Wizkid says he loves to be underestimated

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Nigerian recording artiste, Wizkid whose real name Ayodeji Balogun, has said he loves to be underestimated.

According to him, it is his biggest motivation.

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The musician disclosed this in an Instagram live session with TEFLives when the host asked how he handles the external pressure to constantly prove himself.

Wizkid said, “I love it when people underestimate me, it fuels me more than anything else in the world.”

Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. A prominent figure in the modern day Afrobeats music scene, he is regarded as one of the most commercially successful and most influential African recording artists of the 21st century