In 2018, a then sitting governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, set aside 6th Octoberof every year as World Wizkid’s Day. Wizkid
This came after the 31-year-old singer became the first artist to sell out the Skyway Theatre in the state.
Ever since, Nigerian Afrobeats pop music star, Ibrahim Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, is celebrated on the 6th of October across the world.
Here’s a list of the 5 several historic feats achieved by the artiste across the World.
France suddenly woke up last week to the fact that hereafter, by virtue of Generalissimo Francisco Franco’s conquest of Catalonia (see p. 17), she would have only one neighbor—Rebel Spain—to her south instead of the two warring neighbors she has had for the last two and a half years. Moreover, the realization grew that this new Spanish neighbor, puppet of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, might not prove to be the friendly one that France has known for more than 100 years.
The reason wall-to-wall coverage of true crime stories seems to dominate TV news is arguably thanks to figures like the so-called “Milwaukee cannibal-murderer” Jeffrey Dahmer, who was arrested 25 years ago Friday, on July 22, 1991.
On that day, in his apartment, police found body parts and severed heads in his fridge, freezer, filing cabinet, even in a kettle, which “contained what are thought to be decomposing hands and a male genital organ,” per TIME’s report.
Born into a family of thespians, his father is Ade Love (Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan), popular theater and film director and actor in the 70’s and 80’s, Afolayan's first rise to fame was in the Tunde Kelani movie "Saworoide" released in 1998. In 2005 after studying at the New York Film Academy he released his first movie "The Figurine" in 2009. Today, Kunle Afolayan can be regarded as one of the leading movie directors in Nigeria if not the most prominent out of them all.
Actor who appeared in multiple television series including ER and Friends.
Before Fame He met with an agent when he was 8 years old after a family friend suggested he become an actor.
Trivia He was the starting shortstop for his little league team.
Family Life His parents are Dana and Larry Weinberg and he has a younger brother named Mike who is also an actor.
Associated With He replaced Jonathan Taylor Thomas' role by being the voice of Young Simba in the 2004 film The Lion King 1 1/2.