in august 2011, "nigerian entertainment today" reported wizkid fathered his first child at the age of 21. after a thorough investigation, the newspaper concluded wizkid impregnated then-undergraduate student sola ogudugu. when the story broke out, close friends and associates of wizkid didn't confirm the story due to dna results that were pending at the time. wizkid broke his silence on the story in several interviews. in an interview with a "nigerian entertainment today" editor, he denied having a child. in another interview conducted in ogudu-gra, lagos, he said he really doesn't want to find himself in that peculiar situation. in december 2012, wizkid denied the baby scandal during an interview with nonye ben-nwankwo of "the punch". in october 2013, he uploaded a picture of he and his 2-year-old son, boluwatife balogun, onto his instagram account. the photo confirmed the report published by "nigerian entertainment today" in 2011.