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On April 29, 2024, Nigerian music's biggest names Wizkid and Davido resumed their long-standing beef as the duo brutally dragged each other online.

How Davido and Wizkid's ongoing beef started 10 years ago | Pulse Nigeria

Adeayo Adebiyi

<h2>On&nbsp;April 29, 2024, Nigerian music's biggest names&nbsp;Wizkid&nbsp;and&nbsp;Davido&nbsp;resumed their long-standing beef as the duo brutally dragged each other online.</h2>

<p>Although it's uncertain when the feud between <strong>Wizkid</strong> and <strong>Davido</strong> started, it has&nbsp;now&nbsp;extended for over a decade.</p>

<p>Wizkid and Davido are&nbsp;two of&nbsp;Nigeria's&nbsp;biggest&nbsp;artists with commercial success, longevity, brand identity, influence, and&nbsp;huge&nbsp;fan bases. The duo&nbsp;who&nbsp;broke into the mainstream in 2010 and&nbsp;2011&nbsp;respectively&nbsp;have remained at the summit of the industry for over a decade&nbsp;and&nbsp;during&nbsp;that&nbsp;time&nbsp;they have had a love-hate relationship fuelled by competition and differences between their respective camps and fan bases.</p>

<p>The feud between Davido and Wizkid hit a new low on&nbsp;April 29, 2024, <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/wizkid-and-davido-brutally-drag-each-other-online/14qlnry">with both superstars engaging in name-calling on X</a> to the amusement and dismay of observers.</p>

<p>While it's unclear what might have led to their current public spat after they engaged in both public and online&nbsp;bromance&nbsp;five&nbsp;months ago, this love-hate affair has been the nature of their relationship.</p>

<p>Below is a timeline of the love-hate relationship between Davido and Wizkid:</p>

<ul><li><strong>2014 - Wizkid allegedly shades Davido on Twitter</strong></li></ul>

<p>On&nbsp;July 28, 2014, <strong>Wizkid</strong>&nbsp;put out&nbsp;a post on Twitter (Now X) after his show&nbsp;his&nbsp;New York and ahead of his London concert.&nbsp;In the tweet, Wizkid&nbsp;said&nbsp;<em>"Proper shows, proper venues,"</em> in what was considered a diss at <strong>Davido</strong>&nbsp;who&nbsp;also recently held his concert.</p>

<p>In an interview with&nbsp;<strong>Olisa</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Dibua</strong>&nbsp;in 2016, Wizkid denied shading Davido in the tweet and insisted the tweet was about the&nbsp;bad&nbsp;sound system he experienced at a previous concert.</p>

<p>Davido&nbsp;while&nbsp;also&nbsp;speaking to Olisa Dibua in a separate&nbsp;interview&nbsp;insisted that Wizkid's tweet was about him.</p>

<ul><li><strong>2017 - Davido allegedly takes shots at Wizkid on Snapchat</strong></li></ul>

<p>In the post, Davido stated that the<strong>&nbsp;"Pon Pon"</strong>&nbsp;sound was the popping sound&nbsp;and&nbsp;all other sounds were "Less" in what&nbsp;was considered&nbsp;to be&nbsp;a dig at Wizkid&nbsp;who&nbsp;teased his third album 'Sound From The Other Side'.</p>

<ul><li><strong>2017 - Wizkid calls Davido frog voice</strong></li></ul>

<p>In a post on his Twitter account on&nbsp;July 5, 2017, Wizkid&nbsp;said<em>&nbsp;"My people make una remember to say Yankee passport no be baba blue, e no dey cure frog voice,"</em>&nbsp;in what a dig at Davido who had an American citizenship.</p>

<ul><li><strong>2018 - Davido tells Native Magazine while he squashed his beef with Wizkid</strong></li></ul>

<p>In the interview, <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/celebrities/davido-singer-reveals-how-he-squashed-beef-with-wizkid/w8khv9v">Davido shared that the situation got physical between their camps</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;they decided it was time to move past it,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;as they&nbsp;were growing&nbsp;older.</p>

<ul><li><strong>2018 - Davido &amp; Wizkid shared the stage together at their respective shows.</strong></li></ul>

<p>Wizkid first performed at Davido's 30 BG concert&nbsp;and&nbsp;Davido performed at Wizkid's Eko Hotel Concert on&nbsp;Dec 24, 2018.</p>

<ul><li>October 2019 - Davido acknowledges Wizkid's congratulatory message after the birth of his son while also congratulating Wizkid for his O2 Arena concert.</li></ul>

<ul><li><strong>2020 - Davido said he unsuccessfully tried to make an album and go on tour with Wizkid</strong></li></ul>

<p>In the interview with <strong>Ebuka Obi-Uchendu</strong>, Davido also shared that both camps were supposed to have a sit&nbsp;which&nbsp;never&nbsp;happened&nbsp;while maintaining that the problem wasn't from his end.</p>

<ul><li><strong>2020 - Wizkid snubs Davido after he posted his album&nbsp;<em>'Made In Lagos'&nbsp;</em>album </strong></li></ul>

<p>This&nbsp;generated a massive reaction on social media, especially since Wizkid acknowledged tweets from other artists. It suggested there was bad blood between both artists.</p>

<ul><li><strong>2021- Burna Boy and Wizkid&nbsp;win&nbsp;Grammy and teased the idea of dropping a collaboration&nbsp;<em>'Ballon d'Or'</em></strong></li></ul>

<p>It&nbsp;was a time when Burna Boy was in a separate feud with Davido&nbsp;and&nbsp;it appeared Wizkid had taken sides&nbsp;although&nbsp;there was nothing to suggest actual bad blood between the two.</p>

<ul><li>November 2022 -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/wizkid-reportedly-postpones-more-love-less-ego-release/mr9xrh1">Wizkid pushed back the release of his fifth album&nbsp;<strong><em>'More Love, Less Ego'&nbsp;</em></strong>after Davido lost his son</a>.</li></ul>

<p>The heartwarming gesture suggested that all was well again between both artists.</p>

<ul><li><strong>January 2023 - Wizkid announces joint tour with Davido</strong></li></ul>

<p>On Wednesday, 18th January 2023 <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/wizkid-announces-joint-tour-with-davido/48rnc7v">Wizkid took to his Instagram page to announce that he would be going on tour with Davido</a>.</p>

<p>In the post, Wizkid stated that&nbsp;<em>"After my 'MLLE (More Love, Less Ego)' tour!! Davido and I going on tour! save your coins! I no wan hear pim".</em></p>

<ul><li>March 2023 - Wizkid posted Davido's fourth&nbsp;album&nbsp;<em>'Timeless'</em> in a move that showed that they were both on good terms.</li></ul>

<ul><li>June 2023 - During an interview on <strong>Drinking Champs</strong>, Davido blamed the fan bases for sparking most of the issues between him and&nbsp;Wizkid</li></ul>

<ul><li>December 2023 - <strong>Davido</strong> and <strong>Wizkid</strong> both partied at the&nbsp;<strong>Even In The Day&nbsp;</strong>event in Lagos.<a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/wizkid-set-to-drop-a-surprise-ep-on-friday/bw9g5bb"> Davido later announced via his X account that Wizkid would&nbsp;be releasing&nbsp;a new project</a> and the&nbsp;<strong><em>'S2' EP&nbsp;</em></strong>after it dropped.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>January 2024 - Davido allegedly&nbsp;took a swipe at&nbsp;Wizkid</strong></li></ul>

<p>After the release of&nbsp;<strong>Kizz Daniel</strong>'s&nbsp;<em>'Twe Twe'</em>&nbsp;on which he&nbsp;was featured, Davido went on his X account to&nbsp;post&nbsp;<em>"We no dey do it will grow on you here,"</em> which some observers considered a dig at Wizkid, especially as his fans often emphasise the slow-burning effect of his music.</p>

<ul><li><strong>April 2024 - Wizkid trolls Davido with a viral video of him crying</strong></li></ul>

<p>On&nbsp;April 19, 2024, Wizkid engaged fans on X. Wizkid's rare time online wouldn't be without controversy as he referred to <strong>Don Jazzy</strong> as an influencer and also trolled Davido by posting the viral video where he was crying on his knees as an example of how fans should beg him (Wizkid) for new music.</p>

<p>Davido replied by saying the streets have gotten Wizkid's music while&nbsp;also&nbsp;calling him a sick man and daring him to drop a solo track.</p>

<p>Not to be outdone, Wizkid called Davido delusional and stated that he could retire today and Davido would still have nothing on him.</p>

<p>The <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/wizkid-and-davido-brutally-drag-each-other-online/14qlnry">latest online battle of words between the Wizkid and Davido</a> is the dirtiest and lowest their feud has descended since it started.</p>

<p>It's left to be seen if the love-hate relationship between Wizkid and Davido will still someday swing back into a place of love.</p>

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How Davido and Wizkid's ongoing beef started 10 years ago

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