
Senegalese-American singer and music executive, Akon, has claimed that Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, Wizkid, was still an ordinary local act before he signed and helped project him to the world.
He made this bold statement during a chat on the Bagfuel Brigade podcast released earlier this week.
According to the “Lonely” crooner, he spotted Wizkid’s potential as far back as 2008 and took him under his wing as the first Nigerian artiste signed to his Konvict Music label.
“In 2008, I spent my time in…