New Wizkid Documentary Raises Huge Stakes Around a Quiet Superstar – Rolling Stone

A person wearing a pink sweater and gold chains holds a microphone and speaks in a recording studio, reminiscent of a Rolling Stone documentary about Wizkid; another person stands in the background.

When Wizkid: Long Live Lagos premiered at Tribeca Film Festival this month, the documentary on one of Afrobeats’ foremost superstars marked a milestone for the genre in itself. While Tribeca is flush with music documentaries, this one – a primer on a face of and the state of African pop music as it’s embedded itself in global pop culture – is a novelty. Later this year, Long Live Lagos will air on HBO and stream on HBO Max. In following Wizkid as he becomes the first African artist to play London’s elite Tottenham Hotspur…