Music Box: Wizkid: Long Live Lagos | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

From Lagos to London, this powerful documentary follows Wizkid’s rise as a global icon reshaping how Africa is seen ? | dG1fWFJYVVNDQnpESWc

Transcript

00:01When you see how far Africa has come,

00:04you cannot ignore the impact of Wizkid.

00:07London, make some noise!

00:10He's like the national hero.

00:11He's like one of the biggest ambassadors for Nigeria.

00:18Wiz came from the hood.

00:21In that kind of place,

00:23people have a different connection to music.

00:25It's just a powerful tool, man, to survive.

00:27It's very, very important to us

00:31to educate the world about our culture.

00:34The colonialists took away our soul.

00:37But things are beginning to change.

00:39Wizkid is a symbol of hope.

00:41There was no blueprint for me.

00:43I had to build a structure for myself.

00:45It's been tough for African artists to get respect.

00:49Afrobeat is the genre of the fellow Kuti created.

00:53He pushed the boundaries musically.

00:56I feel like Kuti was a big instrument

00:59into why I believe that I could really make music.

01:04This is the first time that we're doing the stadium show.

01:08That's a lot of pressure.

01:11Nigeria as a whole, they look at him as his beacon of hope.

01:14For him to be the flag bearer, it has to go well.

01:17This is big.

01:19Look, it's our time.

01:22Listen to us now.

01:24This is Stephanie just to begin it.

01:26This is Stephanie just to begin it.

01:56This is Stephanie just to begin with and out.

01:59You're a little bit more.

02:01We're going to see in the next few weeks.

02:02This is Stephanie just to begin with.

02:03You're going to be talking about saying,

02:05how do you think that can we go along the way?

02:07You're not exactly.

02:08We're looking for where we're looking at this.

02:09I'm talking about the field,

02:10and we're looking for the field.

02:11This is Stephanie just to begin with us.