For a few hours now, the social media have been submerged in a stewing rivalry between Nigerian music giants, Wizkid and Davido.
The dirty fight between the two music stars flared up on Monday night, drawing widespread attention online.
Trouble begun in the early hours of Monday after Wizkid mocked Davido on X, formerly Twitter.
The Grammy award-winner also tackled music producer and label owner, Don Jazzy.
Wizkid referred to the Marvin boss as an “influencer” while taunting Davido with a recent viral video of him on his knees, pleading and crying after a fan asked him to release new music.
The singer’s posts generated mixed reactions from a segment of social media users, with many wondering what could be wrong with both men.
However, in a series of posts on Monday evening, Davido chided Wizkid;
“Dem no know ur gbedu [music] again,” Davido tweeted, suggesting that Wizkid’s music was losing favour with fans.
Wizkid quickly retorted to Davido’s lashing with a dismissive comment.
“U know what..no point. delusional niggas pray for y’all,” he posted.
Davido doubled down by directly quoting Wizkid’s tweet and labelling him a “sick man.”
This further escalated the dispute.
Reacting, Wizkid again shared the video of his rival crying and begging alongside an emoji of himself laughing.
In response, Davido expressed regret over attempting to help Wizkid in the past.
“That’s what I thought. Nothing to say! Exactly why I stopped wasting my clout and jeopardizing my millions of USD of endorsements on someone whose career was resurrected a few years ago just to die again. NEXT!!,”he said.
Wizkid fired back at Davido, who he referred to as “my boy”.
“I got nun to say to u my boy! I can retire today and you still not on my level. You be influencer with a song writer. Wish u well. I don tire I Dey go sleep. Jesus is King.”
Davido and Wizkid are considered to be among the three biggest artistes in Nigeria at present, with their fans often divided over who is superior.
