In a viral video on social media, Banky W, who was pivotal in launching Wizkid’s career through his record label, Empire Mates Entertainment, EME, disclosed that Wizkid spent hours hanging around various studios because he couldn’t afford studio time. Banky W said this while reflecting on Wizkid’s early struggles before fame. Banky W The Famous Music Executive has said that Wizkid started his career as a studio Rat.
Banky W said He is not Saying This to Mock His Early Stage Carrer But To Appreciate Wizkid Hardworking, commitment and skill.
“Banky Reveal That Wizkid for a long time in his life was not Lucky 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 Help 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 Privilege 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 am Proud of Him 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.
