Popular Nigerian singer, Wizkid has revealed why he loves to uplift other African artistes most especially upcoming ones.

The Grammy award winner made this known during an exclusive interview Rolling Stone.

When asked why he loves using his platform to elevate younger African acts and if he sees it as a responsibility, Wizkid says;

Yeah. It is part of me, man. That’s me. I’m Nigerian. I’m African. I ride for that. And I live here. I grew up there. That’s me. So it’s only right for me to always make amazing music with my friends, people that I grew up, and, like… if the world can pay attention to one artist from Africa, why can’t they pay attention to all? That’s the mentality I’ve got.

On “Made in Lagos” maintaining its popularity even as it approaches its one-year anniversary, he says;

The most important thing, and the first thing that I focused on, was just making good music. If you make good product, people are going to love it. I made the album at such a great time in my life. I’m a father. I have three kids that I love so much. My first son is 10, my second son is five, and my last boy is about to be four. Everything was just different for me; how I see life and how I move in general is just different. It was very important for me to make quality music and something that feeds my soul. That’s all I focused on.

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On Essence” becoming the song of the summer in so many corners of the world, Wizkid says;

There was no vision. … I remember that day. I had, like, six producers in the room. I was recording the last song on the album, and, yeah, Tems came in the room; we made that together. It was just easy, man.