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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87707, member: 27"]
One kid from Ojuelegba turned free studio scraps into Grammy wins and Billboard history, basically rewriting the global playbook for Afrobeats.

From Lagos streets to studio grind
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[*]Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun grew up last of 12 kids.
[*]Wizkid camped out at OJB Jezreel's studio for free time.
[*]His music career kicked off at age 11 as Lil' Prinz.
[*]A church group called Glorious Five was an early outlet.
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EME deal changed the whole game
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[*]Banky W's Empire Mates Entertainment signed him in 2009.
[*]Holla at Your Boy blew up commercially in 2010.
[*]Superstar dropped in 2011 and made him a household name.
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Global crossover hits kept stacking
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[*]Drake's One Dance collab in 2016 broke everything wide open.
[*]Guinness World Records recognized him as a first for Afrobeats.
[*]Beyonce's Brown Skin Girl handed him a Grammy win.
[*]Made in Lagos put Essence on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Legacy runs deeper than chart numbers
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[*]Wizkid says pulling his family from poverty tops everything.
[*]Rolling Loud headlining gigs show how far he traveled.
[*]His trajectory basically mapped the global rise of Afrobeats.
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