Last night at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, California, Wizkid took home the award for Best International act: Africa at the BET awards. The Starboy slugged out the category alongside contenders, Mr Eazi, Davido, Tekno, alongside AKA and Babes Wodumo from South Africa and Stonebwoy from Ghana. And for the record, this wouldn’t be the first trophy he’s taking home from the show.

Congrats to #BETAwards17 'Best International Act: Africa' winner @wizkidayo 🇳🇬🙌🏾 pic.twitter.com/4yyDCv2TNY

— BET Africa (@BET_Africa) June 24, 2017

For now, Wizzy is on the road to finish updating the Sounds From The Other Side album to complete release status in July and a performance on Jay Z’s Budweiser-powered “Made in America” Festival in September, yet putting him in another perfect place to continue to market his brand of Afropop to a more diverse international mainstream audience.

See the complete list of 2017 BET Awards Winners below:

Best Male Hip-Hop Artist


Kendrick Lamar

Best Female Hip-Hop Artist


Remy Ma

Best New Artist


Chance The Rapper

Best Male R&B/Pop Artist

Bruno Mars

Best Group

Migos

Best Gospel Artist

LeCrae

Centric Award


Solange

Young Stars Award

Yara  Shahidi

Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice Award


Beyoncé, “Sorry”

Best Collaboration


Chance The Rapper f. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, “No Problem”

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist


Beyoncé

Video Director of the Year

Kahlil Joseph and Beyonce, “Sorry”

Album of the Year


Beyoncé

Best Actress

Taraji P. Henson

Best Actor

Mahershala Ali

Best Movie


Hidden Figures

Sportswoman of the Year

Serena Williams

Sportsman of the Year

Stephen Curry

Best International Act: Europe

Stormzy

Best International Act: Africa

Wizkid

Humanitarian Award


Chance The Rapper

Lifetime Achievement Award


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Feature Image Credit: Wizkid/Instagram

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