Last night Nigerian music Twitter exploded into another episode of ‘Weeknd stole Wizkid’s Starboy name’. And my first thoughts were: ‘Aren’t we done with this’?
This issue cropped up again because the Wizkid announced a new song with Drake, via Twitter, and The Weeknd also tweeted the name, and announced the release date of his next full-length project titled “Starboy”. The album will be made available globally on November 25, 2016.
Why did Nigeria react so strongly on Twitter? The first wave of reaction concerning on this topic came with the announcement which was done weeks ago. The singer announced a new album with the title, and has proceeded to rebrand himself with the name. He has lost his former hairdo, and now spots a cleaner image.
For denial, people are still holding to on the fact that Wizkid is their only Starboy. To them the Weeknd can never be the one true Starboy. Never mind that he has a bigger marketing budget than Wizkid, has a greater fanbase, and is signed to a major label. He is still isn’t Starboy.
There appears to be a new Wizkid-Drake collaboration coming up, and this time it will be a Wizkid project.
While everyone was busy lamenting the singer’s loss of his brand name ‘Starboy’ to The Weeknd, Wizkid has been gearing up for new music to be released, and this time, it features Dra
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