Wizkid net worth

WizKid's Net Worth

  Nigeria music star Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as WIZKID was born on the 16th of July 1990 to a religious family in Lagos, Nigeria and has a net worth of over $14 million.

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The Nigeria music star started his music career at the feeble age of 11 which found him actively involved in his local church choir. And would later form his own music group with the identity “Glorious Five”. His rise to fame and up to the zenith of his career was fast paced. Obviously his talent shot him that far from his big break in 2010 coupled with well oiled vocal cords from nature.
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In the course of his stardom he has gone on worldwide musical tours and won numerous local and international awards. He is a recipient of four MTV Africa Music Awards, six Headies Awards, two BET awards, six Nigerian Entertainment Awards, two Ghana Music Awards, two MOBO Awards and a Future Award. In total he has to his credit 44 Awards in over 150 nominations.

Today, he’s not just an A-list music star but among the top 10 richest musicians in Nigeria which makes him Forbes worthy for evaluation. 

Undoubtedly, a large chunk of His wealth emanates from deals, deals, deals and more deals. In 2013 he became Guinness brand ambassador with an endorsement deal worth N128million. He is also a Pepsi brand ambassador with a signed deal of $350,000 (N70million) and later became a Glo brand ambassador (N120million) after ditching MTN’s N45million deal.

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In 2013, Wizkid founded Starboy Entertainment record label which among the top record labels in Nigeria. Nigerian music experts called this a prominent and money making step by Wizkid. Soon the celebrated Starboy became almost the most expensive entertainer in Nigeria. Depending on the details, he received from four to six million of naira for each show.

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With a record label to call his own after severing ties with his former boss Banky W in EME records, he has lists of artist signed under him and sure makes some cool cash off them, although none of his arts has released any big hit album yet, he still makes his money via bookings and single releases from them. L.A.X, R2BEES, Mr. Eazi and Maleek Berry are all working under his record label.