{"id":30573,"date":"2024-05-08T11:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=30573"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:36:47","slug":"speed-darlington-dismisses-comparisons-to-wizkid-voices-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/08\/speed-darlington-dismisses-comparisons-to-wizkid-voices-frustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Darlington Dismisses Comparisons to Wizkid, Voices Frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Controversial Nigerian rapper, Speed Darlington, has taken to social media to address comparisons between himself and singer Wizkid, cautioning fans against drawing parallels.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Akpi&#8217; artist expressed frustration over the persistent comparison, emphasizing that he has been active in the music industry for nearly eight years without any direct interaction with Wizkid. Despite the Starboy boss acknowledging him in New York on one occasion, Speed Darlington stressed that this acknowledgment does not warrant ongoing comparisons between them.<\/p>\n<p>During an Instagram live session with fans, Speed Darlington vehemently rejected the notion of being superior to Wizkid, questioning the basis for such assertions and emphasizing his tenure in the industry. He urged followers to refrain from perpetuating the comparison, signaling his desire to be recognized for his individual accomplishments and contributions to the music scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah Controversial Nigerian rapper, Speed Darlington, has taken to social media to address comparisons between himself and singer Wizkid, cautioning fans against drawing parallels. The &#8216;Akpi&#8217; artist expressed frustration over the persistent comparison, emphasizing that he has been active in the music industry for nearly eight years without any direct interaction with Wizkid. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":30574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30575,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30573\/revisions\/30575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}