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Wizkid and Davido are both young musicians in the Nigerian music industry. These two young musicians have come a long way to where they are now. Having made headlines and broken records both locally and aboard, it becomes a fact that these two kings are the ones ruling and dominating the Nigerian music scene.
Asides the differences in the lifestyle and style of music between the two of them, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun who is known as Wizkid and David Adeleke popularly known as Davido still retain some similarities between them.
Similarities between Wizkid and Davido
- Handsomeness
Both musicians are quite handsome in their looks. Davido is known for wearing a lowcut hairstyle and some beards while Wizkid is beardless and wears a hairstyle which is popularly known in Africa as “Afro”. If you ask some girls of which they prefer, a section of them will go for Wizkid and give their reasons while some others will probably go for Davido.
- Wealth
Both musicians are quite wealthy and they are known for their extravagant and flashy lifestyle. Davido was born into a rich family while Wizkid, on the other hand, was born into the Balogun family and he lived in the slums of Ojuelegba in Surulere area of Lagos but having made his mark with his music, he became a star. These two known musicians are heavyweights in the Nigerian music industry. In the current list of the top ten richest Nigerian musicians, you will see the names and profiles of both artistes. Apart from the royalties which they receive and earn from their music, Wizkid and Davido make a whole lot of money from show performances and endorsement deals. Both artistes big boys in the Island and they also have houses abroad. Davido has a different fleet of cars and he owns a private jet, same as Wizkid too.
- Babymama
Wizkid are Davido are working to get to 2baba’s level. ** Laughs** This is quite funny but its true. Both musicians are in their prime and in the peak if their music careers, they haven't settled down to tie the knot and walk down the aisle with the love of their lives but they have children from different women who were born out of wedlock. Davido presently has two children from two different baby-mamas, the first baby-mama is named, Sophie Momodu, she is a mother to Davido first daughter, Imade. She is a niece to Ovation magazine boss, Chief Dele Momodu while the second goes by the name Amanda, she gave birth to Davido’s second daughter, Hailey. As for Wizkid, he presently has three baby mamas, the first happens to be Shola Ogudu, the mother of his first son, Boluwatife, his second baby mama is Binta, a Zambian model whose son is named after Wizkid, Ayo Balogun Jnr and the recent happens to be from his manager, Jade Pollock.
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- Fanbase
Wizkid and Davido commands and leads a troop or an army of fans at their fingertips. Davido is currently the celebrity with the highest number of followers in Nigeria with 6.3 million followers on Instagram and he is followed closely by Wizkid who has 5 million followers on Instagram. Since these are the two biggest music stars in Nigeria, there is no need for laying much emphasis on their fanbase. As a social media user, you will notice that both stars have a lot of followers on their social media handles. At times, music videos clip released on their official youtube channel receives and gets more than 400,000 views in less than 24 hours. As at present (April 2018), Davido has a total number of 3.8 million likes on his official Facebook page and Wizkid has a total number of 1.8 million likes on his official Facebook page. On Twitter and Instagram, both artistes have millions of followers as fans following them and their fanbase.
- Record Breakers
Wizkid and Davido have broken a couple of records in the past. Remember when Wizkid became the first celebrity to attain a million followers on facebook and twitter. Davido also achieved something quite similar by breaking the record for the most video views on youtube in Africa after the video clip of his song, “Fans Mi” featuring Meek Mill received and hit 1 Million Views in 15 Days on Youtube. Wizkid broke a world record after producing electrifying performance and also filling the Royal Albert Hall to the brim in London. Towards an
- Record Label Owners
Another baffling similarity between Wizkid and Davido is that the both of them are record label owners and bosses. Wizkid Balogun is the owner and C.E.O (Chief Executive Officer) of Starboy Records Worldwide while Davido who owns D.M.W (Davido Music Worldwide) and he is also a co-owner of H.K.N Gang. The two musicians are a source of inspiration to various upcoming and independent artistes. As record label owners, both artistes have different young artistes who are under the umbrella of their record labels. Wizkid once signed L.A.X, who has since left the label but now, he has Terri, Yusuf as signed artistes to his record label, he signed producers such as Maleek berry and Legendary Beats to his record label, Wizkid also has Mr. Eazi and Ghanaian reggae group, R2Bees, as affiliates to his record label. Davido, on the other hand, has a lot of artistes under his D.M.W led record label, such artistes under his label are Mayorkun, Dremo, Ichaba, Yonda, Peruzzi and his signed producer is Fresh.
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- Superstars
Finally, the last similarity between Wizkid and Davido is that the both of them are superstars. Davido and Wizkid recently became the best of friends and the interesting thing to note is that the both of them are very popular and loved by fans. They are the hottest and most popular musicians currently in Nigeria. As Superstars, both Wizkid and Davido have the tendency to perform for more than 3 hours and they will not run out of songs because they have series of hit songs. Some of the popular songs of Wizkid are Holla at Your Boy, Daddy Yo, Caro, Bad Guyz/Tease Me, Show me the Money, Expensive Sh*t, Jaiye Jaiye, Sweet Love, In My Bed, Love My Baby, No Lele, Oluwa Loni, Don't Dull, Pakurumo,Come Closer, while some of the popular songs of Davido are Dami Duro, Back When, Ekuro, Gobe, Fia, If, Fall, Gbagbe Oshi, The Sound, Owo Koko, Coolest Kid in Africa, Dodo, Owo Ni Koko, Fans Mi, Aye, .
To sum up this article, Wizkid and Davido share some similarities between themselves in spite of the beef and rivalry which the media is trying to bring them apart.
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