Breaking: Wizkid wins Grammy award with Brown Skin Girl song alongside Beyonce

Breaking: Wizkid wins Grammy award with Brown Skin Girl song alongside Beyonce

- Much loved Nigerian musician, Wizkid, has won his very first Grammy award with his feature in Brown Skin Girl

- Among those who vied for the best music video are Harry Styles' Adore You, Woodkid's Goliath and Future's Life is Good to mention some

- Fans of Wizkid has taken to social media to celebrate star boy's massive win

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Wizkid has won in the category of Best Music Video alongside Beyonce for Brown Skin Girl. The reception of the award has been massive on social media with fans of both artiste reacting joyously.

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It should be noted that this year's edition of the award of the ceremony was earlier scheduled for January but had to be shifted because of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.

Also in the best music video category were:

  • Adore You by Harry Styles
  • Life Is Good by Future featuring Drake
  • Lockdown by Anderson Paak
  • Goliath by Woodkid

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions from Wizkid's fans:

@royzkingin said:

"Starboy is not your mate."

@ChumaNnoli said:

"Beyonce dropped over 9 songs in her Lion King: The Gift album, but it's Brown Skin Girl that's had the most impact. It's not a coincidence that that's the song Starboy is on."
Wizkid kid wins Grammy award with Black Skin Girl song alongside Beyonce
Wizkid's massive win has been celebrated. Photo source: BBC
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@Adedamolabtc said:

"Almighty J.Cole won his first Grammy from a "feature" . Stop the hating and appreciate real Talent. Congrats Starboy."

@__p0gllinshere said:

"Congratulations Wizkid on your Grammy. Truly deserved. Nobody goater. Starboy."

@Ms_Fej said:

"I can’t even contend my joy! So so happy!! Congratulations number 1 Starboy!! I’m so happy!! You made my day!! Congratulations Wizkid."

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@Mister_DOA said:

"Wizkid is an inspiration to every hustler. You can achieve your set goals. Just keep working and believingFlexed biceps! Congrats Starboy."

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the Smile crooner revealed some details about himself in an interview as he spoke on love, family, and how he is able to ignore social media hate among other things.

Also, Wizkid spoke about his Made in Lagos album and how it seemed to have family and love as its major theme.

Wizkid said that his family is everything to him and that it is what keeps him grounded. The singer added that his three sons are his purpose in life and it is important for him to include that in his music.

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Joseph Omotayo writes for the human interest desk at Legit.ng. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University with a degree in Literature in English. He loves basketball and books. He tweets @omotayome.

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.

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