Here’s Why There Will Always Be Stans Like Wizkid FC and 30 BG

 

It is undeniable that social media has made us even closer to the things we love.

Over the past two or three years, the streets of Twitter and Instagram have seen the best and worst of Nigeria’s stan culture. The biggest Nigerian celebrities have firmly established fanbases populated by some of the most radical stans ever known to man.

Most of these fanbases are centered around A-list artists, predominantly of the Afrobeats genre. Wizkid FC, Marlians, 30BG, and Titans are arguably the most renowned fanbases, centered around Wizkid, Naira Marley, Davido and Big Brother alum Tacha, respectively. Most Burna Boy stans parade the umbrella name, Outsiders.

Stans of each fanbase are most popular for trending their artistes out of the blue, posting random statistics that elevate their respective G.O.A.T above his or her closest competitors, reposting photos of their G.O.A.T and taking shots at members of ‘opposing’ factions with little or no provocation.