Izuchukwu Okosi
Grammy award-winning Nigerian duo, Burna Boy and Wizkid have released a video for the African Giant’s new song ‘Ballon D’Or.
Produced by Nigerian British producer P2j, the track is inspired by one of the most prestigious trophies given to professional football players — Ballon D’Or whose recipient is regarded as the best male football player in the world – with Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina’s Lionel Messi the last recipient of the award in 2021, his sixth accolade.
The music stars announced the release of the visuals via their individual social media pages on Friday and its still generating enormous reactions from their fan base.
The video starts with Burna Boy and Wizkid on a boat cruise, savouring the serenity of the cool atmosphere at a beach in the company of several ladies.
The video also featured UFC champion, Kamaru Usman as both singers gushed about their heroics in the music industry.
Burna Boy enjoyed several collaborations with international stars such as “I Feel It (Feat. Burna Boy)” with Jon Bellion; “Want It All” featuring Polo G, “Question” ft Don Jazzy, and Becky G x Burna Boy’s “Rotate,” featured in Pepsi’s global football campaign “Music Keeps Us Fizzing.”
The African Giant also teamed up with Justin Bieber on the 8x Gfammy nominated album Justice and with 9x Grammy Award-nominee Sia for “Hey Boy”.
Burna Boy is currently nominated for the 64th Grammy awards alongside the multiple Grammy award winning Beninoise singer Angelique Kidjo for Best Global Performance on “Do Yourself.”
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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