The Legacy Life Entertainment signee King Promise Known in real life as Gregory Bortey Promise Newman has expressed his heart-felt gratitude to Nigerian superstar Wizkid following his historic performance at the Made In Lagos live concert – which spans Wizkid’s 10-year discography.
The Ghanaian singer was introduced to perform at London’s O2 Arena on Sunday night during Wizkid’s sellout show. The concert attended by thousands of music lovers comes as one leg of the Nigerian singer’s ‘Lagos To The World’ tour.
During some part of the show attended by the multitude, Wizkid introduced King Promise with accolades saying “representing Ghana to the fullest, I need the lights out for this young man, the King of all promises” and the singer showed up to perform his “Oh Yeah’ monster track.
King Promise seized a moment to address the Ghanaians in the audience before going to perform his “Commando” song to thrill the crowd.
The multi-talented vocalist performed a set of his hit songs “Oh Yeah,” “Tokyo,” “Slow Down,” “Ring My Line,” and more at the O2 Arena in London, UK, to the delight of the audience.
An excerpt of King Promise’s performance has since been trending on social media with Ghanaian ‘netizens’ appreciating his craft and expressing joy over him raising the flag of Ghana at the historic show.
In an appreciation post to Wizkid on Twitter, King Promise thanked him for a life-changing opportunity.
“Unforgettable moments last night. Grateful for the Love forever bro Wizkidayo. Thank you, London! Just a boy from Nungua crazy enough to dream big, rocking the 02,” he tweeted.
In the UK show exclusive, Grammy Award-winning Nigerian singer/songwriter Wizkid, was the latest artist to be added to The O2’s Welcome Back Show series where he performed his Made In Lagos show to a full capacity crowd. Chris Brown shared the stage with Wizkid in London.
It was a historic show as Wizkid sold-out the first performance in just 12 minutes, placing him alongside legends such as the Spice Girls and the Rolling Stones who have sold-out the venue in under 13 minutes.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke