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– The singer and business executive made it known that Wizkid still owes EME about three albums.
– In an interview, which also involved his wife and Nollywood actress, Adesua, Banky W discussed his deal with Wizkid and how they ended things.
– The Nigerian singer, music executive, and politician, Banky W, has made it known that afrobeats poster-boy Wizkid might still be owing EME Records about three albums during a conversation with Ebuka on Bounce Radio’s Black Radio show.
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– When asked about his contract with Wizkid and how they parted ways, he replied that Big Wiz wanted to go despite the fact that he had not met his contractual obligations.
– He revealed that Wizkid only released two albums instead of the five he was contractually obligated to release. As he puts it,
– “I think it was a 5 album deal and he had done 2 solo albums… I think he still owed 3 more albums but he wanted to leave. And for me, that was enough because I don’t want anybody to stay where they want to stay.”
– He went on to state that he understood that the Grammy-nominated singer needed to leave at the time he wanted, hence, the reason the label decided to let him go.
– “No, because I could tell that mentally he was ready to do other things. For me, I just felt like some things are just meant to happen for a season and that was the season we were meant to work together.”
– Banky also addressed Wizkid’s absence at his wedding to Adesua, noting that while he was disappointed, he knows Wiz tried his best.
– Wizkid joined Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2009 and released two albums, ‘Superstar‘ (2011) and ‘Ayo‘ (2014), before leaving the label in 2014.
