Arthur Greene
Isihlabani sase-Nigeria uWizkid uqinise indawo yakhe njengomunye wabaculi abanethonya emhlabeni kuleli sonto njengoba ingoma yakhe ethi-“Essence” ibe phezulu ohlwini lwezingoma ezihamba phambili ku-Rolling Stone.
Ingoma acula kuyo nomculi osafufusa wase-Nigeria uTems, ihlanganisa i-Afrobeats ne-R&B. Ingoma yokuqala ye-Afrobeats ehamba phambili ohlwini oluhlonishwayo, eshicilelwa minyaka yonke kusukela ngowe-1949.
Izindikimba zengoma zothando nezokusondelana ezishisa izikhotha zithinte abantu abaningi emhlabeni wonke. Sisekupheleni kwelinye igagasi lomhlaba wonke le-coronavirus futhi ukulangazelela bekuwumuzwa izigidi zabantu ebeziwuzwa njengoba siphuma kumvalelo.
Futhi ingoma yamukelwa ekuphakameni kwegagasi lesithathu le-Covid-19 e-Nigeria. UWizkid ubeyilindile ese-Lagos Oriental Hotel, futhi eqoqe izihlabani zomculo we-Afrobeats ndawonye ezivelele ezweni.
Yilo mphakathi naleli hhotela lapho uWizkid aqedela khona i-albhamu yakhe eshisa izikhotha, ethi-Made in Lagos.
Abakhiqizi be-Legendury Beatz no-P2J basebenze ngesigqi se-“Essence”. Kamuva uTems wajoyina iqembu, waletha izingoma ezithandwa kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele.
Ephendula mayelana neculo lakhe, uWizkid utshele i-Rolling Stone ukuthi, “Unezwi elimangalisayo. Konke kukhethekile mayelana noTems. Konke.”