Wizkid and Gunna Electrify AfroPlus with Live Debut
At the inaugural AfroPlus Festival in Washington, D.C., Afrobeats superstar Wizkid and Atlanta rapper Gunna delivered a performance that instantly became a cultural marker. On August 31, 2025, the duo took the main stage at FK Festival Grounds to debut their collaborative single “Forever Be Mine”, and the moment was nothing short of seismic.
The track, already buzzing since its release on August 8, merged seamlessly with the energy of the festival crowd. Wizkid’s fluid Afrobeats sensibility and Gunna’s trap-influenced cadence wrapped into a performance that underscored the ongoing conversation around cross-genre collaboration in global Black music.
For AfroPlus, which launched this year as a platform to celebrate the vast spectrum of African and diaspora sounds, the live debut served as an early defining moment. Thousands of fans sang along, many experiencing the song live for the first time just weeks after it climbed into the upper tiers of streaming charts.
Online, the aftermath spread like wildfire. Instagram clips from the night captured Wizkid and Gunna locked into each other’s energy, with captions calling it “a thrilling live performance” and “an AfroPlus shutdown”. Fans have further amplified the moment, carrying the performance into viral territory and sparking conversations about the song’s chart potential and crossover reach.
Following the release of Gunna’s latest project ‘The Last Wun’, critics had praised “Forever Be Mine” as a standout from Gunna’s latest project, with Billboard calling it one of the album’s strongest cuts and HotNewHipHop highlighting how Wizkid’s melodic presence elevates Gunna’s romance-heavy delivery. But AfroPlus gave the song its live baptism, positioning it as a festival anthem with longevity.
In a year where Afrobeats continues to expand its global footprint, Wizkid and Gunna’s joint debut didn’t just electrify a stage, it cemented AfroPlus Festival as a cultural hub for the fusion of sounds shaping the next chapter of Black music.
