Wizkid is 2017 BET Awards Best International Act

Nigerian music export, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, widely known as Wizkid, has won the highly coveted “Best International Act: Africa” at the 2017 BET Awards.

The announcement was made at a special ceremony held in Los Angeles on Saturday.

“Congrats to #BETAwards17 ‘Best International Act: Africa’ winner @wizkidayo ”.

The complete list would be announced at the grand ceremony slated for Sunday, June 25, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

The event will be hosted by Leslie Jones.

The award sees the multiple award-winner taking the award for the second time after winning it for the first time in 2012.

Wizkid outshined his fellow Nigerian acts, Davido, Tekno, and Mr Eazi and other African contemporaries like AKA (South Africa), Babes Wodumo (South Africa), Nasty C (South Africa) and Ghana’s Stonebwoy.

This year’s nomination happens to be the first for both Tekno and Mr Eazi after putting out impressive singles in 2016.

The One Dance crooner who is currently having the time of his life with the traction he has been gaining in the international music scene, also bagged seven nominations for 2017 Billboard Music Awards, won  three Billboard awards and won an award for writing Drake’s One Dance.

His sophomore album, Sounds from the Other Side is slated to drop this year with impressive collaborations making the features list.

African Bad Girl featuring American pop star, Chris Brown, Daddy Yo and Sweet Love are singles off the soon to be released body of work.

His debut album, Ayo was released in 2014.

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