Wizkid, Falz shine at BET Awards 2016

Nigerian superstars, Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid and Folarin Falana, aka Falz Tha Bhad Guy both made their country proud at the just held BET Awards.

While Wizkid went home with the award for the Best International Act (Africa) at the BET awards, on Sunday, Falz was named the Viewers’ Choice Best International Act.

“I feel blessed and I am thankful to God for making all of this happen,” said Wizkid, who joins previous winners, Tuface and D’banj, on the league of champions of the category. Thank God for my EME fam, it’s a blessing to be part of an amazing team. Everyone I’ve worked with, everyone who has supported me in one way or the other, God bless you,” said Wizkid who was joint winner with Ghana’s Sarkodie.

Together, they beat fellow Nigerian, Ice Prince; Camp Mulla (Kenya); Lira (South Africa); and Mokobe (Mali) to emerge winners

Falz, earlier nominated for the Award, was named the winner at the awards on Saturday.

The official Twitter account for BET made the announcement official when it tweeted; “Falz has continued to stand out in terms of his creativity and ingenuity, and has carved a niche for himself in the Nigerian industry. He is known for his funny skits on social media, breaking out into a fast rising entertainer in Nigeria and far beyond.”

The artiste began his career while in secondary school after forming a group called “The School Boys”. His professional career as a music artiste kicked off in 2009 but he shot into limelight after his song titled Marry Me featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade won him a nomination in the “Best Collaboration of The Year” category at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. He currently owns an independent record label called Bahd Guys Records.

Falz beat other talented up-and-coming artists from around the world including Emtee (South Africa), MHD (France), Tkay Maidza (Australia), WSTRN (UK) and Section Boyz (UK) to emerge winner.

Other winners at the night include Nigerian American rapper Wale, actor Kevin Hart, and rapper Nicki Minaj amongst others.