist’s achievements.
Music information and earlier collaborations assist Olamide’s declare. Wizkid, who’s now 35 years previous, was featured on rapper M.I Abaga’s observe “Quick Cash/Quick Vehicles” in 2008,
This look predated his mainstream breakthrough and signifies his earlier entry into the music scene.
Wizkid’s early publicity and fast ascent helped set up him as a number one voice in Afrobeats, whereas Olamide’s constant output and affect throughout the rap and street-pop scenes have made him one in all Nigeria’s most potent homegrown stars.
Regardless of recurrent comparisons, Olamide emphasised respect for Wizkid’s physique of labor and stated his feedback had been meant solely to appropriate public notion of their profession timelines.
The clarification is to settle lingering debates amongst followers about who entered the trade first.
Watch the video under…
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