Seminal moments in music don’t happen in a vacuum. In the history of modern Nigerian music, there’s a network of interconnected context that’s inseparable from the songs and albums that are key to the scene’s evolution over three decades — how beef between a group act, the Remedies, led to a classic material like the iconic song, “Omode Meta,” or how the messy breakup between Don Jazzy and D’banj will forever be tied to the crossover hit song, “Oliver Twist.”
In 2014, Wizkid was in an uneasy spot. Just over two years…
