Popular singer, Ayodeji Balogun otherwise known as Wizkid, has disclosed his love for Nollywood, saying he’s looking forward to producing Nigerian films.
In an interview with Vogue where he made this known, the music star said he’s the biggest Nollywood fan in the world, adding that he’s going to make Nollywood films to the delight of his fans someday.
“I love Nollywood! I am the biggest Nollywood fan… Sometimes, I just watch it on YouTube – the old ones. Any movies with Aki and PawPaw in them are my favourites. Any movies with Patience Ozokwor, she’s like the funniest. Yeah, you can see I really love watching that (laughing) I love it, I love everything,” he stated.
When asked if he would be producing films like that of his favourite actors, Wizkid responded: “Maybe… Definitely something like that… Or maybe… better? I wouldn’t want to talk down on everything that is out right now but… (laughing), but, yeah, definitely I would want to make crazy movies. Yeah, something crazy – the art, how it’s shot, the script.”
Addressing the controversy that he turned down a lot of collaborations for Made in Lagos, his recently-released album, Wizkid explained that he makes music with his friends all the time.
“You can have two artists go into a room and make amazing music every time they go in. But, not every time they go in – you can’t use all the music. Like me and Burna, we have so many songs together that we haven’t even put out for years. It took us three years to put out this “Ginger” one. Same with Skep – ones we’ve had for years.
“We’re not saying it’s not amazing, or it’s not a good song. At that time, maybe it’s not right for what we’re working with. That doesn’t come from a place of hate, or from a place of me being like, I’m a bigger artiste than anybody. If it’s great and it works for what I’m working on, it’s definitely gonna come out.
“An album is like painting a picture, you can’t paint two portraits at once. One at a time. I’m just bringing clarity to everyone that I took out their features from the album,” he added.