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I made this film
to explore how art and music
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have the power to shift
global perception and influence.
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Because of streaming
and globalization,
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we've found so many
different types of music
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that the world would never have
the opportunity to learn about.
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And I think Wizkid,
and everything he symbolizes,
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is a perfect example of that.
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FEMI ANIKULAPO-KUTI: When you
see how far Africa has come...
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...you cannot ignore
the impact of Wizkid.
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He's putting us first
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before any other culture
or tradition.
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Wizzy! Wizzy! Wizzy! Wizzy!
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If we are being honest...
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the colonialists
took away our soul.
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So, most of Africa,
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we either dream in Portuguese,
French, or English.
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And we speak
these languages fluently,
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and we have lost our own.
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All my dreams are in English.
All my thoughts are in English.
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That means
what has happened is...
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my computerized brain
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that is African
has been taken away
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and replaced
with the English mentality.
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But now we have to understand
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things are beginning to change.
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We have decided
to promote our culture
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and tradition through music.
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Yes, we like The Beatles.
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Yes, we like Michael Jackson,
blah, blah.
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Yes, we like-- we still play
your music at our parties.
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But the young
people have decided
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we are going to promote
our own music first
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before America or Europe.
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Wizkid is a symbol of hope.
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He gives young people hope
that all is not lost.
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Finally, the world
is listening to Africa.
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We have a very vibrant
young generation.
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Standing firm with confidence
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saying, "Look, it's our time."
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Listen to us now.
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As I grew older
is how I understood my power.
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All right, let's go,
go, go, please. Yeah.
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I'm representing
for my country,
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representing for my continent.
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Guys, stand back, please.
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Mind your backs!
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So, it was important for me
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to show them
the power that they have.
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And the power
that they can have.
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London, make some noise!
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The first
Nigerian artist to hit...
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The most awarded
African artist of all time...
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The Grammy-Award-winning
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Nigerian pioneer
of the Afrobeats...
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People don't really understand
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how much Wizkid actually means.
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There's nothing else like it
in the world.
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♪ Eledumare bless you with body
Oh, baby, oh ♪
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♪ Starboy go bless you
With money, oh, omoge, oh ♪
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♪ Eledumare bless you with body
Oh, baby, oh ♪
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♪ Starboy go bless you
With money, oh, omoge, oh ♪
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♪ Oya, soco, soco
Soco, soco, soco ♪
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♪ Soco, soco, baby, oh ♪
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♪ Soco, soco, soco
Soco, soco, soco ♪
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♪ Soco, soco, baby, oh ♪
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♪ Soco, soco, soco, soco, so ♪
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♪ Oya gbefu lokpu
Lokpo, lokpo, lokpo ♪
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♪ Oya gbefun, baby, oh
Soco, soco, soco ♪
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♪ Eledumare bless you with body
Oh, baby, oh ♪
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♪ Starboy go bless you
With money, oh, omoge, oh ♪
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♪ Eledumare bless you with body
Oh, baby, oh ♪
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♪ Starboy go bless you
With money, oh, omoge, oh ♪
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Now switch!
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The most important thing in life
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is to inspire, you know?
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I carry myself with a lot
of pride as an African.
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My kids are kings.
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Everybody from where I'm from
are kings.
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And that's what matters.
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The way you see yourself.
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Aw. Thanks.
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Yeah, that was the shit.
That was crazy, man.
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When I make records,
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I don't think
about how big they'll get.
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You can only hope to be
a big source of inspiration
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to the kids
in the next generation,
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and the generations to come.
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Do you want to play the piano?
I don't believe it.
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I'm scared.
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Tell Daddy what you said
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that you wanna be
when you're older.
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- What do you wanna do?
- A violiner.
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- You wanna play violin?
- Yeah.
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That's crazy. I love that.
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- Violinist.
- Do you wanna go to...
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Do you want to take classes?
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Do you want Daddy
to buy you one?
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Yes.
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- Yeah, I'll buy you one.
- And a case.
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I'll buy you one in a case.
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Show daddy how
you're gonna perform the violin.
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Show him.
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You're gonna be a star
like your daddy.
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It's very, very important to us
to educate the world
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about our culture.
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I try as much as possible to put
that out there in the world.
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My name's Jada Pollock.
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I am Wizkid's manager
of eight years,
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also his partner of six years.
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You wear many hats,
for me, anyway.
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Just finding that balance
of, you know,
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who should I be today?
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Should I be his girlfriend
that's gonna hold his hand,
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or should I be, you know,
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his manager that's gonna walk,
you know,
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slightly behind him?
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I love her so much, man.
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You know,
she's very hardworking.
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She... She's hands-on,
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very passionate,
loyal about the work.
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I just feel like women
are just easy to work with.
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Women have, like,
mother instinct, right,
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to hold stuff together.
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Eight years.
It's been a long journey.
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Being a manager
and understanding the industry,
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it's been tough
for African artists
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to get respect.
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I remember Live Nation
calling me and saying,
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"Tottenham have just turned
their stadium
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into a live space,
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and they're gonna start
having concerts."
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"Think about it
and let me know."
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
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has been widely acclaimed
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as the best football stadium
in the world.
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When Tottenham Stadium
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actually opened...
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...it was regarded
as one of the most prestigious,
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high-tech,
state-of-the-art stadiums
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in the whole of the UK.
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The stadium actually seats
over 60,000 people
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right in the middle of Tottenham
on the High Road.
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One of the capital's top venues
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for other sporting events
and even concerts as well.
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Before 2023,
the only artists
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that had performed there
were Lady Gaga
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and Guns N' Roses,
which is insane.
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And I remember, like,
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coming off the phone
and thinking to myself,
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"A football stadium?
That's a lot of pressure."
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Uh, I don't know
how I feel about that.
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I'm Seni Saraki,
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CEO and Editor-in-Chief
of NATIVE Magazine.
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We've been
covering Nigerian music
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and the cultures
that surround it
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for the better part
of the last decade.
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There's an inextricable link
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between Nigeria
and the UK forever.
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The UK is such a major factor
in how Nigeria became a country
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for better and for worse.
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Nigeria was kind of split up
very arbitrarily.
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How, you know,
the colonial rulers left it,
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set the foundations for what
we know Nigeria as today
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in terms
of this huge wealth gap.
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So, this show would be symbolic
being in London in a sense.
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For Wizkid,
he's like a man of few words.
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He doesn't really say much.
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But no matter
how big he's gotten,
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he's standing with us.
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I think when I'm looking
at this Tottenham Stadium show,
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it's a celebration
of Nigerian culture in London.
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It is a form of rebellion
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in terms of
we are taking up space.
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Oh, like, we're here.
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And I remember
telling Wiz about it.
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I was like, "Look, you know,
we've got to make a call on it."
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This is a really tough decision.
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There's, like,
a conversation that people have
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when it comes to artists.
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Is it fair to place these social
and political pressures on them
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and expect them
to be more than just artists?
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I'm a very quiet human being.
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I don't even like
to express myself.
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I try to just be a musician.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Whoo!
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Yeah, yeah.
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I just try to make
the finest music that I can make
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and the finest, you know,
sound that I can make.
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- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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I'm a true artist
before anything else,
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and I'm a human being, so...
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Just a little kid
from Surulere, man.
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Just trying to make music, yeah.
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My name is Sunday Are.
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I've worked with Wizkid
starting from the beginning.
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Wiz came from the hood.
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From the ghetto.
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I grew up in Surulere.
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It's a very rough place.
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Electricity is not 24 hours...
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and I didn't have a lot
of clothes growing up
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when I was young.
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That's my reality.
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In that kind of place,
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people have
a different connection to music
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after dealing
with all of that stress.
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Music is a...
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it's just a powerful tool,
man, to survive.
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This is Fela Kuti
I have tatted on me.
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This is a musician
that's from where I'm from.
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So as a kid,
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he was just a very big,
big, big, big influence for me.
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♪ No freedom, no justice
no happiness, dem go, yeah ♪
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- ♪ Pansa, pansa, hey! ♪
- ♪ Pansa, pansa... ♪
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I think it's 'cause of how much
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he pushed
the boundary musically.
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It's an understatement to call
Fela Kuti a pioneer
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of Nigerian music.
He changed everything.
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Fela had one
of the greatest bands ever.
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Listening to that,
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it just captivated me
in ways I couldn't explain.
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He was a big instrument
into why I believed
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I could really make music,
you know?
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I want you to look at me...
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as something new...
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that you do not
have any knowledge about.
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Because most, 99.9 percent,
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of the information you get
about Africa is wrong.
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Fela was
a once-in-a-lifetime artist.
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It was something
we'd never ever seen before.
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If my father was not there,
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there would be no Afrobeats.
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But Fela was never mainstream.
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After Fela,
we didn't get an infrastructure
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that was built
to take all of these things
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that he's shown and proved
were possible
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to create global artists.
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Especially if you compare it
to something like The Beatles.
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This rock and roll group
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has taken over as the kingpins
of musical appreciation.
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When you saw this influx
of rock bands and music,
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it just became
an entire industry
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from the blueprint
of The Beatles.
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But in Nigeria,
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there just wasn't
that same moment.
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What we forget again
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is there's an industry
in America and Europe
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where you go to school
to learn music properly.
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Where is the big academy
in our Africa?
254
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There was no backbone
to propel this act,
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to sustain this music.
256
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Music just wasn't
a viable option
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for people to take
as a career path.
258
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There wasn't enough in it
259
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for you to be able
to take care of your family.
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This is a little secret.
261
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His parents doesn't want him
to do music.
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They want him
to be maybe a lawyer,
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to finish his school,
and be maybe a doctor.
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My mom definitely
wanted us to stay in school,
265
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but I had other plans.
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I knew I was going
to be a star, man.
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I knew I had to take my family
from that
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into a different situation.
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He was so close to his family,
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especially his mother.
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And I feel that that
is the main reason
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why he has that determination
to make it out.
273
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He was a young boy
that wants to do big thing.
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That was Wizkid for you.
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Make some noise for Wizkid!
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I came out
when I was 19,
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and there was no kid
doing music when I came out.
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♪ ...If you see me drive by ♪
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♪ Holla at your boy ♪
280
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♪ I get more swag ♪
281
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♪ Holla at your boy ♪
282
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♪ I pop more bottles ♪
283
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♪ Holla at your boy ♪
284
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♪ And I'm chillin' with models ♪
285
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♪ Holla at your boy ♪
286
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Make some noise for Wizkid.
287
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There was no blueprint for me.
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I think if you're a new artist
in America,
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you become part of this,
kinda, cookie-cutter system.
290
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They take you to the label.
291
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They take you to radio.
You're shooting music videos.
292
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You wear certain clothes.
293
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There will be a way
in which you can succeed
294
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because there are people,
and businesses, and corporations
295
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that have been around
for so many years
296
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that they know
exactly what they're doing.
297
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But Wizkid,
he didn't get that in Nigeria.
298
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I had to build
a structure for myself.
299
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I literally had to train
and learn,
300
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you know, how to do this shit.
301
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♪ ...Ni ojuelegba ♪
302
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♪ They know my story
For Mo'Dogg's studio... ♪
303
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His music,
it was everywhere in Lagos.
304
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For the masses,
them, they look at it,
305
00:20:12,753 --> 00:20:16,423
like, "Okay,
we actually have somebody,
306
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a voice representing us."
307
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♪ ...Ni ojuelegba... ♪
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I think that name, "Starboy,"
309
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came from the streets,
310
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being a young boy
that became a star.
311
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They started calling me
"Starboy, Starboy."
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And I just took it, man.
313
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"Oh, Starboy, Starboy."
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If Wizkid
can break through from this,
315
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we can also become somebody.
316
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Yeah, make some noise!
317
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I still live with those memories
every day of my life till today,
318
00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:51,750
so it's... uh, it's crazy.
319
00:20:54,544 --> 00:20:56,171
Now,
we just touched down in London.
320
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I'm looking forward to it.
A lot of people have been
321
00:20:58,006 --> 00:21:00,425
showing me love, you know.
People saw me at the airport,
322
00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:02,094
like, they were taking pictures.
323
00:21:02,177 --> 00:21:04,429
I was just enjoying
being an artist
324
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and just learning
and being accepted.
325
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It was just a great time
in my life, baby.
326
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Around this time,
327
00:21:13,522 --> 00:21:15,649
the internet has become
a widespread tool.
328
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More and more people
were streaming music.
329
00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:20,070
You could listen to anything
from anyone,
330
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anywhere in the world.
331
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By 2012,
Spotify had 15 million users.
332
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And by 2016,
it was over 100 million.
333
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It created the perfect storm
for Wizkid
334
00:21:32,624 --> 00:21:34,668
and African music to explode.
335
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The popular music genre...
336
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...exported from Africa
is now burning up the charts.
337
00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:41,717
Africa has burst
onto the global music scene.
338
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The biggest artists
in the world realized
339
00:21:44,052 --> 00:21:47,014
in order to expand their reach
and their audiences,
340
00:21:47,055 --> 00:21:49,182
they needed to tap in
with local artists
341
00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:50,309
in those communities.
342
00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:53,020
When "One Dance" came out,
343
00:21:53,061 --> 00:21:55,981
it became the most streamed song
of all time
344
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with over a billion streams
within one year of its release.
345
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What's that like,
seeing that stage?
346
00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:04,114
And the winner is Wizkid!
347
00:22:04,197 --> 00:22:06,867
And the award
goes to "Essence," Wizkid.
348
00:22:08,035 --> 00:22:09,244
♪ ...dey mess up your mind ♪
349
00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:12,164
♪ And na me
Dey make you free up your mind ♪
350
00:22:12,247 --> 00:22:13,749
♪ Say your body
Talk to me nice ♪
351
00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:16,626
♪ Say na my love
You dey need for your life ♪
352
00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:18,462
♪ Yeah, our love no be lie ♪
353
00:22:18,545 --> 00:22:21,131
♪ See, yeah, we dey together
Yeah, day and night ♪
354
00:22:21,214 --> 00:22:24,176
♪ Yeah if I leave you go kpai
Yeah if you leave I go kpai ♪
355
00:22:24,259 --> 00:22:26,094
♪ I'm strokin' your body,
Baby... ♪
356
00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:28,013
Certain collaborations
pushed him
357
00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:30,515
to be arguably one of the most
famous Nigerian people
358
00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:31,975
to the global audience.
359
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♪ ("ESSENCE " FT.
JUSTIN BIEBER & TEMS PLAYING) ♪
360
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Wizkid!
361
00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:37,105
Wizkid has made the headlines
362
00:22:37,189 --> 00:22:38,815
on the international
fashion scene.
363
00:22:38,899 --> 00:22:40,108
And the Grammy goes to...
364
00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:42,152
- Wizkid!
- Wizkid!
365
00:22:42,235 --> 00:22:43,904
- Wizkid!
- Wizkid!
366
00:22:50,911 --> 00:22:52,913
Even though Nigerian pop music
367
00:22:52,954 --> 00:22:55,123
has just continued
to transcend...
368
00:22:56,124 --> 00:22:58,877
it's been a battle
against perception abroad.
369
00:23:00,462 --> 00:23:02,089
You know,
I've traveled around the world.
370
00:23:02,130 --> 00:23:04,549
And I've had to have
very ignorant conversations,
371
00:23:04,633 --> 00:23:05,801
you know, with people.
372
00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:08,011
You have to school them
about what Africa is.
373
00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:10,597
It's not just kids
with flies on their faces
374
00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:12,057
on television and shit.
375
00:23:13,141 --> 00:23:15,477
I think when we look
at the perceptions
376
00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:17,396
of the Western world to Africa,
377
00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:20,148
it really goes further
than music.
378
00:23:22,109 --> 00:23:23,985
Even on the map of the world,
379
00:23:24,069 --> 00:23:27,364
it shows Africa is way smaller
than it actually is.
380
00:23:27,447 --> 00:23:30,033
It's a fact that you can fit
three versions of Canada
381
00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:32,035
into Africa,
but if you looked at the map,
382
00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:33,745
you would never be able
to see that.
383
00:23:33,829 --> 00:23:35,539
Those type of things, like,
they seem, like, subtle,
384
00:23:35,622 --> 00:23:36,623
but they're type of things
385
00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:39,334
that are very much entrenched
in people's minds.
386
00:23:39,376 --> 00:23:41,920
And I think it really affects
and really shows them
387
00:23:42,003 --> 00:23:44,131
how a lot of Western companies
388
00:23:44,172 --> 00:23:47,551
and, like, global corporations
treat not just music culture,
389
00:23:47,634 --> 00:23:53,723
but the way they look
at African culture as a whole.
390
00:23:53,807 --> 00:23:55,517
Afrobeats, if you were,
391
00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,477
sort of, trying to define it,
392
00:23:57,519 --> 00:23:59,855
as I'm struggling to do now,
you might struggle.
393
00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:03,483
When Wizkid and everyone
started becoming more popular,
394
00:24:03,525 --> 00:24:06,153
the UK created
the term "Afrobeats"
395
00:24:06,194 --> 00:24:08,572
as a catch-all genre.
396
00:24:08,655 --> 00:24:11,074
That essentially means
Nigerian pop music.
397
00:24:11,158 --> 00:24:13,160
That's what it means
for all intents and purposes.
398
00:24:13,201 --> 00:24:14,536
- Afrobeats.
- Afrobeats.
399
00:24:14,619 --> 00:24:16,830
- Afrobeats.
- If you think about blues,
400
00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:19,833
R&B, hip-hop, country music,
401
00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:21,710
there would be no version
of reality
402
00:24:21,793 --> 00:24:23,587
where someone would look
at America and say,
403
00:24:23,670 --> 00:24:26,089
"We're just gonna call that
'America beats.'"
404
00:24:26,173 --> 00:24:28,508
There's a level of respect that
we give to each of those things
405
00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:30,051
because we understand
where they come from,
406
00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:31,428
because we're taught
the history of them,
407
00:24:31,511 --> 00:24:33,847
and because, I guess,
we care to find out.
408
00:24:35,015 --> 00:24:36,308
So, it's like,
409
00:24:36,391 --> 00:24:38,768
if you're not knowledgeable
enough to understand life
410
00:24:38,852 --> 00:24:40,729
and to understand that
there's different types of music
411
00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:42,189
in the world and people
make different types
412
00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:44,900
of shit, that's on you, dog.
Like, I'm not gonna sit
413
00:24:44,983 --> 00:24:47,235
here and...
...describe what I am.
414
00:24:47,319 --> 00:24:50,739
You're the ignorant one,
not me, you know.
415
00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:56,661
It was so easy
for someone abroad to be like,
416
00:24:56,745 --> 00:25:00,248
"Oh, yeah, this Nigerian music,
we need a term for it,
417
00:25:00,290 --> 00:25:01,583
'Afrobeats,'
call it 'Afrobeats,'
418
00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:04,127
just add an 'S' to that thing
Fela was doing, yeah, great."
419
00:25:04,878 --> 00:25:06,254
The term feels like
420
00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:09,299
just yet another lazy attempt
to define something
421
00:25:09,382 --> 00:25:11,801
that wasn't even theirs
to define in the first place.
422
00:25:18,225 --> 00:25:20,185
"Afrobeat,"
like, without the "S"
423
00:25:20,268 --> 00:25:22,771
is the genre
that Fela Kuti created.
424
00:25:23,772 --> 00:25:24,940
There's a sound to it,
425
00:25:25,023 --> 00:25:28,276
in the same way country music
sounds a type of way.
426
00:25:29,861 --> 00:25:34,074
The ingredients are jazz
and a lot of African folk songs.
427
00:25:34,908 --> 00:25:36,952
And on the sax,
428
00:25:36,993 --> 00:25:41,206
it's my first son,
Femi Anikulapo-Kuti.
429
00:25:42,123 --> 00:25:45,877
My father became
very ideological,
430
00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:48,338
uh, revolutionary
with his music.
431
00:25:48,421 --> 00:25:51,883
Music is a spiritual thing.
You don't play with music.
432
00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,886
If you play with music,
you will die young.
433
00:25:55,971 --> 00:25:57,806
See,
because when the higher forces
434
00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:00,684
give you a gift of music,
musicianship,
435
00:26:00,767 --> 00:26:04,062
it must be well used
for the good of humanity.
436
00:26:04,145 --> 00:26:06,731
Goes to America,
meets the Black Panthers,
437
00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:11,027
and he comes back,
and he is inspired by,
438
00:26:11,111 --> 00:26:14,406
and wants to change Africa
with his music.
439
00:26:14,489 --> 00:26:18,368
As far as Africa is concerned,
music cannot be for enjoyment.
440
00:26:18,451 --> 00:26:19,911
Music has to be for revolution.
441
00:26:19,995 --> 00:26:22,247
When I started going
to know more about his life
442
00:26:22,330 --> 00:26:24,457
and, you know, how he lived
his life, it was just like...
443
00:26:24,499 --> 00:26:26,459
At that time, this was a man
444
00:26:26,501 --> 00:26:28,587
that was really speaking
his truth.
445
00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:30,213
We have to understand
that Africa
446
00:26:30,297 --> 00:26:32,299
had just come out
of slavery and colonization.
447
00:26:32,340 --> 00:26:34,175
Africa had just gained
its independence.
448
00:26:34,217 --> 00:26:37,470
Nigeria, for instance, had just
even come out of the civil war.
449
00:26:37,512 --> 00:26:39,556
And so many external forces
were there
450
00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:43,184
suppressing the African mind.
And so they saw Fela as a threat
451
00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:46,521
because Fela
was exposing corruption.
452
00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,773
♪ All of us
To the first election ♪
453
00:26:50,191 --> 00:26:53,361
♪ And the second election
All in Nigeria ♪
454
00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:57,032
♪ And the second election
That you all see pass... ♪
455
00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:58,617
He didn't really care
456
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,785
the repercussions of the things
he was dealing with,
457
00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:02,829
he was locked up,
his house was burned.
458
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,539
When you are a revolutionary...
459
00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:07,125
and you talk the truth...
460
00:27:08,668 --> 00:27:11,212
...people will come
and slap you down.
461
00:27:11,296 --> 00:27:14,799
You could say he was a warrior,
and his instruments,
462
00:27:14,883 --> 00:27:16,635
his compositions,
were his weapons.
463
00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:21,473
With Wizkid,
he knows Fela's story.
464
00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:24,059
He has an ideological mind.
465
00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:28,188
He's an inspiration.
He's a big inspiration to me.
466
00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,232
Music is the weapon.
467
00:27:31,274 --> 00:27:33,610
Music is the thing
of the future.
468
00:27:33,693 --> 00:27:36,404
Music is the weapon
of the future.
469
00:27:40,909 --> 00:27:42,452
I think it's fitting
470
00:27:42,535 --> 00:27:44,412
that that's what
we're seeing now.
471
00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,956
Wizkid, he's almost
taking up that mantle,
472
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,501
not on a, like,
necessarily activist level,
473
00:27:49,584 --> 00:27:52,587
'cause Fela was very much
a full-time activist,
474
00:27:52,629 --> 00:27:55,215
but he's consistently pushing
the boundaries
475
00:27:55,256 --> 00:27:59,469
as to what people
even view Nigeria as.
476
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,598
That's a very crazy position
to be in.
477
00:28:07,102 --> 00:28:08,353
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
478
00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:15,944
Yes!
479
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:18,196
Yes!
480
00:28:20,865 --> 00:28:23,743
For Wizkid, he has to figure out
481
00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:26,538
how to navigate
being this person
482
00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:28,373
that people look up to.
483
00:28:28,456 --> 00:28:32,293
It almost feels like Wizkid
has to perform at Tottenham.
484
00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:34,254
They look at him
as this beacon of hope.
485
00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,343
This Tottenham moment
is bigger than music
486
00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:42,554
and, you know, me.
487
00:28:43,638 --> 00:28:47,100
It's something bigger
for the culture as a whole.
488
00:28:48,768 --> 00:28:50,770
I'm the first African artist
going to Tottenham
489
00:28:50,812 --> 00:28:53,314
to perform, right,
and it's like...
490
00:28:53,356 --> 00:28:56,443
It really helps
push the culture forward,
491
00:28:56,484 --> 00:28:58,069
you know, and in a great light.
492
00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:02,365
Music is the weapon
of the future.
493
00:29:02,449 --> 00:29:05,869
Wizzy! Wizzy! Wizzy!
494
00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:07,328
Of course I'll do it.
495
00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:27,098
From when I was 15 years old,
496
00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:29,851
I started calling myself
"Starboy" after Wizkid.
497
00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:33,980
I've been a die-hard fan.
498
00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:41,488
I fix cars, I ride bikes,
and I drift cars too.
499
00:29:44,991 --> 00:29:48,286
As a kid growing up in Nigeria,
it was tough.
500
00:29:50,371 --> 00:29:55,001
The chances of getting jobs
is actually really, really low.
501
00:29:56,044 --> 00:29:57,879
There are too many youths
out there,
502
00:29:57,962 --> 00:30:00,799
unemployed,
roaming around the streets.
503
00:30:07,347 --> 00:30:09,599
♪ Turn up your body
Make you feel all right ♪
504
00:30:09,682 --> 00:30:11,893
♪ Flyin' the kele
Wey go cool my mind ♪
505
00:30:11,976 --> 00:30:13,978
♪ I wan' do anythin'
I want tonight... ♪
506
00:30:14,062 --> 00:30:16,648
Afrobeats is part
of our lifestyle.
507
00:30:16,731 --> 00:30:19,400
♪ ...Turn up your body
Make you feel all right... ♪
508
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:20,944
Remove music from your life,
509
00:30:21,027 --> 00:30:22,111
bro, you're empty.
510
00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:24,197
You get it,
'cause there's nothing
511
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:25,323
to keep you going.
512
00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:29,661
Listening to Wizkid's music...
513
00:30:29,744 --> 00:30:31,955
I felt really,
really connected for it,
514
00:30:32,038 --> 00:30:34,165
'cause looking
at his background,
515
00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:37,168
where he comes from, Surulere,
516
00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:39,420
it was really,
really inspirational.
517
00:30:41,256 --> 00:30:44,425
It gives more Nigerian youth
hope because they're like,
518
00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:46,970
"Yes,
he has gone through it too."
519
00:30:48,930 --> 00:30:51,057
"If he can do it,
there's still hope.
520
00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:52,600
There's still hope
for the future."
521
00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:07,365
Whenever I see that
they announce a live concert,
522
00:31:07,448 --> 00:31:09,868
I always look
for means to stream it
523
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:12,412
so that I don't feel left out.
524
00:31:13,288 --> 00:31:15,415
But this one
that he's performing
525
00:31:15,456 --> 00:31:18,835
in one of the biggest stadiums
in the world,
526
00:31:18,918 --> 00:31:22,255
this is
a one-lifetime experience.
527
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:27,468
If I was to make
this trip to London,
528
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:30,096
I would be the happiest man
in the world, for real.
529
00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:35,268
I believe I can do it.
530
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:49,240
In another giant stride
531
00:31:49,324 --> 00:31:51,200
for Nigerian music
and Afrobeat...
532
00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:53,077
One of Afrobeats' biggest names,
533
00:31:53,161 --> 00:31:54,996
Wizkid, taking to the stage.
534
00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:57,749
The pop star has been visiting
Tottenham Stadium
535
00:31:57,832 --> 00:32:00,627
ahead of a landmark gig
at the venue next month.
536
00:32:13,014 --> 00:32:16,184
We had the offer
on the table for a few weeks.
537
00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:18,227
And before you know it,
you're like a month out.
538
00:32:18,311 --> 00:32:20,438
We'll bring you out
to the center of that pitch.
539
00:32:20,521 --> 00:32:22,690
There's gonna be more photos
and more videography.
540
00:32:26,778 --> 00:32:28,988
For, like, the past week,
I've been telling him,
541
00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:31,157
I'm like,
"I've got really bad anxiety."
542
00:32:32,158 --> 00:32:33,910
You've been covered
in the Evening Standard,
543
00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:35,787
which goes around
the whole of London,
544
00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:37,497
8 million papers
are getting sold out.
545
00:32:37,538 --> 00:32:39,332
So, big numbers, man.
546
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,377
He doesn't show much emotion.
547
00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:43,753
I don't know
if that's a good thing
548
00:32:43,836 --> 00:32:45,004
or a bad thing.
549
00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:49,968
This is the first time
that we're doing a stadium show.
550
00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:54,847
When you walk out there
and you see the seating,
551
00:32:54,889 --> 00:32:57,266
it feels more intense.
552
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:59,310
I'm like, "Fuck, this is big."
553
00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:05,274
Seeing how much we have to do
in such a short space of time,
554
00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:06,776
this is gonna be really hard.
555
00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:08,277
She's gonna be doing
the interview with you.
556
00:33:08,361 --> 00:33:09,821
And this is gonna go out
on Friday, mate,
557
00:33:09,904 --> 00:33:11,447
this is gonna go
straight out to all of London.
558
00:33:11,531 --> 00:33:13,116
- This is Alison.
- Hi, Alison
from the BBC.
559
00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:15,368
Nice to meet you.
If you'd like to come...
560
00:33:16,577 --> 00:33:19,080
Now,
with the 60,000 capacity here
561
00:33:19,163 --> 00:33:22,667
at Tottenham, do you feel
any pressure to be Wizkid?
562
00:33:22,750 --> 00:33:23,751
I've always just felt
563
00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,253
there's this insane amount
of pressure on him.
564
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:26,921
We're going
straight over for the photos
565
00:33:26,963 --> 00:33:28,756
here, mate. I'm just gonna
lead you back across, okay?
566
00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:31,009
From the industry,
from the audience,
567
00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:32,927
from just Nigeria as a whole...
568
00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:37,932
for him to be the flag bearer,
for him to be the forefather...
569
00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:40,309
he's like the national hero.
570
00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:42,979
He's, like, one of the biggest
ambassadors for Nigeria.
571
00:33:43,062 --> 00:33:44,772
So I'm gonna brief him
in what you're gonna do, right?
572
00:33:44,856 --> 00:33:46,607
Let's just get a picture
of you holding it, Wiz.
573
00:33:49,277 --> 00:33:52,280
And I don't know that
the biggest American rappers
574
00:33:52,363 --> 00:33:55,658
or artists can even relate
to that sort of pressure.
575
00:33:59,412 --> 00:34:01,247
If an American rapper
comes to Lagos
576
00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:03,207
and their show doesn't go well,
577
00:34:03,291 --> 00:34:05,418
they don't have millions
of people at home
578
00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:07,587
feeling embarrassed
and betrayed.
579
00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:12,717
It's an unbelievable amount
580
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,469
of scrutiny
to have to deal with.
581
00:34:18,931 --> 00:34:20,224
It has to go well...
582
00:34:21,976 --> 00:34:24,145
for him and for Nigeria.
583
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,083
I used to reply his stories.
584
00:34:47,502 --> 00:34:51,339
I wished him happy birthday
back in, uh, 2019.
585
00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:54,092
And this was when I used
this sound.
586
00:34:57,345 --> 00:34:58,763
Yeah, this was my favorite song,
587
00:34:58,846 --> 00:35:00,181
"Blessed,"
I told you about, like...
588
00:35:02,308 --> 00:35:04,852
You get. I used on this one too.
589
00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:07,271
You see. So...
590
00:35:07,355 --> 00:35:10,191
Big Wiz has been a very
big motivation to me.
591
00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:12,944
To be a star boy,
592
00:35:13,027 --> 00:35:15,071
I have to stand out,
do things differently.
593
00:35:16,364 --> 00:35:17,490
♪ P... ♪
594
00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:20,034
In my crew,
the Lagos BMX crew...
595
00:35:21,327 --> 00:35:25,540
I have some really,
really amazing guys.
596
00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,750
The most times when you riding,
you need to, like,
597
00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:30,253
listen to something
that will keep you going.
598
00:35:30,336 --> 00:35:33,548
My crew really loves Wizkid.
599
00:35:33,631 --> 00:35:35,842
♪ ...Omo na
You be my business, o ♪
600
00:35:35,883 --> 00:35:37,844
♪ I know you wanting
All my talk... ♪
601
00:35:37,885 --> 00:35:40,888
We'll just be jamming,
popping tricks, just grooving.
602
00:35:43,057 --> 00:35:45,351
I usually listen to him
all the time.
603
00:35:45,393 --> 00:35:49,564
♪ ...And you no dey shock
Me pass the money, my baby, o ♪
604
00:35:49,605 --> 00:35:53,985
♪ If I wan dey love
I wan dey love you, my baby, o ♪
605
00:35:58,114 --> 00:35:59,657
Yeah!
606
00:36:18,426 --> 00:36:20,344
Hopefully,
hopefully it work.
607
00:36:27,268 --> 00:36:28,436
Hmm. Hmm.
608
00:36:41,115 --> 00:36:42,283
Amen.
609
00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:47,288
Thank you.
610
00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:02,136
Karen is our creative director.
611
00:37:02,178 --> 00:37:06,515
She understands Wiz,
which I think is key,
612
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:09,477
especially when you're dealing
with an artist
613
00:37:09,518 --> 00:37:15,566
that already has a vision
of how he wants things.
614
00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:19,820
My job is to push
whatever image possible
615
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:21,155
that's going out there with Wiz
616
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,449
that I'm involved in
to be inspirational.
617
00:37:24,325 --> 00:37:25,910
Karen is like...
618
00:37:25,993 --> 00:37:28,204
...she's like mother, man.
619
00:37:28,287 --> 00:37:30,581
Just reminds me of my mom.
620
00:37:30,665 --> 00:37:33,334
I love her so much.
I love her too much.
621
00:37:33,376 --> 00:37:35,002
She's done this for years too.
622
00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:40,758
For Made in Lagos,
the album cover.
623
00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:42,635
I didn't look at him
as an African man.
624
00:37:42,677 --> 00:37:44,720
I looked at him as a man.
625
00:37:44,804 --> 00:37:46,639
I didn't look at him
as an African artist.
626
00:37:46,681 --> 00:37:49,642
I looked at him as an artist,
not an African musician,
627
00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:52,937
a musician first
who happens to be African,
628
00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:57,733
because I am not interested
in hearing music that profound
629
00:37:57,817 --> 00:37:59,527
and putting him in a category.
630
00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:03,906
When I was showing
all of these images to him,
631
00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:06,492
I said, "You know, you could be
like the Black Marlon Brando
632
00:38:06,534 --> 00:38:08,077
in Streetcar Named Desire.
633
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,912
Stella!
634
00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:11,789
Or the Black James Dean.
635
00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:13,040
What'd you do that for?
636
00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:16,752
And it's not
that he had to be them,
637
00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:19,547
but he was able to represent
638
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:22,049
to his generation what they did.
639
00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:26,095
It shows his strength and power,
but also his vulnerability.
640
00:38:26,178 --> 00:38:29,348
I feel that Wiz performing
in Tottenham...
641
00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:34,061
is going to upset
quite a few people.
642
00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:37,565
Too bad.
643
00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,318
Get used to it, get ready.
644
00:38:41,193 --> 00:38:42,236
I want you to try...
645
00:38:42,278 --> 00:38:46,657
He needs to show the power
of the new genre of music
646
00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:49,076
that has been introduced
to the world globally.
647
00:38:50,411 --> 00:38:54,081
It's more than one sound,
it's more than one color,
648
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,208
it's more than one category.
649
00:39:11,932 --> 00:39:13,976
Today we've come
for a site visit.
650
00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:16,145
We have come to structure out
651
00:39:16,228 --> 00:39:18,439
how we're gonna be laying out
the stage.
652
00:39:18,481 --> 00:39:20,066
So, before we sign off
653
00:39:20,107 --> 00:39:23,027
on the actual layout
of the show,
654
00:39:23,110 --> 00:39:25,071
just come here
to physically feel it.
655
00:39:28,949 --> 00:39:30,659
We really want to make sure
656
00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:33,454
that everything is going
to come together in time.
657
00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:39,126
There's a lot
on Wiz's shoulders.
658
00:40:04,735 --> 00:40:08,364
I can't even imagine
where your mind is at
659
00:40:08,447 --> 00:40:09,949
when you're about to do a show
660
00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:11,992
and you're having to deal
with that news.
661
00:40:13,994 --> 00:40:15,621
This is not
about entertainment anymore.
662
00:40:15,663 --> 00:40:19,458
This is not about success.
This is about your loved one.
663
00:40:22,002 --> 00:40:26,424
In African family structures,
especially when it comes to mom,
664
00:40:26,507 --> 00:40:28,843
it's a very special bond
and relationship.
665
00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,679
When the news broke,
666
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:33,556
we just believed
it was canceled.
667
00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:35,349
You know, you were just waiting
for an email to say
668
00:40:35,391 --> 00:40:36,851
it wasn't happening anymore.
669
00:40:38,352 --> 00:40:39,854
That does something to you.
670
00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:46,152
He wanted to quit a lot.
So...
671
00:40:46,193 --> 00:40:47,236
Yeah.
672
00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:52,199
It was a time where I felt
like he was forced to reflect.
673
00:40:53,325 --> 00:40:59,039
But Wiz realizes that this show
will open so many doors
674
00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:02,209
for artists coming up under Wiz,
675
00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:08,382
for executives to understand
the reach of the sound.
676
00:41:09,049 --> 00:41:11,719
And for every kid back home
677
00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:15,014
that is dreaming
of becoming Wiz,
678
00:41:15,055 --> 00:41:18,392
it's going to give them a dream
679
00:41:18,434 --> 00:41:20,895
to know that it's possible
to get there.
680
00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,276
Yeah, exactly.
681
00:42:26,126 --> 00:42:27,920
- That's right.
- I swear.
682
00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:35,511
Got it.
683
00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:42,810
Oh, boy.
684
00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:04,498
S King
has never left Nigeria before.
685
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,751
Most people never
get the opportunity
686
00:43:07,835 --> 00:43:09,336
to leave Nigeria.
687
00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:13,966
Getting a visa to travel
out of this country is...
688
00:43:14,592 --> 00:43:15,968
it's very hard.
689
00:43:19,805 --> 00:43:22,016
When you get to the embassy,
you get interviewed.
690
00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:26,520
Put together documents
and the things required.
691
00:43:28,355 --> 00:43:31,692
By the end,
some get turned down.
692
00:43:35,863 --> 00:43:38,282
Those that colonized us,
693
00:43:38,365 --> 00:43:42,161
now giving us hard time
for us to go visit them.
694
00:43:45,372 --> 00:43:47,124
For Big Wiz,
695
00:43:47,207 --> 00:43:50,628
the more successful
he is in his career
696
00:43:50,711 --> 00:43:52,588
all over the world,
697
00:43:52,671 --> 00:43:56,383
the more successful view
we get as Africans.
698
00:43:59,845 --> 00:44:03,766
There's this underlying audacity
699
00:44:03,849 --> 00:44:05,601
that comes
from the Western world
700
00:44:05,684 --> 00:44:07,311
and from the people
701
00:44:07,394 --> 00:44:10,064
who essentially
destroyed countries
702
00:44:10,147 --> 00:44:11,315
in the way that they choose
703
00:44:11,398 --> 00:44:14,234
to show those countries
after they've destroyed it.
704
00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:19,073
On the road now, the troops have
reached their first objective.
705
00:44:19,156 --> 00:44:21,116
The Nigerian War specifically
706
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,577
being one of the first wars
that was ever televised.
707
00:44:24,536 --> 00:44:26,246
When Wiz has success,
708
00:44:26,288 --> 00:44:29,458
the perception of Nigeria,
the perception of Africa,
709
00:44:29,541 --> 00:44:31,919
starts to shift
ever so slightly.
710
00:44:33,754 --> 00:44:35,172
For a region of the world
711
00:44:35,255 --> 00:44:39,426
that has so much potential,
the impact is transformative.
712
00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:46,684
It shouldn't take for people
to like a song,
713
00:44:46,767 --> 00:44:49,311
for them to feel that
there is an entire country,
714
00:44:49,395 --> 00:44:52,523
an entire continent, of people
that are worth investing in
715
00:44:52,606 --> 00:44:53,691
to see what they can do
716
00:44:53,774 --> 00:44:55,442
and to see what else
they can bring to the world,
717
00:44:55,526 --> 00:44:59,488
to bring to art, to media,
to anything outside of that.
718
00:45:00,572 --> 00:45:02,282
But at the same time,
719
00:45:02,324 --> 00:45:05,619
it takes for one thing
to make you feel comfortable,
720
00:45:05,703 --> 00:45:08,122
to make you see someone
in a different way,
721
00:45:08,205 --> 00:45:10,374
for you to believe
that they are worth your time,
722
00:45:10,457 --> 00:45:12,042
for you to believe that maybe
723
00:45:12,126 --> 00:45:13,794
it's worth me finding out
what else they can do,
724
00:45:13,877 --> 00:45:15,295
what else they have to offer.
725
00:45:19,091 --> 00:45:21,468
Somebody like me,
who has grown up
726
00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:24,596
from my father's
struggling times,
727
00:45:24,638 --> 00:45:26,557
my generation,
728
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:30,394
seeing how we have been trying
to break this door open.
729
00:45:30,477 --> 00:45:33,897
This is where Africa needs
to now put its foot down.
730
00:45:33,981 --> 00:45:35,649
We're not just about music.
731
00:45:36,483 --> 00:45:39,236
Africa was never
just about music.
732
00:45:39,319 --> 00:45:41,780
This is the time for us
to have electricity in Nigeria.
733
00:45:41,822 --> 00:45:43,949
This is time for us
to build our rules.
734
00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:45,075
This is the time for us
735
00:45:45,159 --> 00:45:46,452
to make Africa
the envy of the world.
736
00:46:00,632 --> 00:46:02,551
But, like, the play--
you play the...
737
00:46:02,634 --> 00:46:05,429
- Hi-hat.
- ...hi-hat is where I want you
to be cleaner.
738
00:46:05,512 --> 00:46:06,889
So, we'll try it.
739
00:46:21,528 --> 00:46:23,781
Sorry. Slow, slow.
That was melodic.
740
00:46:23,864 --> 00:46:25,157
Here gotta feel right.
741
00:46:25,199 --> 00:46:26,366
Because if it doesn't
feel right,
742
00:46:26,408 --> 00:46:28,535
we're gonna lose the energy
of the music too, so...
743
00:46:42,841 --> 00:46:44,551
I'm a very hands-on person.
744
00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:48,055
Like, I want to see everybody
doing their job.
745
00:46:48,138 --> 00:46:49,848
Every... Every section
of my work,
746
00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:52,351
I want to see all of that
moving at the same pace.
747
00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:53,120
We are one week out.
748
00:47:53,203 --> 00:47:56,498
We're having a huge problem
with our visuals.
749
00:47:56,582 --> 00:47:58,417
What I'm saying
is that can't be the only look
750
00:47:58,458 --> 00:47:59,793
because it's not sexy.
751
00:47:59,877 --> 00:48:02,212
You want to feel that you are...
you are the Nigerian on stage.
752
00:48:02,296 --> 00:48:04,631
Like, you want to feel
their power.
753
00:48:04,673 --> 00:48:07,301
We're not getting any
of that with those images.
754
00:48:07,384 --> 00:48:09,094
When you put it next
to the song,
755
00:48:09,136 --> 00:48:11,054
it's got nothing to do
with the song.
756
00:48:11,138 --> 00:48:13,891
So, my job is to make sure
the production side,
757
00:48:13,974 --> 00:48:16,226
the staging,
that we're not following,
758
00:48:16,310 --> 00:48:17,769
we're leading.
759
00:48:17,811 --> 00:48:19,438
This is deep. This is Tottenham.
760
00:48:19,479 --> 00:48:21,648
This is bigger
than Madison Square Garden.
761
00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:23,233
Can't play games.
762
00:48:23,317 --> 00:48:24,776
Everything's got
to look considered.
763
00:48:24,818 --> 00:48:26,653
But we just look
like we're crazy.
764
00:48:26,695 --> 00:48:27,821
Like we're children,
765
00:48:27,863 --> 00:48:29,406
and we don't know
how to do a show.
766
00:48:29,489 --> 00:48:31,617
What? You can't do that,
not with Wiz.
767
00:48:33,410 --> 00:48:34,995
This is a test.
768
00:48:39,458 --> 00:48:42,836
I wonder if he realizes
how big of a deal it really is.
769
00:48:42,878 --> 00:48:44,880
Hopefully he doesn't feel
that weight,
770
00:48:44,963 --> 00:48:48,383
because that can infiltrate
his performance,
771
00:48:48,467 --> 00:48:52,304
infiltrate his creativity,
and he could be sidetracked.
772
00:49:07,653 --> 00:49:10,072
The chances
of getting the visa
773
00:49:10,155 --> 00:49:12,866
is actually really, really low.
774
00:49:14,660 --> 00:49:16,536
It's a big stress.
775
00:49:16,578 --> 00:49:18,830
It's a very, very big stress.
776
00:49:23,543 --> 00:49:25,212
Happiness is actually free.
777
00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:28,632
You just have to start
with what you have,
778
00:49:29,716 --> 00:49:33,637
where you are
and what you have access to.
779
00:49:35,055 --> 00:49:36,723
That's all it takes
for you to be happy.
780
00:49:55,742 --> 00:49:59,329
Yo! Yo!
781
00:49:59,413 --> 00:50:01,748
"Your travel document
and supporting document
782
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:04,251
are now ready for collection."
783
00:50:04,334 --> 00:50:09,089
I say yes, come on!
784
00:50:09,172 --> 00:50:10,924
Yes! Come on!
785
00:50:12,426 --> 00:50:14,219
I don't even know
what I'm saying.
786
00:50:14,261 --> 00:50:15,595
Come on.
787
00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:38,452
We thank you
for the provision of this food,
788
00:50:38,535 --> 00:50:40,037
and thank you
for everything going on.
789
00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,749
Real good. We thank you for...
You've blessed this food for us.
790
00:50:43,790 --> 00:50:46,293
Thank you,
and in Jesus name we pray, Amen.
791
00:51:29,336 --> 00:51:31,296
This is the week into the show,
792
00:51:31,338 --> 00:51:34,591
so sleep is secondary.
793
00:51:34,674 --> 00:51:37,094
Like, we'll sleep the day
after the show,
794
00:51:37,177 --> 00:51:39,638
but we've literally
been doing, um,
795
00:51:39,679 --> 00:51:44,893
rehearsal from 4:00 p.m.
till maybe 2:00 a.m.
796
00:51:44,976 --> 00:51:48,688
Musically, we've got
some ground to make.
797
00:51:50,023 --> 00:51:53,527
We've had some additions
to our musical setup.
798
00:51:55,028 --> 00:51:56,613
This is Benjamin.
799
00:51:56,696 --> 00:52:00,283
The one half of Cavemen,
him and his brother Kingsley.
800
00:52:00,367 --> 00:52:02,035
They are joining me
for this show.
801
00:52:02,869 --> 00:52:04,579
They're artists themselves.
802
00:52:07,457 --> 00:52:11,503
The Cavemen are now
musical-directing the show.
803
00:52:15,715 --> 00:52:18,385
So, they're gonna handle
the musical direction
804
00:52:18,426 --> 00:52:20,595
and be a part of the band.
805
00:52:22,681 --> 00:52:24,683
From the music
point of view,
806
00:52:24,724 --> 00:52:27,811
we're maybe two weeks behind
where we should actually be.
807
00:52:29,563 --> 00:52:31,231
My main concern at the moment
808
00:52:31,314 --> 00:52:34,693
is just the flow
between the band and Wiz,
809
00:52:34,734 --> 00:52:36,820
running the show
from top to bottom.
810
00:52:36,903 --> 00:52:39,990
No, just shutting
that, uh, outro part.
811
00:52:40,073 --> 00:52:42,033
So, you sort of, I think
it was eight bars before,
812
00:52:42,075 --> 00:52:44,077
let’s keep it at four bars.
813
00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:47,122
And I haven't heard
the full setlist just yet,
814
00:52:47,205 --> 00:52:48,623
played out in one go.
815
00:52:51,334 --> 00:52:54,004
Stop it right there,
yeah, that's great, yeah.
816
00:53:01,678 --> 00:53:03,972
Then there was kind of this idea
to do different texturing,
817
00:53:04,055 --> 00:53:06,266
but to kind of have
all these women's bodies.
818
00:53:06,308 --> 00:53:07,934
And then this hawk that, like,
819
00:53:08,018 --> 00:53:10,020
looks like it's kind of
coming out of the 3D billboard
820
00:53:10,103 --> 00:53:11,688
and then kind of, like,
lots of fire.
821
00:53:13,481 --> 00:53:14,774
And then this idea
822
00:53:14,858 --> 00:53:16,776
that we thought could be
really beautiful for "Essence."
823
00:53:16,818 --> 00:53:18,236
Mm-hmm.
824
00:53:18,278 --> 00:53:19,404
This is cool.
825
00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:21,281
But it feels like more of an--
This is the strongest one.
826
00:53:21,364 --> 00:53:23,033
This one?
827
00:53:23,116 --> 00:53:25,452
We were thinking it would be
cool in the middle of the box.
828
00:53:25,535 --> 00:53:28,079
Yeah, my only problem
with... with that is,
829
00:53:28,121 --> 00:53:30,498
like, how much space I have
to perform in the front.
830
00:53:30,582 --> 00:53:32,042
So, this is right in the center.
831
00:53:32,125 --> 00:53:33,210
- Right here?
- Yeah.
832
00:53:33,293 --> 00:53:35,420
It needs to be, like, you know,
that's what I was saying,
833
00:53:35,462 --> 00:53:37,172
the video
from the rehearsal space,
834
00:53:37,255 --> 00:53:39,633
they all need
to be with me in the front.
835
00:53:39,674 --> 00:53:41,801
This part, like,
we need to do that.
836
00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:44,137
Oh...
837
00:53:44,179 --> 00:53:46,139
You mean the fact
that you don't have much space?
838
00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:48,808
Yeah. I don't have
much space at all.
839
00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:52,229
I think we're very limited
in space in that respect
840
00:53:52,312 --> 00:53:54,648
because we've already
hung all the steel for that.
841
00:53:54,689 --> 00:53:58,360
So, things can't move
between now and show.
842
00:53:58,443 --> 00:54:00,695
It's just not enough space
for me to perform in.
843
00:54:00,779 --> 00:54:02,239
There's problems
with moving
844
00:54:02,322 --> 00:54:03,615
pretty much anything
around at this point
845
00:54:03,657 --> 00:54:05,200
since we're so late
in the game.
846
00:54:05,283 --> 00:54:07,369
Permitting is a big thing.
Barricades is a big thing.
847
00:54:07,452 --> 00:54:08,453
No, nothing is moving.
848
00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:10,580
I'm saying we just need
to create the space here.
849
00:54:10,664 --> 00:54:13,750
Like, even if we pull out
the riser right here, like...
850
00:54:13,833 --> 00:54:16,211
I really wanted to be here
weeks before,
851
00:54:16,294 --> 00:54:18,505
so if I wanted to change shit,
I could change shit.
852
00:54:18,588 --> 00:54:20,840
You know what I mean?
Like, this is the problem.
853
00:54:20,924 --> 00:54:22,676
The biggest problem right now
854
00:54:22,759 --> 00:54:25,136
is me performing,
like, you know...
855
00:54:25,178 --> 00:54:26,721
With your band. Like, out there.
856
00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:29,182
Out here,
and it just feels tight,
857
00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:31,351
you know, sensual, sexy.
858
00:54:31,434 --> 00:54:32,727
Yeah, it's got soul.
859
00:54:32,811 --> 00:54:35,272
Musical soul, like, it's not,
like... You know what I mean?
860
00:54:35,355 --> 00:54:37,315
Because once you start doing all
of this other stuff,
861
00:54:37,357 --> 00:54:38,984
it takes away from this essence
862
00:54:39,025 --> 00:54:41,361
and the substance of,
like, you know, real music.
863
00:54:42,696 --> 00:54:43,989
Wiz is a perfectionist.
864
00:54:45,031 --> 00:54:47,951
Wiz always wants his fans
to feel
865
00:54:48,034 --> 00:54:50,787
like they're coming to see
a whole new person.
866
00:54:50,870 --> 00:54:53,456
- Cavemen's drums.
- Yeah?
867
00:54:53,540 --> 00:54:55,750
Uh, are we sorting that,
what's the situation?
868
00:54:55,834 --> 00:54:57,836
If Cavemen are playing out here,
for their set...
869
00:54:57,877 --> 00:54:58,962
Mm-hmm.
870
00:54:59,045 --> 00:55:00,297
...and then
they're playing back here
871
00:55:00,380 --> 00:55:01,798
- for Wiz's set.
- Yeah. Yeah.
872
00:55:01,881 --> 00:55:03,883
We can't have... We have
to have two different kits.
873
00:55:06,052 --> 00:55:09,264
His focus on attention to detail
is borderline scary
874
00:55:09,347 --> 00:55:11,057
when it gets to things
like this.
875
00:55:11,683 --> 00:55:12,726
Somebody told them
876
00:55:12,809 --> 00:55:14,728
that Wiz wants everybody
to move in
877
00:55:14,811 --> 00:55:16,229
and out with wireless.
878
00:55:16,313 --> 00:55:19,065
They want the DJ down
at the B stage
879
00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:21,109
and in the center of the stage
and in the box.
880
00:55:21,192 --> 00:55:23,320
Wait, wait, wait...
881
00:55:23,403 --> 00:55:25,864
I'm tired.
I'm overwhelmed.
882
00:55:25,905 --> 00:55:28,491
I'm very, very anxious.
883
00:55:28,575 --> 00:55:30,076
Just get us on the call.
884
00:55:30,827 --> 00:55:32,829
Nobody's pointing fingers.
885
00:55:32,912 --> 00:55:35,415
Nobody's calling you out.
Nobody's blaming you.
886
00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:37,000
We just want solutions.
887
00:55:40,253 --> 00:55:42,505
At the end of the day,
we can, like, nitpick it,
888
00:55:42,589 --> 00:55:44,174
but we don't have enough time.
889
00:56:01,775 --> 00:56:05,195
I'm so excited
to see Wizkid in London.
890
00:56:09,949 --> 00:56:12,619
The view I have of London...
891
00:56:14,579 --> 00:56:16,956
I don't know
what my expectations are.
892
00:56:21,878 --> 00:56:23,088
I used to be worried that,
893
00:56:23,129 --> 00:56:25,465
"Wait, what if I want to go
to this place?
894
00:56:27,300 --> 00:56:29,219
What would my movement be like?"
895
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:40,897
Now having the opportunity
to even see my guy
896
00:56:40,980 --> 00:56:42,899
on stage live, bro, damn.
897
00:56:47,987 --> 00:56:49,906
It's really, really exciting.
898
00:56:54,119 --> 00:56:56,913
I keep my expectations high
for the show
899
00:56:56,996 --> 00:57:00,458
because magic will actually
happen there.
900
00:57:00,500 --> 00:57:01,501
I know. I know already.
901
00:57:06,339 --> 00:57:08,466
London, here I come.
902
00:57:19,644 --> 00:57:21,855
We are one day out.
903
00:57:23,314 --> 00:57:26,734
Internally we are trying
to pull together
904
00:57:26,818 --> 00:57:28,361
to make everything happen.
905
00:57:29,863 --> 00:57:32,157
But we should try
and run it as a show...
906
00:57:32,198 --> 00:57:33,908
- As a show...
- ... from top to bottom.
907
00:57:33,992 --> 00:57:36,578
The fact that Wiz is headlining
Tottenham Stadium,
908
00:57:36,661 --> 00:57:40,373
as a Black man,
it just hits different for me.
909
00:57:45,837 --> 00:57:48,631
I couldn't have seen this
growing up as a kid.
910
00:57:49,966 --> 00:57:52,427
There were a lot of Africans
at that time
911
00:57:52,510 --> 00:57:56,389
who weren't proud
to say they were African.
912
00:57:56,473 --> 00:58:00,768
I didn't see a world
where Afrobeats,
913
00:58:00,852 --> 00:58:04,939
Black music being made
in the diaspora,
914
00:58:05,023 --> 00:58:09,235
could headline
any stadium in the UK.
915
00:58:09,277 --> 00:58:12,155
Especially for me,
being someone who grew up
916
00:58:12,238 --> 00:58:15,450
in, uh,
inner London in the '90s.
917
00:58:19,078 --> 00:58:21,623
Like,
racism definitely existed.
918
00:58:21,706 --> 00:58:23,082
Saw it firsthand.
919
00:58:24,584 --> 00:58:29,756
There were definitely moments
of racial tension.
920
00:58:29,839 --> 00:58:31,466
Clashes at an anti-racist march
921
00:58:31,549 --> 00:58:32,592
in southeast London.
922
00:58:32,675 --> 00:58:34,344
If there's a big gang
of Black boys, yeah,
923
00:58:34,427 --> 00:58:35,553
police always think robbery.
924
00:58:35,595 --> 00:58:37,680
That's why... That's why
you can't walk in the mass.
925
00:58:37,764 --> 00:58:40,600
That's why all us lot come here
one by one or two by two.
926
00:58:40,683 --> 00:58:41,976
I've been searched
loads of times, yeah.
927
00:58:43,436 --> 00:58:46,773
People beaten up,
stabbed, what have you.
928
00:58:46,856 --> 00:58:48,441
Would you like
being called British?
929
00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:49,651
No, I'm not British.
930
00:58:49,734 --> 00:58:51,945
It's not my fault
that I was born in England.
931
00:58:52,028 --> 00:58:56,199
We've been brought over here,
and we’re bottom of the table.
932
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:58,701
We've been treated bad.
933
00:58:58,785 --> 00:59:01,037
I'm not going to say,
"Yeah, I come from that place."
934
00:59:01,120 --> 00:59:03,122
That I've been tr...
been treated bad in.
935
00:59:05,458 --> 00:59:07,126
What did slavery do?
936
00:59:07,168 --> 00:59:09,295
Slavery took our identity.
937
00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:11,339
What did colonization do?
938
00:59:11,422 --> 00:59:12,799
Colonization replaced it.
939
00:59:15,718 --> 00:59:19,305
We want to impress Europe.
We want to impress America.
940
00:59:21,307 --> 00:59:23,893
What about our own impression
of ourselves?
941
00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:28,815
How many of us dream
in our languages?
942
00:59:29,732 --> 00:59:32,151
How many of us think
in our languages?
943
00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:36,447
How many of us implement
our culture in our daily lives?
944
00:59:43,621 --> 00:59:46,457
That is the effect
of colonization.
945
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,256
As much as I've sounded
pessimistic,
946
00:59:53,339 --> 00:59:55,008
I'm very optimistic.
947
00:59:57,343 --> 00:59:59,178
And I see a lot of good things.
948
01:00:02,098 --> 01:00:03,766
I would say Wizkid
is one of them.
949
01:00:06,519 --> 01:00:10,523
Now, with, like,
my son and his age mates,
950
01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:14,110
just seeing how proud
they are to be African,
951
01:00:14,193 --> 01:00:15,820
it's... it's incredible.
952
01:00:15,862 --> 01:00:19,866
And Wizkid and the Afrobeats
movement as a whole,
953
01:00:19,949 --> 01:00:22,910
I think, has sort of been
at the fore of this change
954
01:00:22,994 --> 01:00:27,624
in sort of sentiment towards
where you're from as an African.
955
01:00:32,545 --> 01:00:35,048
There's that pride there,
especially being
in the diaspora.
956
01:00:35,131 --> 01:00:36,716
Sometimes you get lost
in the middle.
957
01:00:39,844 --> 01:00:44,265
With Afrobeats, it's kind of
brought us all together.
958
01:00:44,349 --> 01:00:45,850
Bless.
959
01:00:45,892 --> 01:00:49,479
Wizkid, Wizkid. Wizkid, bro.
Everywhere, bro, you see?
960
01:00:55,193 --> 01:00:58,154
I grew up listening
to African music.
961
01:00:59,197 --> 01:01:01,491
Starting from the legend
himself,
962
01:01:01,574 --> 01:01:03,201
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
963
01:01:04,827 --> 01:01:07,372
Seeing where African culture
is now...
964
01:01:08,873 --> 01:01:11,167
it's like,
"Yes, we did this together."
965
01:01:15,546 --> 01:01:17,799
Africa is evolving.
966
01:01:17,882 --> 01:01:20,551
This is not where we were
20 years ago,
967
01:01:20,593 --> 01:01:22,553
and this is not where we were
about ten years ago,
968
01:01:22,595 --> 01:01:25,181
and now things are getting
better and better
969
01:01:25,264 --> 01:01:27,016
and better every time.
970
01:01:27,100 --> 01:01:29,811
You can easily
get access to stuff
971
01:01:29,894 --> 01:01:32,855
via social media,
via your phone.
972
01:01:37,110 --> 01:01:38,903
That's what
you see when out there,
973
01:01:38,945 --> 01:01:42,281
people all over the world
listening to our songs,
974
01:01:42,365 --> 01:01:43,700
jamming to it.
975
01:01:46,369 --> 01:01:49,956
As long as you have internet,
the world is yours.
976
01:01:54,961 --> 01:01:57,714
Big Wiz, he's there, up there.
977
01:01:59,966 --> 01:02:01,634
Representing Africans.
978
01:02:24,657 --> 01:02:25,783
Huh?
979
01:02:34,125 --> 01:02:36,043
No, mesmerized.
980
01:02:43,634 --> 01:02:44,761
All right.
981
01:02:50,808 --> 01:02:52,018
Long day.
982
01:04:10,721 --> 01:04:12,557
My mom is the love of my life.
983
01:04:14,559 --> 01:04:16,894
She holds everything together
in my family.
984
01:04:16,936 --> 01:04:18,938
She's the glue to,
like, all our lives.
985
01:04:22,692 --> 01:04:25,695
The last few days
have been heavy.
986
01:04:30,116 --> 01:04:32,118
Wizkid's real name is Ayo.
987
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:35,621
He comes home being Ayo.
988
01:04:37,039 --> 01:04:39,917
But then, you know, he leaves
the house being Big Wiz.
989
01:04:41,544 --> 01:04:45,548
And I don't ever see
when Wiz has fears.
990
01:05:21,042 --> 01:05:24,128
So, we should actually
be okay for...
991
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:36,349
We're gonna walk in five.
992
01:05:52,531 --> 01:05:54,700
All right, let's go,
go, go, please. Yeah.
993
01:05:57,536 --> 01:05:59,288
Guys, stand back, please.
994
01:06:02,041 --> 01:06:03,709
All right, please, security.
995
01:06:04,210 --> 01:06:06,045
Mind your backs!
996
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:10,383
After Wiz,
check everyone's wristbands.
997
01:06:12,551 --> 01:06:16,514
Has he got his mic?
Is the band in position?
998
01:06:26,565 --> 01:06:27,608
Come on!
999
01:06:27,692 --> 01:06:30,528
London, make some noise!
1000
01:06:33,197 --> 01:06:35,449
♪ Dem inna, inna
Inna, inna, inna ♪
1001
01:06:35,533 --> 01:06:37,994
♪ I know sey dem
Go pray on my downfall ♪
1002
01:06:38,077 --> 01:06:40,371
♪ I'm still a winner, winner
Winner, winner, winner ♪
1003
01:06:40,413 --> 01:06:43,165
♪ Me never let them play
On my banjo ♪
1004
01:06:43,249 --> 01:06:45,626
♪ Dem inna, inna
Inna, inna, inna, oh, na-na ♪
1005
01:06:45,710 --> 01:06:48,004
♪ Don't know why they pray
On my downfall ♪
1006
01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:50,631
♪ Born winner dem
Go play on my banjo ♪
1007
01:06:50,715 --> 01:06:51,716
♪ Never ♪
1008
01:06:51,757 --> 01:06:53,050
Let's go!
1009
01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:54,927
♪ No console
Now everybody dancin' for me ♪
1010
01:06:56,595 --> 01:06:59,682
♪ I'm on the move, no be Keke
Now everybody askin' for me ♪
1011
01:07:01,892 --> 01:07:04,979
♪ I dey go collect wetin baba
God dey destin' for me ♪
1012
01:07:05,062 --> 01:07:06,731
♪ What's lost now found ♪
1013
01:07:06,772 --> 01:07:10,484
♪ So we can sing Amazing Grace
Amazing Grace, all night ♪
1014
01:07:10,568 --> 01:07:11,569
London!
1015
01:07:17,575 --> 01:07:18,701
London!
1016
01:07:34,925 --> 01:07:36,719
Let's go!
1017
01:07:38,137 --> 01:07:39,472
♪ Ni ojuelegba ♪
1018
01:07:39,555 --> 01:07:43,934
♪ They know my story
For Mo'Dogg's studio ♪
1019
01:07:43,976 --> 01:07:49,231
♪ I been hustle to work, eh
Ni ojuelegba, oh ♪
1020
01:07:49,315 --> 01:07:53,486
♪ Me and Silly
For Mo'Dogg's studio ♪
1021
01:07:53,569 --> 01:07:58,824
♪ We been hustle to work, eh
Ni ojuelegba, oh ♪
1022
01:07:58,866 --> 01:08:03,162
♪ They know my story
For Mo'Dogg's studio ♪
1023
01:08:03,245 --> 01:08:08,417
♪ We been hustle to work
See eh, e kira fun mummy mi o ♪
1024
01:08:08,501 --> 01:08:11,087
♪ Ojojumo lo n s’adura ♪
1025
01:08:11,170 --> 01:08:13,255
♪ Mon jaiye
Mi won ni wan soro ju ♪
1026
01:08:13,339 --> 01:08:15,674
♪ Won ni, won ni, won ni
Won soro ju ♪
1027
01:08:15,758 --> 01:08:19,887
- ♪ Feeling good tonight ♪
- ♪ Feeling good tonight ♪
1028
01:08:19,970 --> 01:08:22,890
♪ This thing got me
Thanking God for life ♪
1029
01:08:22,973 --> 01:08:24,600
♪ Thanking God for life ♪
1030
01:08:24,683 --> 01:08:28,270
♪ I can’t explain ♪
1031
01:08:29,355 --> 01:08:32,191
♪ I can’t explain ♪
1032
01:08:32,441 --> 01:08:33,484
Listen!
1033
01:08:34,527 --> 01:08:36,654
Music is very, very powerful.
1034
01:08:36,695 --> 01:08:38,906
It's amazing
to touch people positively.
1035
01:08:40,324 --> 01:08:43,536
♪ Oh, oh, oh... ♪
1036
01:08:43,577 --> 01:08:45,371
Let's go, let's go.
1037
01:08:45,454 --> 01:08:47,331
♪ Starboy dey for you ♪
1038
01:08:50,376 --> 01:08:52,753
♪ Baby girl
You fine you set, oh ♪
1039
01:08:52,837 --> 01:08:55,047
♪ Girl, you make
My eye dey red, oh ♪
1040
01:08:55,089 --> 01:08:57,049
♪ Anytime you no dey
Close to me ♪
1041
01:08:57,133 --> 01:08:58,175
♪ Yeah, yeah... ♪
1042
01:08:58,217 --> 01:08:59,385
Let's go, sing!
1043
01:09:00,886 --> 01:09:03,097
♪ ...Burn that spliff
Be your Romeo ♪
1044
01:09:03,180 --> 01:09:05,891
♪ Wa lomi, oh, ragabomi, oh ♪
1045
01:09:05,975 --> 01:09:10,771
♪ Got your back, wa sun bi, oh
Ja sungba, oh, omo jupa, oh ♪
1046
01:09:10,855 --> 01:09:13,232
♪ Touch me
I touch as e dey, oh ♪
1047
01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:18,154
♪ Oya so mi so, ka l'ole, oh
Chop, me I chop anoti, oh ♪
1048
01:09:18,237 --> 01:09:19,947
♪ Je, je, je... ♪
1049
01:09:20,030 --> 01:09:23,951
I represent for a... a culture
that is very beautiful.
1050
01:09:28,038 --> 01:09:32,877
♪ ...Ma ko je bi ogbono
Ma bo je bi jollof ♪
1051
01:09:32,918 --> 01:09:35,421
♪ Tell me what I cannot do
For your love ♪
1052
01:09:35,462 --> 01:09:37,590
♪ Olopa go carry all of us ♪
1053
01:09:37,673 --> 01:09:39,884
♪ If they carried deuces,
I don't wan talk ♪
1054
01:09:39,925 --> 01:09:41,677
♪ I no go respond... ♪
1055
01:09:49,768 --> 01:09:51,770
Let me hear you say,
"Yeah, yeah."
1056
01:09:51,812 --> 01:09:53,522
♪ Mhmm, hmm, hmm ♪
1057
01:09:54,690 --> 01:09:57,943
♪ Wey come cooli my body
Eh, eh ♪
1058
01:09:58,027 --> 01:10:00,946
♪ Whoa, I’m in the big mood ♪
1059
01:10:01,030 --> 01:10:03,199
♪ Girl, I dey feel you ♪
1060
01:10:03,282 --> 01:10:05,743
♪ Something wey come
Cooli my body ♪
1061
01:10:05,784 --> 01:10:07,912
♪ Tell me will you do ♪
1062
01:10:07,953 --> 01:10:10,206
♪ I’m in the big mood ♪
1063
01:10:10,289 --> 01:10:12,374
♪ Girl, I dey feel you ♪
1064
01:10:12,458 --> 01:10:14,960
♪ Something wey come
Cooli my body ♪
1065
01:10:15,002 --> 01:10:16,462
♪ Tell me will you do ♪
1066
01:10:16,503 --> 01:10:17,546
Let's go!
1067
01:10:17,630 --> 01:10:19,298
♪ Make we go dey sempe ♪
1068
01:10:19,381 --> 01:10:21,550
♪ Pour some liquor
Dey do me jeje ♪
1069
01:10:21,634 --> 01:10:24,637
♪ Get somethings wey dey
Bother my head, I swear ♪
1070
01:10:31,435 --> 01:10:33,479
Let's go, sing this shit.
Let's go!
1071
01:10:34,271 --> 01:10:35,648
London Town!
1072
01:10:36,649 --> 01:10:37,816
♪ Juls baby ♪
1073
01:10:37,900 --> 01:10:41,987
♪ My days
When I'm not with you, baby ♪
1074
01:10:42,071 --> 01:10:43,113
Say what?
1075
01:10:43,155 --> 01:10:46,992
♪ Oh, your love keeps me warm ♪
1076
01:10:47,076 --> 01:10:50,537
♪ Unconditional prisoner
Number one ♪
1077
01:10:50,621 --> 01:10:53,165
♪ Your love give me
Somethin' I want ♪
1078
01:10:53,207 --> 01:10:55,834
♪ Your love give me
Somethin' to feel ♪
1079
01:10:55,918 --> 01:10:59,421
♪ Your love give me
Something that's real... ♪
1080
01:11:20,776 --> 01:11:22,903
We all have, um,
things we have in our head.
1081
01:11:22,987 --> 01:11:24,822
"Yeah, I want to be this,
I want to be that."
1082
01:11:26,699 --> 01:11:28,158
But at the end of the day...
1083
01:11:29,994 --> 01:11:32,538
people decide
what they want to see you as.
1084
01:11:35,499 --> 01:11:36,875
What you stand for.
1085
01:11:37,710 --> 01:11:39,003
That's what matters.
1086
01:11:41,797 --> 01:11:44,717
The generation before us
got bullied so much.
1087
01:11:45,968 --> 01:11:48,178
I felt it.
I felt it in my heart.
1088
01:11:51,223 --> 01:11:53,851
I... I felt
the pain of our parents.
1089
01:11:59,565 --> 01:12:01,233
They didn't
understand their power.
1090
01:12:07,656 --> 01:12:09,158
I'm looking forward
to a great show.
1091
01:12:09,241 --> 01:12:11,243
Flight was good.
1092
01:12:11,285 --> 01:12:13,370
I'm with my people.
I feel loved, you know?
1093
01:12:20,419 --> 01:12:22,546
I know what I did
for that generation.
1094
01:12:25,215 --> 01:12:26,633
I changed the perception
1095
01:12:26,717 --> 01:12:31,096
of just how parents in Africa
see kids in music.
1096
01:13:04,630 --> 01:13:06,965
Wiz realizes that...
1097
01:13:07,007 --> 01:13:09,885
this show isn't about
what he's wearing.
1098
01:13:09,968 --> 01:13:12,971
This show isn't about
what the production looks like.
1099
01:13:17,017 --> 01:13:20,062
What his show is going
to mean...
1100
01:13:21,647 --> 01:13:22,898
...to Africa...
1101
01:13:30,322 --> 01:13:32,324
is hope.
1102
01:13:38,497 --> 01:13:41,333
Whoo! Whoo!
1103
01:13:45,462 --> 01:13:48,757
♪ Say I wanna leave you
In the mornin' ♪
1104
01:13:48,841 --> 01:13:53,804
♪ But I need you now
Yeah, yeah ♪
1105
01:13:53,846 --> 01:13:57,933
♪ I find you
I give you all you're needing ♪
1106
01:13:58,016 --> 01:14:00,144
♪ I know you what you like ♪
1107
01:14:00,811 --> 01:14:02,729
♪ What you like ♪
1108
01:14:02,813 --> 01:14:06,358
♪ I feel it comin' ♪
1109
01:14:07,151 --> 01:14:09,945
♪ Time is of the essence ♪
1110
01:14:10,028 --> 01:14:11,947
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
1111
01:14:12,030 --> 01:14:16,201
♪ I tried to teach you ♪
1112
01:14:16,243 --> 01:14:19,746
♪ Say I need some lessons ♪
1113
01:14:19,830 --> 01:14:23,542
♪ I need to give it all ♪
1114
01:14:24,460 --> 01:14:27,880
♪ I tried to leave but I can't ♪
1115
01:14:29,047 --> 01:14:33,594
♪ I don't know why
You're the one ♪
1116
01:14:33,677 --> 01:14:37,055
♪ Turn me out of my mind ♪
1117
01:14:37,139 --> 01:14:39,433
London, sing that shit.
Let's go!
1118
01:14:39,516 --> 01:14:41,560
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1119
01:14:42,561 --> 01:14:43,729
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1120
01:14:43,812 --> 01:14:46,899
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1121
01:14:46,982 --> 01:14:48,358
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
1122
01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:51,361
♪ Only you fi hold my body ♪
1123
01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:57,576
♪ Only you fi hold my body ♪
1124
01:14:57,659 --> 01:14:59,745
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1125
01:14:59,828 --> 01:15:01,580
♪ Say na me dey
Mess up your mind ♪
1126
01:15:01,663 --> 01:15:04,291
♪ And na me dey
Make you free up your mind ♪
1127
01:15:04,374 --> 01:15:05,959
♪ Say your body
Talk to me nice ♪
1128
01:15:06,043 --> 01:15:09,087
♪ See yeah we dey together
Yeah, day and night ♪
1129
01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:11,840
♪ Yeah, if I leave you go kpai
Yeah, if I leave... ♪
1130
01:15:11,924 --> 01:15:15,928
♪ I'm stroking your body, baby
Loving your body, baby ♪
1131
01:15:16,011 --> 01:15:20,974
♪ As you're whinin' your body
Baby, so crazy ♪
1132
01:15:21,058 --> 01:15:25,646
♪ Lovin' your body, baby
Gyal iwo ni temi ♪
1133
01:15:25,729 --> 01:15:29,274
♪ I just wanna let you know ♪
1134
01:15:29,358 --> 01:15:31,360
London, sing it
with me, let's go!
1135
01:15:31,443 --> 01:15:34,863
♪ Give me all you need
Give you all you need ♪
1136
01:15:34,947 --> 01:15:37,783
♪ Gave you all
Make ah give you all you need ♪
1137
01:15:37,866 --> 01:15:40,244
♪ Give you all you need
Gave you all ♪
1138
01:15:40,285 --> 01:15:42,287
♪ Make ah give you
All you need ♪
1139
01:15:42,371 --> 01:15:45,040
♪ Every touch you need
Give you all ♪
1140
01:15:45,123 --> 01:15:46,917
♪ Make ah give you all
You need ♪
1141
01:15:46,959 --> 01:15:48,293
Let's go, sing it.
1142
01:15:48,377 --> 01:15:51,213
♪ You don't need
No other body ♪
1143
01:15:51,713 --> 01:15:52,923
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1144
01:15:52,965 --> 01:15:56,343
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1145
01:15:56,426 --> 01:15:57,636
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
1146
01:15:57,719 --> 01:16:01,306
♪ Only you fi hold my body ♪
1147
01:16:02,307 --> 01:16:05,394
♪ Only you fi hold my body ♪
1148
01:16:05,477 --> 01:16:06,853
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
1149
01:16:06,937 --> 01:16:09,022
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1150
01:16:09,106 --> 01:16:13,151
♪ Baby, I want you there
Yes, I want you there ♪
1151
01:16:13,235 --> 01:16:15,612
♪ Promise to treat
Your love fair ♪
1152
01:16:15,654 --> 01:16:17,489
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa ♪
1153
01:16:17,573 --> 01:16:19,825
♪ When we touch
How we connect... ♪
1154
01:16:25,330 --> 01:16:28,917
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1155
01:16:29,918 --> 01:16:34,464
♪ You don't need no other body ♪
1156
01:16:34,506 --> 01:16:39,136
♪ Only you fi
Hold my body, girl ♪
1157
01:16:39,177 --> 01:16:42,306
♪ Only you fi hold my body ♪
1158
01:16:42,347 --> 01:16:44,975
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa
You don't need no ♪
1159
01:16:47,185 --> 01:16:48,353
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
1160
01:16:50,647 --> 01:16:52,774
♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
1161
01:16:52,858 --> 01:16:54,526
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
1162
01:17:00,198 --> 01:17:02,200
I fucking love you, London.
1163
01:17:32,689 --> 01:17:39,404
Yo, that was amazing! Damn, bro.
1164
01:17:43,700 --> 01:17:47,079
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, darling.
1165
01:17:52,668 --> 01:17:53,960
I flew in specifically
just for this,
1166
01:17:54,044 --> 01:17:55,253
and I'm flying out tomorrow.
1167
01:17:55,337 --> 01:17:58,507
That's how much of an important,
uh, moment it is.
1168
01:17:58,590 --> 01:18:01,134
And I've come here with my mom
as well and my sister.
1169
01:18:01,218 --> 01:18:02,928
Like, I brought the family
as well, you know?
1170
01:18:03,011 --> 01:18:04,554
So, yeah, it's beautiful,
1171
01:18:04,596 --> 01:18:07,265
it's really beautiful
to witness. Hello, Mama.
1172
01:18:07,349 --> 01:18:10,352
Songs like "Ojuelegba."
He brought back memories,
1173
01:18:10,435 --> 01:18:13,105
and he's still...
I'm so glad he's still there.
1174
01:18:13,188 --> 01:18:15,857
He's still...
He's getting better and better.
1175
01:18:15,941 --> 01:18:17,317
Essential personnel
only, please.
1176
01:18:17,401 --> 01:18:18,777
Essential personnel only.
1177
01:18:18,860 --> 01:18:21,530
I've been watching him
since I was really young.
1178
01:18:21,613 --> 01:18:24,074
And to see him come this far
is just amazing.
1179
01:18:24,116 --> 01:18:26,952
Honestly, I felt so emotional,
especially that ending.
1180
01:18:29,746 --> 01:18:33,750
...like old African
musicians like Fela.
1181
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:35,961
They couldn't do this.
So, if we...
1182
01:18:36,044 --> 01:18:37,879
if, in our generation,
were able to do this,
1183
01:18:37,963 --> 01:18:39,423
I would say,
1184
01:18:39,464 --> 01:18:41,425
awesome, you got to be proud,
do you know what I mean?
1185
01:18:41,466 --> 01:18:43,719
Because then the future
is bright for African music.
1186
01:18:44,970 --> 01:18:49,975
The legacy... tomorrow,
they will talk about him.
1187
01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:55,564
He lead, and the rest follow.
1188
01:18:55,647 --> 01:18:58,442
Man, I feel blessed working
with amazing people,
1189
01:18:58,483 --> 01:18:59,609
the whole team.
1190
01:18:59,651 --> 01:19:02,070
Playing these venues, man.
I feel blessed.
1191
01:19:02,154 --> 01:19:04,322
Can't even put the words
to it right now, you know?
1192
01:19:04,656 --> 01:19:06,324
We did it.
1193
01:19:06,408 --> 01:19:09,703
It lets people know
you have the opportunity
1194
01:19:09,786 --> 01:19:11,455
to come and do something
as big as this.
1195
01:19:11,496 --> 01:19:14,332
So, the future of Afrobeats--
We're doing stadiums now.
1196
01:19:19,504 --> 01:19:22,549
One billion UK streams. Wow.
1197
01:19:22,632 --> 01:19:25,343
Thank you, thank you, guys,
I appreciate it.
1198
01:19:26,344 --> 01:19:27,804
Uh, I feel blessed.
1199
01:19:56,708 --> 01:19:58,877
Wiz has taught me,
1200
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:02,380
at times when you want
to give up, you don't.
1201
01:20:04,633 --> 01:20:07,552
He's a fighter,
and he's made me into a fighter.
1202
01:20:14,643 --> 01:20:15,769
I believe
1203
01:20:15,852 --> 01:20:17,270
you're a product
of your environment.
1204
01:20:24,194 --> 01:20:25,987
That's why it's just
so important for me
1205
01:20:26,071 --> 01:20:29,282
to always fly high.
1206
01:20:29,366 --> 01:20:32,536
Fly in the highest colors
that I can, you know?
1207
01:20:34,704 --> 01:20:36,498
I'm representing for my people.
1208
01:20:37,082 --> 01:20:38,917
And just shining light
1209
01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:42,254
to the most amazing things
that happen out there.
1210
01:20:42,295 --> 01:20:44,422
There is deeper stuff in Africa.
1211
01:20:46,049 --> 01:20:49,177
Just as a moment in general.
It's just an amazing time.
1212
01:20:49,261 --> 01:20:51,721
Just to be Black.
1213
01:20:52,931 --> 01:20:55,517
Because this generation
understands the power we have.
1214
01:21:03,525 --> 01:21:05,527
That's why you see a lot
of creative energy
1215
01:21:05,610 --> 01:21:08,280
going around this generation.
1216
01:21:08,363 --> 01:21:11,366
His rise has been
really, really inspirational.
1217
01:21:15,287 --> 01:21:17,289
The moment you think
you can do something,
1218
01:21:17,372 --> 01:21:20,458
you definitely can do it.
As long as you take action.
1219
01:21:39,311 --> 01:21:42,022
The future
is bright for Africa.
1220
01:21:42,105 --> 01:21:44,649
This is definitely
just the beginning.