OPEN LETTER TO WIZKID
I came across this open letter to Wizkid from a certain
fan and decided to share. I’m not going to judge, just
read for yourself and tell me what you think!
OPEN LETTER TO WIZKID
Wizkid vividly I recalled back in 2011 dropping smash
album”superstar”, with charts topping hits from holla
at your boy to tease me, from don’t dull to pakurumo
and more,you took the industry by
storm,young,energetic and vibrant with unforgotten
hits ,captivating voice and immense talent,grabbing
awards and gracing
expensive shows both home and abroad, no doubt a
game changer, a perfect
game changer ! Every young kid want to be Wizkid .
Here came 2012,year of EME-cee, you took the shine
of the crew,laced graceful and
lovely hooks on 80% of the album songs,you so fly,hot
and invisible.
More shows and awards never stop rolling in. Starboy
himself never
seems unstoppable.
And 2013, you seems superfly,you were at your
very best,in between controversy and
misunderstanding with your then
manager (Osagie) and record label,EME Ent,u popped
out singles- hits
singles! Upto 20 singles ( a whole album) back to back
rocking airways,
topping charts in just 1yr, 1 year I repeat,smiles..bro
here is a
piece of advice putting out a lot of songs out in just 1
year is simply
going to sell you short you still have a long way to go
and no body does
that in the world not even music icon Tupac, Jay Z and
our very own Tuface idibia.
Your style is monotonous- same style,same theme of
songs all I heard is baby-baby-baby, huh! People are
getting bored of
hearing same thing every blessed day ,baby songs will
never make you a
legend, it will never take you anywhere,fine it will put
couple of
millions in your account, buy you designer clothes
and gold chains and some
expensive fancy cars but for how long will that be
before the brand Wizkid vanished?
Bob Marley,Tupac and Fela Anikulapo kuti became
legends basically because of the unrivaled contents of
their lyrics
about life, reality, freedom and brutality of
mankind,they did it for a
long time and they did it perfectly.
Wizkid, listen and listen carefully,you need to start
buying songs like a real professional,you
need to go back to your winning team(Osagie and
Banky W), let them be in
control of your career just like when you guys started
back in
2010.Remember these people are well read and older
thus they possessed
lots of exposure and experience you might never get
in the next 10yrs.
You need to understand you are a big brand who has a
name/image to
protect, you need to step up your game, surround
yourself with highly
educated entertainment professionals not your so
called semi-illiterate
team.You need to understand the fact that the music
industry is highly
competitive,growing very fast with new artists
springing up every
blessed day.They are mean,hungary for fame and
fortune and committed
and simply want to dethrone you and the rest of
reigning established
artists.
Take time to pen good and meaningful songs,get
professional song writers and slap it with classy
expensive videos not
all those 2-seconds-one-spot videos you are giving
us,they are not
helping your brand. “Holla at your boy” and
“pakurumo ” videos became
big hits and highly successful just because their story
lines were
carefully written- perfect scripts,good directing with
high budgets which
I believe is the handwork of the master planner
himself,Mr. Banky W.”The matter” was a very
good song-great delivery, great breath control,lovely
rhythm and killer
beat but the beautiful song was killed by a cheap and
conceptless
video.Davido will spend his last penny to get good and
well written
songs and slap it with classy and High budgeted
videos.He wasn’t a freak
to have shot 3 videos for his hit song skelewu that
shows he classy
,he’s professional, he wants the best,he has big
taste ,he knows what he
doings and what he wants .I see him doing different
styles, very
versatile, very
diversify,tell me why he won’t grab those MTV awards
and swept off heart of fans.Davido is practicing what
I called
PWMS-Professional Western Music Strategy i.e. buy
songs, shoot classy
videos and get good results,everybody does that
around the world, that’s
the professionalism, from Beyonce to Rihanna, Chris
Brown to of
course,the late legendary Michael Jackson. Banger
Lee aka D banj aka Kinniun funfun
will also spend his last to
get the best producer to give him best of production
and world class
videos and massive promo same thing goes to the
undisputed twins called
“P square”.Stop doing things anyhow, stop giving us
rush up jobs
-production and videos,they are not helping your
brand. Be more
professional, be more committed, control your temper,
control your
ego,stop changing managements-it kills,your
career,one management hasn’t
finished implementing his strategy on you to excel in
your career, you
sacked him get another and start afresh, bro that’s
career suicide!
Respect your management, listen to them they are
working round the clock to make
you remain at nos 1,they are thinking for you to
excel,stay humble,they
are the drivers of your success,your success lies in the
hands of thier great ideas and
strategies.Stop the idea of I-can -do-it -by-myself just
because you
made couple of millions ,got fame and knew some
OAPS and Djs, fame and
fortune isn’t enough. It has killed many (artists) and
will still kill
more. Stop tightening hands over your career, you
need to spend more on
your career, if you don’t, it will die , money will stop
coming in and might
go broke .Incase you are wondering what this is, it’s no
beef just a piece
of advice material for you to get things right. Am your
nos 1 fan, I
respect your talent and hustle but I hate seeing my
hero falling so has
many other music lovers in Nigeria and beyond. I
wanna see you doing
music and doing it big for the next 10,20 years maybe
more.
Ayodele Ahmed
Entertainment expert/song writer/artist manager.
Fan Sends Wizkid An Open
Letter
NIGERIA GOSSIP
@LastßornNews(07060428346)
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