Fans Tell Wizkid: "The Cannabis You Are Smoking Is Drying You Up"

Ayo 'Wizkid' Balogun, Nigerian singer who is currently at the

peak of his career, has been given a rude awakening by his

fans on social media.

The fans of the Starboy label boss have advised him to tone

down his penchant for smoking cannabis, also known as

marijuana.

One fan recently asked him on social media, "must you

smoke all the time" while another enjoined him to reduce

his intake of "hard drugs" because it's starting to affect his

appearance.

Since he burst into limelight over six years ago, Wizkid has

at different times, publicly displayed his love for smoking

pot – in the same vein as some of his foreign friends and

collaborators, Rihanna and Chris Brown.

Hence, it is common knowledge among his fans that he

occasionally indulges in smoking marijuana.

In that vein of acceptance laced with concern, another fan

also said, "smoke is drying you out… you need to take a chill

or [get] high on something else".

The artiste, who's been on the road for the past year, was

also urged by a fan "to chill out and rest for few days" while

another commentator observed that his smoke intake and/

or stress is darkening his skin.

A video of Wizkid's surfaced on the internet in 2012 – which

showed the then 21-year-old freestyling about "smoking

weed" on a daily basis while holding between his index and

middle finger, a rolled up marijuana.

"Everyday my brother, I'm chilling with my n****s oh yea/ we

smoking marijuana all day and we giving thanks to Jah all

day/seaside I'm feeling it, lucky supply the kpoli/see my

brother we no be holy," Wizkid sang.

Similarly, in September 2014, Wizkid was reportedly arrested

in Kenya for smoking in a non-smoking hotel, Standard

Digital News reported.

Wizkid, who was in Kenya to shoot a music video with

Victoria Kimani, Del B and Patrick Elis, was lodged in the

Nairobi Crown Plaza Hotel.

While checking out of the hotel, he was accused of smoking

illegal substances and Kimani reportedly intervened while

Wizkid was slammed with a fine of Sh 50,000 ($560).

The artiste's former manager, Seun Johnson, however,

denied such an occurrence, saying, "Nothing of such

happened. It is all rumour, rumors keep churning out

everyday, it didn't happen."

Wizkid has shown off several rolled-up joints in series of

Instagram photos over the past few years – most often

when he travels abroad.

Much recently, Wizkid was pictured holding what appeared

to be yet another rolled up joint while on the set of a video

shoot with British/Nigerian rapper, Tinie Tempah, in Santo

Domingo, the capital of Dominican Republic.

The singer, who's working on his debut international album,

is yet to respond to the concerns raised by his fans.