It’s difficult to talk about superstar Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, without describing his trajectory in terms of U.S. music history. That’s partially because his Afropop sound so thoroughly blends contemporary Western pop sensibilities with those of his own sub-Saharan background that it’s hard to see where one ends and the other begins.…
It’s difficult to talk about superstar Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, without describing his trajectory in terms of U.S. music history. That’s partially because his Afropop sound so thoroughly blends contemporary Western pop sensibilities with those of his own sub-Saharan background that it’s hard to see where one ends and the other begins.…