{"id":6131,"date":"2017-06-26T18:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T18:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maischna.de\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2018-03-27T17:22:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:22:13","slug":"wizkid-wins-bet-best-international-act-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafritude.de\/?p=6131","title":{"rendered":"WIZKID Wins BET Best International Act -Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2017 BET award for best international act- Africa goes to WIZKID of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6133\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6133\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6133\" src=\"http:\/\/maischna.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wizkid.jpg\" alt=\"getty images\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafritude.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wizkid.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lafritude.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wizkid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafritude.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/wizkid-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">getty images<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun\u00a0 known by his stage name Wizkid\u00a0 started recording music at the age of 11.In 2009, he signed a record deal with Banky W.&#8217;s record label Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E). 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