A video of the childhood home of Afrobeats giant, Ayo Balogun aka Wizkid in Surulere, Lagos, has surfaced online.
The footage of the compound shows a premises in a state of disrepair, with an unoccupied, dirty, and unmaintained appearance.
The backyard is heavily overgrown with bush, the floor slimy while the walls have algae growing on them.
An obviously shocked member of the public queried if indeed it was the house where Wizkid was raised.
The Video:
Reactions:
Daddy yo: “see where they born person way dey follow Davido talk.”
more money: “those days this na estate na confirm one.”
khadiija0605: “Wizkid build himself and not someone who relies on family wealth.”
sasha: “If Dey gave birth to him here, and he could make dat kind of fame & money 😭 Davido should rest abeg, na dat kind pikin I want…. Biggest GRACE.”
IDYWHITE: “if Wizkid come from this place and become who he is today please Davido don’t talk to Wizkid again is a Destiny child.”
🦋Faith🦋: “believe it or not Wizkid is bigger than davido,. Wizkid made him self 😎 who is davido if not for his father’s money.”
user3499473834151: “Wizkid made name for him self.. and his family… na this kind child i dey pray for 🤲. no person way go dey shout with his father money.”
BOSSLADY: “And God made a way for him and make him big..that’s why they say,never give up on yourself 💯💯 as the last born of the family God brought him up to change their family story.”