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Ayodeji Balogun, the Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Wizkid, has revealed his musical inspiration.

The afrobeats star disclosed that women are the inspiration behind his music.

“Women inspire music! Gods on earth,” he wrote in a now-deleted post on X.

Wizkid is known for his romantic songs, dedicated to women. His latest album, ‘Morayo’ is dedicated to his late mum, Morayo Jane Balogun.

The album has broken Tyla’s record for the most first week streams for an African album on Spotify with 48 million streams in 6 days.

It has surpassed Tyla’s previous record of 46.4 million Spotify streams.

‘Morayo’ also set a new record for the biggest opening week for an African album on Spotify with 52.8 million streams.

Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, the famous Nigerian singer, who is also known as Skales has claimed that his colleague and former record label mate, Wizkid, never liked him.

He claimed that he has always felt repelling energy from the ‘Starboy.’

Speaking in a recent episode of the ‘Listen’ podcast, the ‘Shake Body’ crooner recounted his social media fallout with Wizkid years ago.

He said, “I have always felt that Wizkid didn’t like me. I don’t know why but there were occasions where he showed his dislike for me.

“If you go back and check the our social media fallout, I think I was doing a ‘question-and-answer’ session on Twitter and somebody said, ‘What’s up with your guy Wiz?’ And jokingly, I said, ‘My brother Wiz does not have my time anymore.’ From there, Wizkid started insulting me, my father and my mother. That’s to show you that he probably had me in mind. He said I wear fake jewellery. That time, I wasn’t the one replying, it was my ex-girlfriend.

“I pick my battles. When I know that people will believe anything you say, I don’t need to fight you. Because whatever I say, they are going to say I am jealous. They are going to say I am envious of Wizkid’s success. And that was the story that was going round. I sat down recently and said, ‘This guy [Wizkid] really don’t like me.’ I have tried to make peace with him but he was adamant. He didn’t like me, I can tell you for a fact.”

The latest album of Grammy-winning singer, Wizkid has achieved a major feat for an African album on Spotify.

In just six days, ”Morayo” has amassed 48 million streams, surpassing the previous record of 46.4 million streams set by Tyla’s album in a full week.

This achievement underscores Wizkid’s continued global influence, as Morayo has not only dominated Spotify’s African charts but also broken records for individual tracks.

Among the standout moments, Kese (Dance) set the record for the highest opening-day streams on Spotify Nigeria, and Piece of My Heart also saw impressive first-day numbers.

The album’s success further cements Wizkid’s status as a major international artist, with Morayo serving as a heartfelt tribute to his late mother​​​​.