BANKY W: WIZKID STARTED AS A STUDIO RAT
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Wizkid’s career began as a studio rat, according to renowned music executive Banky W.
Banky W said this in reference to Wizkid’s early hardships prior to his notoriety.
Because he couldn’t afford studio time, Wizkid spent hours loitering around several studios, according to a social media video that went viral. Banky W, who played a key role in starting Wizkid’s career through his record company, Empire Mates Entertainment, or EME, revealed this information.
The music executive who described the afrobeat star as a studio rat, acknowledged the singer’s commitment and skill.
“Wizkid for a long time in his life was not fortunate enough to afford studio time.
“So he was a studio rat as he will go to any studio where they will let him hang out and he will hang out all day waiting, hoping and praying that engineers and producers to just pity him and say oya, come and record for 15 or 30 mins because he could not pay for his session.
“So, all day long, he would be working on hooks and melodies and just coming up with things in case he was given the opportunity to jump on the mic for five minutes.
“He didn’t have time to think about what to write at the moment, so that became his process.
“And now he is one of the fastest songwriters that I have ever encountered in my life, he will just sit, listen, and start freestyling a melody that would become a song that the whole world would want to sing. That is where the name Wiz started from,” he said.
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