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Mr P of P-Square recounts predicting Wizkid ‘s success in the music industry

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Mr P of P-Square recounts predicting Wizkid's success in the music industry

Mr P of the popular Nigerian music group P-Square, whose real name is Peter Okoye, has revealed that he predicted Wizkid ‘s success in the music industry many years ago.

In an interview, Mr P recounted how he had high hopes for Wizkid, whose real name is Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, when he was still an up-and-coming artiste under Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment.

Mr P of P-Square recounts predicting Wizkid's success in the music industry

According to Mr P, he had encountered some journalists who had dismissed Wizkid during his early years in the industry.

He recalled a concert where Wizkid was booked as an opening artiste, and he had told the reporters that Wizkid would take over and dominate the music industry in the near future.

Mr P expressed pride in Wizkid’s success and revealed that he had always seen great potential in him.

He stated that Wizkid’s rise to fame and success did not come as a surprise to him, as he had predicted it years ago.

Mr P also commended Wizkid for his achievements and contributions to the Nigerian music industry.

 

Mr P said; “We [P-Square] were never the type of artist that looked down on anybody. If you remember, there was a video that went viral where it was P-Square concert and Wizkid was opening for us.

So, they [reporters] kept on interviewing only P-Square and we were like, okay, guys, hold on. What about him? They said… I said no, this guy is going to take over tomorrow.”

Wizkid is currently the most streamed African artist on Spotify, with over four billion streams. His song ‘Essence’, which featured Tems, is the longest-charting Nigerian song on the US Billboard Hot 100.

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