American record producer, Swizz Beatz revealed in a recent interview that he and his wife, Alicia keys introduced WizKid and Burna Boy to their first American audience.
He claimed nobody knew WizKid and Burna Boy back then in America until the day he played Wizkid’s Ojuelegba while on vacation with his wife Alicia keys.
According to his narration, Afrobeat wasn’t so popular in America. However, the video of his wife dancing to Ojuelegba by Wizkid went viral on the internet and it introduced him to his first American audience.
He said ” I introduced WizKid to America, I was the first person to play his song while me and my wife were on vacation and we danced to his song.
He also recalled how he introduced Burna to his first American audience when invited him to the states for the first time.
He said “ I was the first person to invite Burna Boy to the states, infact he had a rough bandana on when I introduced him on the stage, When I was playing Fela Kuti. People thought I was being too African but I didn’t let that stop me because it is what it is.
In other other News, Nigerian singer, Iyanya has come under fire after he shared a photo of himself hanging with the young lady he spotted at Davido’s Timeless concert few days ago.
They claimed that the singer is being disrespectful to the girl’s boyfriend even after he warned him to stay away from her.
Recall when the singer took to his page on microblogging platform, Twitter to tell his followers about a girl who wanted to confuse him while performing at Davido’s Timeless concert in Lagos.
He wrote: ”
One fineeee girl been Dey eye me yesterday @davido Timeless
Concert. I had to focus on the job, so this morning I come remember if
you are that fine girl report yourself now under this tweet, you wanted to confused me ha.. ”