Kiss Daniel (now Kizz Daniel) is a Nigerian recording artist and a performer who is popular for his for his critically acclaimed song, Yeba.
Daniel’s chart-topping song Woju released on September 1, 2014, was regarded as one of the best Nigerian songs that year and was nominated in the Hottest Single category in 2015. The young artist has gathered a number of awards since the start of his music career. He took home six prestigious awards in 2016; City People Music Award, The Headies and Nigeria Entertainment Award and others.
Kiss Daniel’s Biography
Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe (Kiss Daniel) was born on May 1, 1994, in Ogun State, Nigeria. He is originally from Abeokuta North local government area and besides this fact, no detail of his family and upbringing has surfaced.
However, we know for sure that he was raised by his parents along with his siblings; three younger brothers and a sister. had also once shared a glimpse of his childhood memory on Instagram telling of what it was like growing up in a rat-infested house in KUTO, ABK (Abeokuta).
Kiss Daniel/Kizz Daniel, as his new stage name goes, attended the University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, where he graduated with a degree in Water Engineering. It was at the university that he developed an interest in music and decided to pursue it as a career.
Family, Parents
Daniel lost his dad, Kola Anidugbe on May 29, 2015. He had once shared a photo of himself and parents on social media before the older man’s demise. Despite the controversy surrounding his absence from his father’s burial, Daniel later shared an emotional tribute on late Anidugbe’s birthday on June 17, 2015. In the written speech, the singer described himself as the Stupid son for not being there for the old man, for loving the fame above his family and for believing that the ailment (typhoid) that took his father’s life wasn’t serious.
The artiste regrets not having his father around long enough to fulfill the promise he made – to gift the old man a car on his birthday.
Career
Kiss Daniel began his music career in 2013, fresh out of the university and came across Emperor Geezy, the CEO of G-World Entertainment who signed him to his record label. Through the label, he released his first single titled Shoye in 2014 along with the music video some weeks after.
Soon after, Woju became a high-life hit song on the top 10 on the MTV Base Official Naija where it stayed for 11 weeks and later climbed and remain at number 1 for another six weeks. The song describes the attitude of a typical African lady to compliments of a gentleman.
On his birthday in 2015, Daniel released his third single titled Laye and two weeks later, the video was shot and directed by Aje Films at some locations in East Africa. Daniel released his first studio album titled New Era on May 14, 2016
