Real Madrid defender and Germany international star, Antonio Rudiger, has revealed his favourite musical artiste.

According to the former Chelsea player, Grammy-winning Nigerian Afrobeats star, Wizkid is his favourite musician.

The Sierra Leone-born Germany international disclosed this in a recent interview with Le Media Carre.

Interviewer: “Who is your favourite artiste?”

Rudiger: “My favourite artist is Wizkid.”

Antonio Rüdiger is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Germany national team. Considered one of the best defenders in the world, he is known for his aggressive playing style, tackling ability and strong aerial presence.

Ayra Starr will release her sophomore album The Year I Turned 21 on May 31, the Afropop starr revealed on Wednesday (May 1).

She also unveiled the album artwork, which features the 21-year-old Beninese-Nigerian singer sticking out of a red convertible, her windswept curly hair exposing her beautifully bejeweled floral dress. And she shared the track list for the 14-track project, which features collaborations with Asake (“Goodbye (Warm Up)”), Anitta and Coco Jones (“Woman Commando”), Giveon (“Last Heartbreak Song”), Seyi Vibez (“Bad Vibes”) and Milar (“1942”).

“Giiiirrrrrrlllll I’m so ready,” Anitta commented on Instagram.

Starr’s previously released singles “Commas” and “Rhythm & Blues” will also be included on the LP.
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“The Ayra Starr I want to introduce is excellent, sonically amazing. This album is unique, because I’ve been evolving sonically,” she said in a Billboard News interview back in February.

The Year I Turned 21 arrives three years after her debut studio album, 19 & Dangerous, which featured her “Rush” smash, which was one of the first songs to be nominated in the inaugural best African music performance category at the Grammys this year, and standout track “Bloody Samaritan,” which was later remixed by Kelly Rowland.

Starr recently collaborated with Rvssian and Rauw Alejandro on “Santa,” which is currently sitting at No. 13 on Hot Latin Songs (chart dated May 4) and debuted at No. 36 on Billboard Global Excl. US this week.

The former Kogi State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye, has joined the ongoing supremacy battle between Nigerian Afrobeats megastars Wizkid and Davido.

Melaye argued that Davido is “undoubtedly” the leader of the Nigerian music industry and most commercially successful globally.

On his X handle on Wednesday, he wrote: “Davido is undoubtedly the 001 in the Nigerian music industry and undoubtedly the most patronised globally.”

Nollytrailers reports that Wizkid and Davido were recently engaged in a fierce social media war on X.

Davido later challenged Wizkid to a hit battle but the Starboy boss had yet to reply.