GIST: Wizkid’s illness proves what we have always suspected: he’s a normal human being

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Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Wizkid is a normal human being.
He is just like you and I, only with
more music than the next guy, and
more fame.
In this age of hyper-information and
the pursuit of fame, we are treated
to a new level of celebrity: the
internet celebrity, where life
becomes a constant party and the
life of a celebrity is packaged,
commoditized and sold to the
public. Instagram feeds that look like
a Hollywood production, snapchat
videos so lit, that they make the sun
a bit dull, and tweets that carry on
the thoughts of their hearts or
encourage the praise-worshipping
from eager fans.
What this has resulted in is the
creation of stars without content,
people who are social-media
famous with no substance. While it
has democratized the access to
celebrities, it has also ushered
everyone into a new age of
idolatory. Prior to the internet in
Nigeria, fandom can be expressed
by the purchase of music, and the
proliferation of photos by the street
corners, right now, you can get your
fix with just logging into an app, and
clicking through the life of your
favorite star.
What this does is elevate the stars
and project them in a larger than life
manner. That’s why Davido’s fans
are always on the lookout for
‘haters’, and Patoranking gets
requests every day to ‘flood ovaries
with his reggae sperm.’ And Mr Eazi,
the guy who broke through this
year, is already the darling of
hopeless romantics who would give
their best to stick to his body like
‘Skin tight’.
This has made them mini-gods.
Divine beings who reside on Mt
Olympus, to be worshipped prayed
to and adored.
At the throne of 2016 African
celebrity pantheon is Wizkid. Africa’s
number one music man, and the
only star whose celebrity on the
continent can eclipse Davido’s,
D’banj, and Psquare. He is pop
music’s most celebrated son, and
one who has led the penetration of
Nigerian music to bigger markets.
This year alone he has performed at
a record number of concerts across
the globe, and recorded all through.
A flip through his social media pages
– our window into his uber-celebrity
world – would reveal lofty
achievements. Around the globe, he
records in countless studios, throws
himself to the ends of the earth,
where his fans scream his name at
concerts and also at home, when he
can find the time for it.
All of these exertions has seen him
release the best collaboration on the
continent with DJ Maphorisa, and
also the most streamed song of
2016 – ‘One Dance’. This year also,
he becomes the first African pop
star to be nominated for a Grammy
due to his contribution as a
producer and guest artiste on
Drake’s “Views” album.
But he is human, and all of these
have taken their toll. Wizkid is
cancelling his all of his concert dates
for the remainder of the year. His
doctors believe that all of his
exertions have taken a toll on his
body. He has even had to cancel a
concert in Uganda the previous
week, where he was booked to thrill
a crowd in the country.
What? His body? Wizkid has a body?
Not an indestructible divine armor,
filled with sunshine and stardust. He
has a bloody f***king BODY!
Wizkid is flesh and blood. He is
someone’s father, a woman’s son,
and a brother, nephew, friend, and
uncle. He is human, with support
systems, just like me and you. He
walks, breathes, farts, takes dumps
on the regular, eats, sleeps, and still
finds time to drink, smoke and be
awesome at what he does.
It is not unheard of for stars to go
down. This year alone, Kanye West
and Kid Cudi have suffered from ill
health and other ‘normal’ vices. It is
just special because their channels
of communication would rather not
show us their humane vulnerable
aspects. What we see is a tailored
feed designed to make them gods,
and superhuman beings who tower
over life and breeze through their
days, living in heaven on earth.
But they are human, just like me
and you. Never forget that. Never
forget. Never. Ever.

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