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Wizkid Announces Headlining Performance at Madison Square Garden

September 24, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Wizkid will make his Madison Square Garden debut on Wednesday, November 16 at 8:00 PM, according to an announcement made today by Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) and Live Nation. This will be the Nigerian superstar’s first performance at The World’s Most Famous Arena. On Friday, September 30, at 12:00 ET, general public ticket sales will start.

On September 13, Wizkid’s brand-new track “Bad To Me” was made available via Starboy/Sony Music International/RCA Records. “Bad To Me,” Wizkid’s first solo single since the release of Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition in 2021, was created by veteran producer P2J.

With more than 4 billion global streams, Wizkid is one of Nigeria’s most streamed artists. Wizkid just achieved a significant career milestone when the RIAA granted Gold Certification to his 2020 album Made in Lagos, which has received over a billion plays. Its follow-up album, Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Global Music Album in 2021.

Chase cardholders will have advance access to tickets from Monday, September 26 at 10:00 AM ET through Thursday, September 29 at 10:00 PM ET via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the November 16 show will go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 30, at noon via Ticketmaster.com.

JUST ANNOUNCED: @wizkidayo will perform at Madison Square Garden on Nov 16! Chase cardholders get early ticket access Sep 26 at 10am to Sep 29 at 10pm, while supplies last. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Sep 30. pic.twitter.com/j1d1SF16KV

— MSG (@TheGarden) September 23, 2022

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Wizkid Returns With “Bad To Me” Single

September 23, 2022 by newhiphopnews

The Starboy’s first new single since ‘Made In Lagos.’

Wizkid Reveals That He Will Perform His New Album At An Apple Music Live Show

September 21, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Prior to this month, Wizkid was pretty quiet in the afrobeats world in a year that’s been one of the best for the genre in recent memory. However, his silence isn’t shocking as he spent most of 2021 in the spotlight thanks to the success behind “Essence” with Tems and his Made In Lagos album. The song peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200, making it the highest-charting Nigerian song to date. While things have certainly cooled off for Wizkid, he returned to form this month with the release of the amapiano-focused “Bad To Me.” It turns out that it’s not all the Nigerian star has up his sleeve.

Biggest bird bringing #AppleMusicLive to London! For one night only at the Roundhouse performing my new album. Sign up for tickets to the exclusive show: https://t.co/LZgr46b045 @AppleMusic pic.twitter.com/RIGmu2AIX1

— Wizkid (@wizkidayo) September 21, 2022

Just a week after Wizkid released “Bad To Me,” Apple Music announced that he would be the next artist to have a live performance through the platform. The show will be held in London next week on September 27 and be released later this fall, and it turns out that Wizkid will perform new music during the show. “Biggest bird bringing #AppleMusicLive to London!” Wizkid wrote in a tweet. “For one night only at the Roundhouse performing my new album,” he added before sharing a link to purchase tickets for the show.

Wizkid previously revealed that the album would be titled More Love, Less Ego, but a release date for the project was not shared.

You can view Wizkid’s tweet about his upcoming Apple Music Live show above.

Wizkid’s Vibrant ‘Bad To Me’ Is His First Solo Single Of 2022

September 14, 2022 by newhiphopnews

It’s hard to believe that Wizkid hadn’t put out any new solo tracks in 2022 until now. Instead, the “Essence” singer has been dropping videos for the songs off of his 2020 album Made In Lagos. There have been clips for tracks in “True Love” featuring Winnie Harlow and “Mood” featuring Buju, which have stretched the cycle of the immensely popular Made In Lagos and its subsequent deluxe edition which featured appearances from Burna Boy, HER, Justin Bieber, Tems, and others. But now, we may finally be getting a taste of what comes next for the Nigerian superstar with the release of the brand new single, “Bad To Me.”

Opening with a stretched-out West African guitar and dance floor-ready drum pattern, “Bad To Me” is instantly vibrant. The transportive track features clean production from P2J and it’s a welcome addition to the budding Wizkid canon.

“Bad To Me” comes out just in time for Whizkid’s headlining performance at the Rolling Loud Toronto festival this weekend, where he’ll be joined atop the bill by Future and Dave. From there, he’ll be headlining the brand new Lost In Riddim festival in Northern California, which has a distinct afrobeats focus and also features Burna Boy, Davido, and Sean Paul.

Listen to “Bad To Me” above.

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September 12, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Kanye West Shares His Favorite Songs, Including The ‘Best Song In The History Of Music To Date’

September 4, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Kanye West has been active on social media over the past few days, but today, instead of calling out Gap and Adidas, or sharing personal conversations between his ex-wife and her mother, he took some time to share some of his favorite songs.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer has collaborated with several artists throughout his two-decade career, from up-and-comers to established heavy-hitters. Though he may be one of the most polarizing figures of our time, he certainly has a great ear when it comes to music.

Oh his Instagram today, he posted a screenshot of a music player playing “Church Girl” from Beyoncé’s seventh studio album, Renaissance. He captioned the post, saying “Favorite song on Beyoncé album.”

In the next post, he shared the title track from DJ Khaled’s 13th album, God Did, which features Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and a four-minute verse from Jay-Z. In the post’s caption, he deemed the song, “Song of the year next to Wait For You,” presumably referring to Future and Drake’s collaboration, “Wait For U.”

In the following post, he shared “Essence” by Wizkid and Tems, which he deemed the “Best song in the history of music to date.”

Closing out the series of posts, he shared “Fortunate,” a collaboration with The Game from his most recent album, Drillmatic: Heart Vs. Mind.

“Need to shoot a video,” he said in the post’s caption. “Me [and] game have never missed like literally have never missed. Just like me and Pusha.”

Ye’s ear for music drives him toward perfection. In a recent interview, producer Mike Dean revealed West scrapped an album’s worth of material while working on Ye in 2018.

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September 4, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Tems & More to Headline Lost In Riddim 2022

July 31, 2022 by newhiphopnews

Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Ella Mai, and Skepta are scheduled to headline Lost In Riddim 2022. The two-day celebration of music, culture and community officially returns October 1-2 at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose, California.

The Lost In Riddim line up released below features performances from Wale, Capella Grey, Fireboy DML, Tiwa Savage, Sean Paul, Stefflon Don, Tems and more. It’s set to be a cultural celebration offering fans a larger curated selection of worldly sounds, according to an official statement.

“As proud children of immigrant parents, we created Lost In Riddim because we wanted to offer a festival experience more authentic to ourselves and our culture. Something that speaks to us not only as music fans, but who we are as people,” said Fornati Kumeh, festival co-founder and talent buyer. “With a new and larger location, not to mention this incredible lineup of international artists locked in to perform, I’m expecting this to be a weekend for the record books. We really hope fans worldwide will come show out at Lost In Riddim this October.”

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