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Wizkid has been nominated at the 2019 edition of the Soul Train Music Awards, which take place at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on 17 November. The Nigerian superstar is nominated alongside Beyoncé and Saint Jhn for ‘Brown Skin Girl’ (featuring Blue Ivy Carter) in the Best Collaboration Performance and Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s categories. The nominations come after the Afropop singer sold out the Starboy Fest event at the O2 arena in London more than a week ago, a feat he has achieved on two separate occasions. This is not the first time Wizkid has been nominated at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2017, he received a nod in the Best Dance Performance category for his song ‘Come Closer’ featuring Drake. Wizkid lost out to Bruno Mars’ ’24K Magic’ that year and will hope that his luck turns for the better this time around, especially since he and…    read more 

Wizkid has revealed he cannot afford to stay without Nigerian food even when he is out of the country. Starboy disclosed this while on an interview with Capital Xtra in the united Kingdom after he was quizzed on why he left Los Angeles, United States after staying there for two years. Wizkid revealed he had to leave LA because he was bored and more especially because of the constant lack of Nigerian delicacies. The “Joro” singer then went ahead to reveal that he doesn’t eat any other food apart from Nigerian food. He revealed no matter the country he is at in the world, he always eats Nigerian food. He even gave an example of how he paid 140,000 naira (400 dollars) a day to get a cook in the United States to cook Nigerian food for him.