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Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II is a computer game for the Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC computers, developed by Sensible Software and released by Ocean Software in 1992. Wizkid is officially the sequel to the earlier game Wizball, developed and released by the same companies.
Wizkid were an experimental British dance music act, formed in 1996, consisting of the following DJ and producer members:
- Bradley G
- DJ lochii
- DJ "Keif"
- DJ NeilK
The band were the subject of a documentary by British cable channel Channel One about their new and innovative sounds. The band produced their first track, entitled "Take Me... Love Me" in the summer of 1996 at the TNT studios in East London. The music was distributed under the WKP/Chessroom label.
The band performed their style of music in and around the London club scene until their split in late 1997.
Bradley G went on to launch his solo career as a musician and record producer, he later collaborated with "Keif" in a duo act known as 'Brief'.
Wizkid may refer to:
- Wizkid (musician), a Nigerian recording artist
- Wizkid (band)
- Wizkid (video game)
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (born 16 July 1990), better known by his stage name Wizkid (sometimes stylised as WizKid), is a Nigerian recording artist, songwriter and performer. He started his musical career at age 11, releasing a collaborative album with Glorious Five entitled Lil Prinz (2001). In 2009, he signed a record deal with Banky W.'s imprint Empire Mates Entertainment. He rose to prominence in 2010 with the release of the song " Holla at Your Boy" from his debut studio album, Superstar (2011). " Tease Me/Bad Guys", " Don't Dull", Gidi Girl, " Love My Baby", " Pakurumo" and " Oluwa Lo Ni" were also released as singles from the Superstar album. Wizkid's self-titled second studio album, Ayo (2014), was preceded by the singles " Jaiye Jaiye", "On Top Your Matter", "One Question", "Joy", "Bombay" and "Show You the Money".
In addition to his solo work, Wizkid has collaborated with several artists and was featured on the hits "Girl" (with Bracket), "Fine Lady" (with Lynxxx), " Sexy Mama" (with Iyanya), "Slow Down" (with R2Bees), "The Matter" (with Maleek Berry), "Pull Over" (with KCee) and "Bad Girl" (with Jesse Jagz). He was ranked 5th on Forbes and Channel O's 2013 list of the Top 10 Richest/Bankable African Artists. In February 2014, Wizkid became the first ever Nigerian musician to have over 1 million followers on Twitter.