‘Being An Active Father Has Changed Me A Lot’ – Wizkid On Fatherhood

World-famous Grammy-award winner, Ayo Balogun, who is popularly known as Wizkid has opened up about fatherhood and how it has changed him as a person and a musician.

According to the singer who is one of Nigeria’s biggest R&B crossover acts, being a father has put a lot of love in his heart and it is the drive that keeps him going.

The Starboy made this known in a recent interview with popular UK-based afrobeats podcaster, Shopsydoo, in London.

The single dad went on to reveal that being an active father has changed him a lot. In his word:

“It [being a father] has changed me a lot. I am grown; lots of love in my heart, fuels me to keep going, that is the drive, the only drive to keep me going.

“My family, my kids, I just feel blessed to be their father, take care of them, God put me in that position, it is the biggest blessing in the world, being able to recreate.”

He also identified music as his lifestyle, enthusing that is what he ‘sleeps’, ‘eats’ and ‘breathes’. He stated:

“I sleep, breathe, eat, sh*t music. I’m always trying to elevate my craft from my sound, my videos, my productions, everything to a whole new level.”

Wizkid added that he feels blessed to be at the forefront of the global afro-beats movement. He continues:

“I feel blessed, you know. I just wake up every day and thank God that I’m blessed enough to do it because I could have been anything else.”