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Social media has been awash with reports that the State of Minnesota, U.S, allegedly declared October 6 as Wizkid Day.
According to trending tweets and video, award winning musician Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, was honoured with a day in the American state, where he performed at the Skyway Theatre on October 6.
Though the ‘ Ojuelegba’ crooner actually retweeted the report on his Twitter handle @wizkidayo, the governor of the state, Mark Dayton, has not mentioned it on his Twitter handle.
The State Of Minnesota Declared October 6th Wizkid (@wizkidayo) Day | The Governor calls Wizkid One Of The Most Influential Artist Of Our Time #Legendary | #Africa | #Nigeria
The only other artist in the world to have such a distinction in Minnesota is @Beyonce ? pic.twitter.com/iC8RMC0zF3
— Poppi ?? (@VerifiedSupreme) October 7, 2018Advertisement
In addition, it was also not mentioned on the Governor’s website, or the state’s website.
The latest artiste to be honoured with a day is Taylor Swift on August 31, 2018.