Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe

His birth name is Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe but he is popularly known by his stage name ‘Kizz Daniel’. According to him, his stage name was given to him by a girl who wouldn’t stop calling him ‘Kiss’. He officially changed his stage name from ‘Kiss Daniel’ to ‘Kizz Daniel’ in May 2018 after leaving G-Worldwide Entertainment, the record label he was signed to.

Kizz Daniel was born on May 1, 1994 in his hometown, Abeokuta, Ogun state. He attended Abeokuta Grammar School for his secondary education before moving on to Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta where he studied Water Resources Management and Agro-meteorology (Water Engineering). He faced music fully when he graduated in 2013.

Kizz Daniel released his debut single ‘Shoye’ in May 2014 under G-Worldwide Entertainment. In September 2014, he released his second single ‘Woju’ which was produced by DJ Coublon. Woju became an instant hit and brought him to limelight. The song became one of the biggest tracks of the year in Nigerian and even got nominated for ‘Hottest Single of the Year’ at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Later on, he recorded and released a remix version with Davido and Tiwa Savage.

ALBUMS

2020 – King of Love

2018 – No Bad Songz

2016 – New Era

AWARDS

2016 – Nigeria Entertainment Award, Afropop Artist of the Year

2016 – Nigeria Entertainment Award, Hottest Single of the Year

2016 – City People Music Award, Music Artist of the Year (Male)

2016 – The Headies, Best R&B/Pop Album

2016 – The Headies, Hip Hop Revelation of the Year

2016 – The Headies, Album of the Year