{"id":12491,"date":"2015-12-12T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=12491"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:10:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:10:12","slug":"wizkid-fader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wizkid-fader","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid Achieved Something That No Other African Artist Did\u00a0This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Wizkid&#8217;s single is on the top 20 list (12th to be precise)\u00a0while Tinashe&#8217;s <em>Party Favors<\/em> and Jidenna&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Classic Man<\/em> respectively landed on the 63rd and 107th spots.<\/p>\n<h2>Among the greatest<\/h2>\n<p>Wizkid&#8217;s song landed above top singles from successful artists such as Future, Fetty Wap, Rich Homie Quan, Adele, just to name a few. He is the only artist based in Africa to feature on this list and according to Fader, the Nigerian musician did not need Drake to land on the 12th spot. The magazine wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLet\u2019s get what we all already know out of the way: Drake hopped on this song from Nigerian artist Wizkid for a remix, generously making the song more famous (at least in America) than it might\u2019ve been on its own in 2015. But let me state this clearly and definitively: the song never needed him. No matter the celebrity, you can\u2019t improve on perfection, even if the Skepta verse that accompanied Drake\u2019s on the remix was pretty great. No, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q7QiLceJSLQ\">\u201cOjuelegba\u201d<\/a> is best on its own, a graceful slice of rhythm that does not need cultural translation. Like Popcaan\u2019s \u201cEverything Nice,\u201d the iconic global jam from last summer, it has a message of grace, thankfulness, and happy perseverance that resonates in every home. And that beat? It\u2019s got a shoulder-shrugging momentum so joyful, how could it not have wound its way all over the world? \u2014Alex Frank\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12495\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-12495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-36-17-am.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"704\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-36-17-am.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-36-17-am-85x67.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/7qpimCm66E\/?taken-by=wizkidayo\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>New music<\/h2>\n<p>Wizkid, who was recently featured on R. Kelly&#8217;s 13th album in the song called\u00a0<em><span id=\"eow-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"R. Kelly - I Just Want To Thank You (Audio) ft. WizKid\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sLwLZUXH6qw\">I Just Want To Thank You<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span id=\"eow-title\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"R. Kelly - I Just Want To Thank You (Audio) ft. WizKid\">is\u00a0getting ready for the end-of-the-year parties. He released his latest video produced by Sesan not too long ago. It&#8217;s called <em>Final (Baba Nla) <\/em>and it&#8217;s banging!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12497\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-39-01-am.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-39-01-am.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-39-01-am-600x216.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/screen-shot-2015-12-12-at-12-39-01-am-85x31.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=srwAd1iR5qI\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"picture-mini-caption vspace slide-bg\">Watch the <em>Final (Baba Nla)<\/em> video below:<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wizkid - Final (Baba Nla) [Official Video]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/srwAd1iR5qI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">[interaction id=&#8221;566bb738d44dfcea12657a17&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wizkid-drake\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0Drake Finally Reveals Why He Collaborated With Wizkid.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizkid\u2019s Ojuelegba has received 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