{"id":70726,"date":"2025-07-16T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70726"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T10:44:25","slug":"wizkid-celebrates-35th-birthday-amid-global-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/16\/wizkid-celebrates-35th-birthday-amid-global-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid Celebrates 35th Birthday Amid Global Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Afrobeats superstar Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, is celebrating his birthday today, July 16, with fans across Nigeria and beyond taking to social media to honor the global music icon.<\/p>\n<p>Wizkid, who turns 35, continues to enjoy massive success both locally and internationally, with many hailing him as one of Africa\u2019s biggest music exports.<\/p>\n<p>The Ojuelegba crooner has received a flood of birthday wishes from fellow celebrities, fans, and entertainment platforms, with hashtags like #WizkidAt35, #MachalaDay, and #Starboy trending across X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy birthday to the GOAT, the one that made us proud globally. More life and hits,\u201d a fan posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>Wizkid began his music journey on the streets of Surulere in Lagos and rose to fame with his breakout single \u201cHolla at Your Boy\u201d under Banky W\u2019s EME label.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, he has built a remarkable legacy through international collaborations with artists like Drake, Beyonc\u00e9, and Justin Bieber.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, his hit song Essence featuring Tems became the first Nigerian song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, earning him a Grammy nomination.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, the Starboy boss had yet to make an official birthday post, but fans and blogs have flooded his pages with love and admiration.<\/p>\n<p>Some fans are organizing street jams and club parties in his honor tonight.<\/p>\n<p>As he marks another year, many are eagerly anticipating new music from the award-winning artist, especially after his recent tease of an upcoming album.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; Afrobeats superstar Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, is celebrating his birthday today, July 16, with fans across Nigeria and beyond taking to social media to honor the global music icon. Wizkid, who turns 35, continues to enjoy massive success both locally and internationally, with many hailing him as one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70726","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\/70726","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70728,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70726\/revisions\/70728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}