Who would have thought? Or found a place in their wildest
imagination where Drake and Wizkid collaborate three times within the
space of a year?
There appears to be a new Wizkid-Drake collaboration coming up, and this time it will be a Wizkid project.
While everyone was busy lamenting the singer’s loss of his brand name ‘Starboy’ to The Weeknd, Wizkid has been gearing up for new music to be released, and this time, it features Drake.
Who
would have thought? Or found a place in their wildest imagination where
Drake and Wizkid collaborate three times within the space of a year?
Not me, not you, not anyone!
Wiz and Drizzy first found middle ground to collaborate on ‘Ojuelegba’,a song off Wizkid’s sophomore studio album “Ayo (Joy)”. Drake had heard the song from UK Grime artiste Skepta,
and jumped on it with a verse, which birthed an international remix.
The pair worked again for what has been the biggest pop single of 2016,‘One Dance’,a song which stayed 9 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
Now it appears things are going to go full circle with a new
collaboration coming in hot from Wizkid’s end of the divide.
Turns
out while Wizkid and Drake worked on his 2016 “Views” album, the pair
also recorded more music for each other’s projects, and Wizkid is
gearing forward to end the year with one of those projects. If this
finally sees the light of day, it makes Wizkid the first Nigerian
artiste to have collaborated with the hottest US act thrice in one year
(for all it is worth.)
But seriously, the possibilities are endless.Wizkid just recently signed up to Sony Music Entertainment on
a very lucrative record deal, which is yet to be announced. If this
single is to be released, it will have to be officially released through
Sony Music, and distributed in the US via RCA Records, the same company
that handles the portfolio of Davido and Ayo Jay.
2016
for Wizkid has been one of international penetration, and although
Drake has been at the centre of it, he has released collaborations with
Tinie Tempah, Justin Skye, French Montana, Chris Brown, and Trey Songz.
His sophomore studio album has been recorded, with reports revealing
that a 2016 release is on the cards for the album.
Drake, Wizkid
But a new deal with
Sony Music will have to delay that, to enable the record label vet the
songs off the project, and properly plan, strategize and devise the best
possible means and channels to market, promote and generate value from
the album. Wizkid is Africa’s biggest artiste, and there is a huge
opportunity for all parties involved.
A new song with Drake sets everyone on the right path, and keeps Wizkid’s hopes of finally crossing over well and aliv
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