Behind The Lens - Meet the young director of Wizkid's 'WONDER' video!

Genesis Lanre Lawanson, C.E.O. MADHOUSE was born February 17,1995 in Nigeria, hails from Oyo state. 

He is a Photographer, Video director, Model, Script writer and Concept developer. Presently studying Guidance & Counseling in Ekiti State University, he was raised by a single mother and fondly says, "so I guess I mostly see things from the female perspective".
He started modeling in 2011 and has featured in a number of ads for numerous brands including Nestle, Dangote, Hollandia, MTN, GLO, Etisalat, Nokia, U.N to name a few. His passion for modeling and fashion birthed his love for photography. He increased his knowledge about it during holidays in Nairobi, Kenya and photography officially kicked off for him in March 2014 when soon after, channelled video direction.

His first take on video direction was in October 2014 for a documentary/campaign for Nigeria's top dance crew, DNMT, followed by Headies' Lyricist On The Roll nominee, Posly TD's 'Public Announcement' in November 2014 and thereafter got the huge opportunity of working with one of Nigeria's hit-makers, Wizkid, on the video for 'Wonder', from his sophomore album, Ayo.

He loves writing and developing concepts. Could say he has been doing that for the most part of his life as he is always quick to tell all,  "My number one crush is my camera".

MADHOUSE is a full entertainment body which provides services to and for entertainment creatives.

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Wizkid gets himself a GT Continental Convertible for the new year .

Balling hard! Wizkid is on a roll!! Last year, he bought a porsche, got tired of the old toy so this new year he got a new convertible GT continental. YOLO!!

Wizkid Says He can't be bothered if people think he is arrogant

Wizkid has been constantly on the media lately, but this time he's been facing heat from critics regarding his supposed arrogance. In a new interview with Encomium mag, Wizkid said he doesn't care if people think he is arrogant, that he doesn't love everybody and so doesn't expect everybody to love him.

Asked if it bothers him that people think he's arrogant, Wizkid said;

"Bother me? Never! I am not bothered. Honestly I don't hear people saying it because anytime I go out, I show my fans great love. I do my thing. I don't have problem with that because I don't love everybody as well. So I don't expect everybody to love me too. That's life" ..

Asked if he is terrible person, Wizkid said;

"Terrible? Everyone has opinion about people. But when they say Wizkid is terrible, you need to ask them, "Why is Wizkid a terrible person? What did he do? For four years, I was making music with Samklef, everyone knew his house. I was going up and down, shouting, Samklef Nor Ni. That's me, I am just trying to be a good person. Whereas everyone cannot like you and everyone cannot hate you" he said.

Asked if fame has in anyway changed him, Wizkid said

"No, fame has not changed Wizkid. The only thing fame has changed in Wizkid is that I added some accessories. I have got nice chains, watches, and nice clothes. Asides that, I am still Wizkid. I no tall, still same height"

He also reacted to his recent controversy with singer Saeon,

"Oh really? She's bitter about it. I didn't see the allegation but I gave her hit song. I no try? I did my part. I was in the studio with her, gave her hit song. I no try. That's not even how much I charge for collaboration, I charge N10 million. I collected N1.5 million from her because of love. I was busy, I didn't want to do it" he said. 

Asked about the comment that he doesn't charge those he loves, Wizkid said;

"Yeah I don't charge people I love. I said so but when someone is on your neck everyday for a collaboration and she offers you money, won't you collect it? If you fail to collect it, they start calling you terrible person. I am just trying to be a good guy"

On his fashion sense, Wizkid said;

"Fresh! Am I not looking fresh? I have always loved chains a lot. For me, I also see chains as investment because they ar gold and diamond. You can always sell anything gold and diamond. It is like an investment for me".

On why he loves to flaunt his accessories on social media, Wizkid said;

"You know now. I didn't have accessories when I started my career. Did you see me wearing bling-bling when I did Hola at your boi? No! I hustled to get money to buy them and there is no crime if I show it or flaunt it to my fans because they gave me money to buy them" he said

On where he invests his money, Wizkid said;

"I will say property but most importantly Jewelry. Do you know how much I can sell this chain on my neck when I get broke, God forbid? It's money and to me it's investment. I don't spend money on foolish things. I spend moderately. Besides I am a grown man. I have problems too. I have a child I am taking care of. I have responsibilities, believe it or not" he said

Asked if he is expecting another child, Wizkid said;

"Expecting wetin? Did I tell you I am expecting a child? Yes I didn't tell you guys when I was expecting my first child because people wanted to kill me but Honestly, nothing like that I am not expecting any child now"

Asked if he is getting married anytime soon, Wizkid hissed and said "Wedding? No!"

Wizkid says he charges 10m for collaboration with peeps he doesn't love

Talking of being so relevant in your field, Wizkid has made it clear he doesn't come cheap for collaborative features . In an interview with TheNETng this week, Star boy music artist Wizkid disclosed that he charges N10million for musical collaborations with artistes he "doesn't love" but does it for free with the ones he loves

"I charge N10million for collaboration but I don’t charge the people I love. (but) I don't pay for collaborations because I am confident of myself" he said

Know you know!! Remember he collaborated with singer Saeon, who hasn't been happy that he he didn't make efforts to help promote her song despite paying him N1.5m, Wizkid didn't deny collecting the money but said he made the song a hit. "I made ‘Boogie down’ song a hit, I did the song out of love from my heart.’
There you have it. For a collaboration with Wizkid get your N10m ready ..

Wizkid's former Producer Samklef says fame has changed the Star Boy

Popular music producer Samklef is not delighted with Wizkid. Samklef who produced Wizkid's hit single Tease Me and five other songs in Wizkid's first album, said the superstar singer has not only refused to work with him again, he's also going about dissing his (Samklef) talent.

"I'm not happy with Wizkid. I like his music, but I don't like him as a person anymore. The reason I don't like him anymore is, why do you go about spoiling other people's business? I never spoiled your business, never came out to say anything bad about you for four years. So why would you go to an OAP and tell the OAP that the reason why you no longer work with me is because my beat is amateur. What does that mean? Those amateur beats was what brought you to limelight, was what made you meet the same Akon who first dropped 'Don't Dull' on your voice." Samklef said. 

I never downgraded him. I showed him love. I used to go to his house...but he never came to mine. He doesn't know my house. He hasn't even seen my son before. It means he doesn't regard me as a friend. I wanted to feature him in one of my songs but this guy kept posting me for years. That's not even why I am angry. I am angry because he's going about disrespecting my talent. Saying these things in public. It is annoying.

"I'm doing fine without Wizkid. I don't want to say I regret working with him but I'm thanking God that we are all alive. But ask him, the people you are going to feature in America, if they were like you, would you meet them?

"I wish him luck. I don't regret working with his talent, I only regret working with his person. His fame took him away. He forgot where he was coming from. His person is very disgusting. There's something we call the grace of God. Before Wizkid got to where he is today, somebody gave him a front line, somebody introduced him. He didn't just come from anywhere. Making music is not just about one person. Banky was there to give him the front line and others came to help out. I'm not the only one complaining, other producers are complaining. I don't want to call names but nobody is saying anything good about Wizkid and you call yourself a superstar when you keep matching other people down. What is the star about you? Is it because you are featuring other foreign artists? You are not the first to do that, others have done that before so why are you carried away?

"I don't want to do anything with Wizkid anymore. Keep it to yourself, keep your name. I have new friends and new family. But he can continue talking. We are listening. I don't wish him bad. He says my beat is amateur but watch out for Samklef." He said

Source - LIB

Davido addresses beef with Wizkid, says he was upset about Wizkid's shade

In an exclusive interview with Sahara TV, Davido, who is currently in the US, said his recent online beef with Wizkid was because of the shade Wizkid threw regarding their concerts in the US...
"It's not beef at all..but I'm the type of person if I feel something..to me everything you do, you don't hit your brother down. This is the first time I'm saying this but the only reason I was upset was because of the NY concert. I was even going to tweet like you know 'make sure everybody turn up for my brother Wizkid's concert' and he threw a shade like that. I'm not going to take that...that's why I went and said what I said. But it's all cool, at the end of the day, we got to keep it on the music. Shout out to him. I'm still a big fan. It was never nothing but don't throw a shade at me...especially when we were on the flight earlier. By the way, check the numbers on my last concert. Let's leave it like that.." David said. Watch the video below

"Be forming love while I'm F***king Wizkid"- Lady attacks Tania Omotayo on twitter

Girls ain't playing these days o , plus social media being the new "expressyourself atmosphere" We get to see a lot of  ish .. So a few nights back, Houston based Nigerian girl ,Caroline Ikpea attacked Wizkid's girlfriend, Tania Omotayo on twitter claiming that She has been getting down with Star boy Wizkid while Tania is busy fronting love..She's insinuating that he spends time with her  whenever he is in the USA.........Reports are that she is from a wealthy family . This is the 2nd time Wizkid has been accused for cheating ....

Wizkid confirms he has a song with Rihanna

 Last month, Wizkid tweeted that Rihanna called him amazing, while in the studio.Turns out,they actually recorded a song together and he confirmed this yesterday while calling in to the BeatFM to speak with Toolz..
He already said he has one with Chris Brown,now Rihanna...That's huge guys!..
Checkout some excited tweets from fans as retweeted by Toolz...

Quick question - Do you think Chris connected him to Rihanna ?

Photos from Wizkid's 24th birthday party last night

Wizkid celebrated his 24th birthday party with friends and colleagues at Escape Nightclub in Lagos , Wednesday Night . Also Wizkid has hinted that he has a song with Rihanna and Chris Brown already , for his Next Album I guess. That's for the Next Post .. See more photos below...

Rihanna calls Wizkid Amazing , He talks on being in the studio with her

Wow! Is he recording with Rihanna? But,since he's hanging out with Chris Brown ,how did he meet Rihanna? Because Chris has been with "Main Chick" Karrueche since he got out of jail. Or is Chris and Riri playing "Stealth Mode" creeping on the low? maybe time will tell.. Lol

Too bad he didn't share a picture of this one...

Tinie Templah announces Wizkid as special guest on his UK tour

UK rapper Tinnie Tempah's UK tour begins March 30th at The O2 Arena in London and he took to Twitter today to announce that Wizkid will be a special guest...that's whats up!!

Wizkid Tweets moving on .. Back To Being Single?

Hian!

VIDEO: Fan Thrown Off the Stage for Trying to Hug Wizkid

It was the Guinness Big Eruption Concert in Ghana on Saturday 23rd November 2013 when an excited fan jumped on stage to hug Wizkid while he was perform his hit song ‘Caro’.
Morale of the story is , don't hug or try to attempt to hug Wizkid while he's on stage , you might just be flung off stage LOL .. watch the clip above.

Tania Omotayo Claims she's still with Wizkid...

+Wizkid Ayo tweeted two days back 'Single Nigga Life', I wonder what he was referring to  .. but he's very much a taken man. Tania confirmed via twitter that they are still very much together.

Ethiopian chick says Wizkid has been texting her roommate

To be a celebrated ain't beans .. the chick pictured above is Ethiopian and claiming via twitter that Wizkid has been texting and 'bothering' her roommate who is also an Ethiopian chick. ( hold up Danayte, are you your room mates' "personal assistant" ?? ) We all know star boi Wizkid is in a serious relationship and committed relationship. I mean, rumour has it that his babe has moved in .. not that being in a relationship has ever stopped any man from flirting sha but do we really want to believe "MadeinEthiopia" ? fingers crossed.

Anyway trust Nigerians as they took shots at the lady .. see their tweets below ..