International superstar Ayo “Wizkid”
Balogun has decided to open up on
the alleged UNILAG fraud case in a
recent interview. The singer also talked about his
relationship with EME and his new
album. Excerpts: What really happened between you and the UNILAG students. You were accused of duping them? By now, I think all is clear that there
are some people parading themselves
as either Wizkid or his managers. The
unfortunate incident regarding the
UNILAG students is a case of mistaken
identity where people fell victim to some unscrupulous elements who
impersonated me or my
representatives. The same people, as
we have come to know, went as far as
creating fake accounts in my name to
dupe people. How did you come about the UNILAG palaver? Basically, the police just called us to
inform us of the development. We
can’t really give full details because
we were invited to come to the police
station and we went as law abiding
citizens. When we got there, we gave our own statement as well as the
students. But we really can’t say
anything now until the police have
done their proper investigations. But
with the details on ground, what we
want you to know is that the so-called Wizkid the students have been
contacting is fake and an impostor.
It’s really not from me or from
anybody around me. What was your first reaction when you heard the news? I felt so bad. I just went to my Twitter
account and tweeted the normal
people to contact if you want to book
a show with Wizkid. Let’s be realistic.
Everybody saw my hustle and watched
me grow. When I dropped “Holla Your Boy”, I was much younger and wasn’t
charging up to N5 million for shows.
This is just playing out and it is simple. So, how much do you charge now? N5 million is okay for my show. But
let’s just put things right. It is so bad
to my company’s name and my name
as well. That is why I decided to open
up on the issue. There is this rumour that you are no longer with EME? I have just released an album in
collaboration with Wizkid and EME.
“Starboy” is my new company, EME is
still there for me. “Starboy” is
Wizkid’s new record label and I have a
couple of producers that are working with me in the new company.
Definitely, we are working with a lot
of people. Banky W and I, started way
back. Our dreams have always been to
build an empire, to help more people
and give them that platform to showcase their talents. And all these
dreams cannot happen only with one
person. So, we have to branch out and reach
out to more people. The industry is
really big and there are more than 5
million kids out there roaming about
the street and looking for a platform
to showcase their talents. We want to give them the platform to do that. So,
as you can see, everyone can
contribute to that. Now that “Starboy”
has started, we thank God, we are
doing well. Anybody can start up
something. That is just what we are trying to do with EME. Have you released the track list of your latest album? Yes, I have done that. I featured
Olamide, D’banj and Banky W. The
album is ready right now. But we are
just putting some finishing touches to
it. We will be having a listening party
of the album very soon and we are going to announce that as soon as it is
ready. We are planning for that. The
album is coming out very strong and I
thank God that I have put all the
necessary things in place. I have a very
strong belief that the album is going to win awards. There is this rumour making the rounds that you have replaced your Porsche car which you had an accident with. Is it true? Yes, that is absolutely true. We thank
God for that. We thank Him for
sparing my life. This is not the first
time I’ve had such an encounter. That
doesn’t mean I am a freak, but I
needed to be mobile. I was moving around with a taxi all through the
duration of the accident which is not
proper.


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