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'Essence' featuring Tems and Justin Bieber wins best collaboration at 2022 BET awards

Wizkid records historic win at the 2022 BET Awards | Pulse Nigeria

Adeayo Adebiyi

With the win, 'Essence' becomes the first African song to win a BET award and Wizkid becomes the first Nigerian and African to win an Award outside the Best International Acts category.

Other contenders for the award include:

DJ Khaled fest. Lil Baby &amp; Lil Durk - 'Every Chance I Get'

Baby Keem &amp; Kendrick Lamar - 'Family Ties'

Doja Cat feat. SZA - 'Kiss Me More'

Drake feat. Future &amp; Young Thug - 'Way 2 Sexy'

Bia feat. Nicki Minaj - 'Whole Lotta Money (Remix)'

Wizkid had previously won the BET HER Award as a featured artist on Beyonce's 'Black Skin Girl.' However, with 'Essence,' he becomes the first African lead artist to win a category other than the International category.

Over the last decade, Wizkid has being one of the major acts leading Afrobeats international push and it's only befitting for him to be the artist to break the BET category limitation for Nigerian and African artists.