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Wizard Chan
Wizard Chan is a Nigerian Ijaw singer-songwriter known for spiritually oriented, culturally rooted music that draws on alternative, folk, reggae, highlife and other African popular-music traditions. He gained wider recognition with the 2022 single "Earth Song," which won Best Alternative Song at the 2023 Headies Awards.
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At a glance
- His 2022 breakthrough single "Earth Song" won Best Alternative Song at the 2023 Headies Awards.
- His recordings incorporate Ijaw language, vocal traditions, cultural imagery and indigenous percussion.
- He describes his musical approach as "Afro Teme," meaning African spiritual music expressed in his native language.
- His catalog includes The Messenger, Time Traveler, Healers Chapel and the Joeboy collaboration Agaba Romantic.
Background and identity
Wizard Chan identifies as Ijaw and is associated with Rivers State. Profiles generally describe an upbringing centered on Port Harcourt, although they differ over whether he was born in Okrika or Port Harcourt. He also spent part of his development in Accra, Ghana. Sources identify his non-stage name as either Fuayefika Maxwell or Maxwell Fuayefika, with the order unresolved.
Musical approach
His music is rooted in Ijaw language and cultural expression, including indigenous percussion, vocal traditions and spiritual imagery. He calls this approach "Afro Teme" and describes it as African spiritual music in his native language. Profile sources also identify elements of folk, highlife, reggae, hip-hop, soul, R&B, funk and African pop in his work.
Career development
Wizard Chan has said that he wrote his first song at about age 12 in memory of a deceased schoolmate and first entered a professional recording studio in 2011, when he was 16. He later studied and developed musically in Ghana, and he completed National Youth Service Corps service in Sokoto in 2019, where his working relationships included producer Pumba Mix.
Breakthrough and recorded work
Released in December 2022, "Earth Song" became his breakthrough recording and received the Headies Award for Best Alternative Song in 2023. He followed it with The Messenger in 2024, a project framed around his spiritual and philosophical outlook, and the eight-track Time Traveler later that year. Healers Chapel, described in source material as his debut full-length album, arrived in 2025, followed in 2026 by the seven-song Joeboy collaboration Agaba Romantic.
Timeline
- First recorded in a professional studio, according to his later interview account.
- The "Chan" element of his stage name reportedly originated during a freestyle session in Ghana.
- Released the breakthrough single "Earth Song."
- "Earth Song" won the Headies Award for Best Alternative Song.
- Released The Messenger, a project presented in interviews as a statement of his spiritual, philosophical and culturally rooted music.
- Released the eight-track project Time Traveler.
- Released Healers Chapel, presented by source material as his debut full-length album.
- Released the seven-song collaborative project Agaba Romantic with Joeboy.
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Current context
- Wizard Chan remained an active recording artist and singer-songwriter, with release credits in 2026.
- The latest substantial project located in Wizard Chan's catalog was Agaba Romantic, a seven-song collaboration with Joeboy.
- Recent release metadata credits Masqueraid Ink on Healers Chapel and Masqueraid Ink with Young Legend on Agaba Romantic. These release credits do not independently establish his current recording-contract or management status.
Biographical facts
- Wizard Chan is the professional name of an artist identified by profile sources as Fuayefika Maxwell or Maxwell Fuayefika; the sources differ on the order of those names.
- He identifies as Ijaw, and his recordings incorporate Ijaw language, vocal traditions, cultural imagery and indigenous percussion.
- Profiles associate him with Rivers State and principally describe his upbringing in Port Harcourt, while differing over whether he was born in Okrika or Port Harcourt; he also spent part of his development in Accra, Ghana.
- He calls his musical approach "Afro Teme," which he describes as African spiritual music in his native language.
- His recorded style combines elements of highlife, reggae, folk, hip-hop, soul, R&B, funk and African pop rather than adhering to a single genre.
- In an interview, he said he wrote his first song at about age 12 as a tribute to a deceased schoolmate and first recorded in a professional studio in 2011, when he was 16.
- He completed National Youth Service Corps service in Sokoto in 2019, where he developed working relationships that included producer Pumba Mix.
- He has said that "Wizard" refers to his musical versatility, while "Chan" originated during a 2015 freestyle session in Ghana.
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