Grammy award-winning Nigerian musician, Ayodeji Balogun, also known as Wizkid, reportedly threw his expensive ring while trying to fling his jacket to the crowd at his sold-out show at Tottenham Stadium in London, U.K., on Saturday night.
According to a popular British-Nigerian podcaster, Adesope Olajide, the ring is worth £100,000 (about N85 million).
The podcaster expressed regret for leaving the front row when the ring fell, stressing that he had caught Zlatan Ibile and Diamond Platnumz’s rings at their concerts in the past.
He stated this during an Instagram live session with fans recently.
Adesope said: “Why did I leave that front [row at Wizkid’s show] when that ring was about to fall? Ah! I have caught Zlatan and Diamond Platnumz’s rings before. These are thousands of pounds and dollars.
“Obviously, the Wiz ring, that would have been the one. I’m honest. I could sell it for like £100k.”
A netizen, Abuja Boy, also posted about it on Twitter. He wrote: “Wizkid mistakenly threw his £100k ring with his jacket to the crowd at his Tottenham Stadium show and Big Wiz immediately called the jeweler while the show was going on to make another one for him on the spot. Somebody just cashed out £100k 🤭#WizkidxTottehamStadium”
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Meanwhile, Wizkid made history as the first African artiste to sell out the 80,000-Capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, trailing Burna Boy who sold out London Stadium last month as the second African to sell out a stadium in the United Kingdom.
His performance at the London Stadium has also since earned him the title of the ‘first African artiste to headline and perform at the Tottenham Stadium.
Wizkid has dominated the global music scene in recent years, heralding a new age of music influenced by the continent’s vivid sights and sounds.
The Afrobeats pioneer’s fusion of traditional rhythms, slick R&B production and a smattering of pop-ready lyrics, sung in a mix of Yoruba and English, have helped to commercialise the genre across the West, making it one of the industry’s most profitable – and brilliant – imports.
The 33-year-old’s stadium show at Tottenham came just weeks after his Nigerian contemporary Burna Boy became the first African artist to headline a UK stadium, a few miles down the road at the Olympic Park in Stratford. As Wizkid powered through hits including Azonto, Joro and Ojuelegba, the thousands of devotees danced and partied as one, united in their adoration for a star who signifies a new era of African prosperity.
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The concert was attended by football stars Bukayo Saka, Alex Iwobi and Eddie Nketiah.
Wizzy’s fans have since taken to different social media platforms to celebrate his latest feat.
Electric Vibex tweeted: “Every choke Wizkid the real popsy #WizkidxTottenham.”
Tunrayo Omirin, in her tweet celebrating the iconic’s singer as the ‘first African act to shut down the Stadium, wrote: “Try am if your spinal cord no go break Na only Big Wiz fit run am sha.”