It has been five months since their last heated online spat, but on Wednesday, Wizkid reignited his long-standing beef with his contemporary, Davido, on his X account.
It is the second time in 2024 that Wizkid would initiate a spat and throw jabs at his much-perceived ‘industry rival,’ Davido.
The fresh trouble began in September when Wizkid announced he had a special announcement for Independence Day (October 1). Shortly afterwards, Davido also promised a significant announcement for the same date. The overlapping announcements stirred excitement, tension and banter among the duo’s intimidating fan bases.
As promised, Davido shared a teaser of a new track in a Tuesday Instagram post, captioning it, “New song loading. Happy Independence, Nigeria.”
Later on Tuesday night, Wizkid seemingly threw shades at the snippet, tweeting on X, “Beg me, just like… Pus** boys are dropping mids again! Una don tyre! Make una go rest small!”. This was interpreted as a direct swipe at Davido’s latest work.
The drama escalated when Davido’s creative director and close friend Tycoone @BlackTyconne posted a prompting tweet on 1 October, “Tell your daddy to drop now.” This was widely seen as a subtle jab at Wizkid.
A staunch Wizkid fan, Dr. Fab on X responded, telling Tycoone to “say please.” Wizkid then reposted this exchange, further aggravating the issue.
Fans got involved. An X user, El Pablito, responded to Wizkid’s “dropping mids” comment in Yoruba, stating, “won o ni soprano, won o ni treble,” meaning “they don’t have soprano, they don’t have treble.”
Wizkid’s response to this was even more damning, giving Davido the new nickname “Frogido.” He further taunted, “80 trash! We have 80 albums for any song you drop! Pus** boys!”
While Wizkid’s fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of his upcoming album, Morayo, critics viewed his recent tweets as a promotional strategy.
A fan of the 33-year-old music star, Dr. Fab, tweeted, “Wiz at this point, anytime you like, you drop the album. Na dem need us.” Wizkid responded, “Bingos got nothing on Starboy General!! till infinity.”
When further asked by another user, Andrew McKnight, “So if you no beef @davido, your song won’t sell??” Wizkid responded tough, “I don’t beef wack niggas! We all know he (Davido) is wack! No talent!”
On Wednesday, hours after his series of tweets, he posted on his Instagram story to reaffirm his “biggest bird” title, adding that he is dedicating a track from his upcoming ‘Morayo’ album to someone many interpreted to be Davido.
Despite Wizkid’s regular “more love, less ego” messages, his comments about Davido reignited this long-standing feud, drawing criticism and support online.
As of this report, Davido has yet to respond directly as he did in April. That same Tuesday night, he chose to continue the X drama instead.
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