{"id":159250,"date":"2024-02-03T13:39:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T13:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=159250"},"modified":"2024-02-03T13:39:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T13:39:24","slug":"wizkid-was-a-hype-man-banky-w-spills-the-tea-on-how-he-met-the-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/03\/wizkid-was-a-hype-man-banky-w-spills-the-tea-on-how-he-met-the-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid was a hype man \u2013 Banky W spills the tea on how he met the singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Banky W has for the first time shed light on how he first met, discovered and signed Wizkid.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s common knowledge that Wizkid sent a tweet to Banky W on Twitter, now known as X, requesting his help as an up and coming artist. <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>The father of one has now revealed that Wizkid\u2019s tweet those years back was just banter because he got signed a year before his tweet. Banky W added that the Essence hitmaker was a hypeman and backup singer when they met<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Nigerian music star and record label executive, Bankole Wellington better known as Banky W, has revealed how he discovered Afrobeats superstar, Wizkid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Empire Mates Entertainment boss clarified that contrary to speculations of him signing the \u2018Come Closer\u2019 crooner after discovering him on social media, he actually found him in the studio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Banky W recalled that an old tweet from Wizkid asking him for a record deal was a joke, stressing that he had already signed Machala then. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/01\/25\/the-love-of-our-lives-banky-w-adesua-etomi-mark-sons-3rd-birthday-in-cute-photos\/\">The 42-year-old entertainer said that he found<\/a> out about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2024\/02\/01\/ive-been-there-reekado-banks-empathizes-with-wizkid-as-netizens-worry-over-shabby-look-in-more-photos\/\">Wizkid<\/a>\u2019s musical talent when he was listening to some unsigned artistes songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Speaking in a video trending on social media, the singer turned politician urged fans to let God and their helpers find them working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Banky W said;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cLet God and the helper that he would use find you doing something. For some people, God will only find you tweeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cJust a few days ago, I noticed my Twitter was going craazy. And I went on and I discovered that people found an old tweet from Wizkid where he said, \u2018Hey, Mr Banky, my name is Wizkid. I\u2019m upcoming artist. Please, I need you to help me.\u2019 And then they found a reply that I said, \u2018Okay, please send me your demo.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cAnd people were pointing to that as the inception of the moment where Wizkid and I started working together. And I hate to burst everybody\u2019s bobble, but that moment was just a joke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWe have actually been working together for about a year. He has been signed, we have been making music and releasing music. We were just being playful at the time when those tweets were sent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI didn\u2019t find wizkid from him tweeting, I found him while he was working. I heard his music when I was just listening to a bunch of unsigned artistes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cBefore he even started working with me, he had already recorded a chorus with M.I. The very first day I saw Wiz in person, we was a back-up singer for Kellz at an event. He was faithfully serving as Kellz\u2019s hypeman.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Banky W signed Wizkid to Empire Mates Entertainment in 2009. But the father of four exited EME after the release of his sophomore album, \u2018Ayo\u2019 in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banky W has for the first time shed light on how he first met, discovered and signed Wizkid. 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