Who is Kizz Daniel?

Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, professionally known as Kizz Daniel, is a Nigerian Singer born on 1 May 1994. He hails from Abeokuta North local government area, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Kizz dropped his first single ‘Shoye’ followed by ‘Woju’ in 2014 and in a year, he became a household name within Nigeria and beyond.

Kizz Daniel’s net worth is estimated to be $5 million. In Naira, that would be approximately 4,010,800,000.00 NGN (four billion, ten million, eight hundred thousand naira).

But how did he start his musical career? What was his experience like? And how did he gather such a jaw dropping net worth? These questions and more will be answered in this article. So read on!

Kizz Daniel’s Education

The Buga Superstar is a graduate of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He studied Water Resources Management and Agrometeorology (Water Engineering) and graduated in 2013.

Kizz Daniel’s Family

Kizz Daniel’s father

Kola Anidugbe is the man figure behind Kizz Daniel. Unfortunately, he was lost to Typhoid on May 29th, 2015 – barely a month to his birthday. On his father’s birthday, June 17th

Kizz Daniel shared a tribute to his dad referring to himself as a ‘Stupid Son’. Here’s the tribute in his own words.

“40 days… Happy birthday daddy

It’s been 40 days since I lost my best friend. Let me mourn daddy, I’ve been strong for too long, let me cry. I wasn’t there for you when you needed me the most, I confess dad and I’m sorry. I fell in love with my job and cheated on my Family, it’s not worth it daddy, now I know. I never should have listened to you when you said ‘… It’s just typhoid, I’m fine’. You left before I could buy you that car I promised for your birthday which is today, that’s not fair dad. You’re the reason I could make such a promise. You’re my number 1 fan. You called me at 12am the day after I dropped WOJU to tell me it’s a HIT, that day was the beginning of it all. Dad, at least, come back for the car, please.

The last day I saw you was the saddest day of my life, because you were in so much pain, I could feel it dad. I could feel it even though you were trying too hard to be strong in my presence. I let myself be fooled by your actions daddy, that’s not responsible. I’ve been avoiding anything that could remind me of you, but it’s not working. I have to do this, I have to let the world know you’re such an amazing being. Your last words to me, “You are a star among stars”. You’re a dad among dads too and your boy is doing fine. Folu is back on his feet after the accident and he’s running the house now, Tolu is just too wonderful a daughter, she’s the Manager of your empire. Timmy and Tummy are in good hands too with grandma.

I hope Jesus got you a giant cake for your birthday daddy. I love you so much, Happy birthday.

Stupid Son,

oluwatobiloba

Kizz Daniel’s mother and siblings

Kizz Daniel is the 2nd of 5 children born to the family of Mr. and Mrs Kola Anidugbe. He has 1 elder sister and 3 younger brothers though much is not about his last 2 brothers.

His elder sister is Toluwalope Sophire Anidugbe. She’s a radio presenter at Cool FM, Kano, co-hosts “Good Morning Nigeria” show, and the Sunday Morning Oasis.

His immediate younger brother Mofoluwato Uthman Anidugbe is a Fashion Designer and currently manages the OMG Fashion House.

While Kizz Daniel’s mum is the only surviving parent to the singer, much is not known about her at the time of putting this article together.

Kizz Daniel’s girlfriend and wife

As you already know, Kizz Daniel is very secretive with his relationship. There is no confirmed information on who he is dating or married to. As a matter of fact, we can’t even say if he is married or not.

How many children does Kizz Daniel have?

In 2021, Kizz Daniel welcomed triplets Jamal, Jalil, and Jelani from an unknown mother. Unfortunately, Jamal was lost four days after birth leaving the superstar to only two sons.

Surprisingly, in an interview with Media Personality Angela Yee in May 2023, Kizz revealed that he actually had three sons, not two.

He went on to say that his sons do not know his real name yet. In his own words, “…they just know da. Only the first da in dada” (dada is baby’s way of saying daddy).

Living with fame

How often does Kizz Daniel go on vacations?

Contrary to what would be expected of a celebrity, Kizz Daniel doesn’t have the time for vacations. In one interview on the 23rd of May 2023, Kizz mentioned that he hasn’t been on a vacation for the past 2 years. He says the reason is because he’s got a lot of things to do so he’s been on the road non stop.

As a matter of fact the longest break Kizz Daniel has ever had in his musical career is 24 hours (just one day).

It is also for this reason that he is very careful with what he eats because he can’t afford the time to lie in the hospital. Sometimes, he doesn’t even know what he eats because his chef/nutritionist decides what he has to eat to be strong and active both mentally and physically.

Does Kizz Daniel consider being a back to back hit artist a pressure? How does he deal with the pressure?

Very much, churning out hits back to back is a huge pressure for Kizz Daniel. However, he’s able to deal with all the pressure because he allows his team to be a part of his creative process. In every way possible, his team members support him through their input and suggestions making it easier for him to deal with the workload both mentally and physically. He once disclosed in an interview saying, “…I like to involve all hands in my music because sometimes, you may end up lying to yourself and not realize it until too late. So I always try to make sure I get the good hands involved in what I do”.

Does Kizz Daniel experiment with his songs?

This question is not a strange one. Every Kizz fan knows that the superstar has a music strategy that keeps delivering hit songs for him. But irrespective of that, Kizz Daniel and his team often try to experiment new ways and types of songs. A typical example of their experiment with sounds is ‘Gwagwalada’ and it went on to become a hit song.

How does Kizz Daniel know his songs are going to be a hit?

Some artists say they have a feeling that a particular song will be a hit track; but it’s a different story with Kizz Daniel. He believes that everything he does is good. In his words, “It starts with knowing everything you do is good. You just have to believe what you do is good, that you’re good at what you do. How big it’s going to get? We don’t know, but we know every time we drop, it’s going to be a hit”.

How does Kizz Daniel define ‘rich’ judging from his hit song RTID (Rich Till I Die)?

To Kizz Daniel, being rich is beyond having money. In his own words, “Rich to me is happiness. Rich to me is self accomplishment. Rich to me is you being comfortable with your existence and your being. If you can wake up in the morning, have a smile on your face, walk down the street, and even if you try to get a hotdog but not the fancy one, you’re still good. You still have a smile”.

Does Kizz Daniel support upcoming artists?

A big yes on this one! In 2023 when he announced his former boss ‘Emperor Geezy’ as new CEO of his record label, they signed an artist by the name ‘Pryme’. Kizz went ahead to feature the talented artist on his ‘Maverick’ album for the track ‘Show You Off’.

In an interview with Angela Yee, Kizz Daniel disclosed his commitment to supporting new artists. In his own words, “Right now, what I want to do – like part of the project is to put out young talents from Africa to the rest of the world”.

Does Kizz Daniel have alliances with other artists? Who would he love to collaborate with?

About alliances, not really. Kizz Daniel is really not big on collaborations, he prefers to do his songs himself. However, there are top three artists he loves to work with because of the relationship he has with them. In no particular other, they are:

• Wretch 32: Wretch is British Rapper and Songwriter from Tottenham, North London. Kizz had Wretch in his second studio album ‘No Bad Songs’.
• Davido: Kizz Daniel has a good working relationship with Davido and he describes Davido as ‘insane’ because they can record a thousand songs and only release two.
• Tiwa Savage: Tiwa was featured on the ‘No Wahala’ remix and ‘Woju’ remix. She’s one of the artists Kizz Daniel would love to work with again.

Now you would notice that Kizz has already collaborated with these artists mentioned. He says he would love to work with them because of the kind of relationship he has with them.

Is Kizz Daniel still interested in acting?

Yes, Kizz Daniel is still interested in acting but he has not been seen in the movie scenes because he’s not fully prepared for that aspect of his career yet. He stated that the reason for this is because the new CEO of his record label ‘Flyboy Inc’ came up with a new plan and when he went through the plan, he saw that there would not be time for acting at the moment.

What are some of the things Kizz Daniel did to survive before going into music?

• Network Marketing: before stardom, Kizz Daniel was carrying products from house to house to make sales as a Network Marketer.
• Tailoring: this may not be a shocker to you since Kizz Daniel is a fashionable person. Currently, his brother Uthman runs ‘OMG Fashion House’ ( OMG here means On My Grind).
• Printing Press: we can’t say exactly what he was doing at the printing press or whether he was the owner; but Kizz once mentioned that he worked in a printing press before going into music.

Is it true that Kizz Daniel does not have friends?

No, it’s not true. Actually, social media users misinterpret a line in one of his songs to mean that he doesn’t have friends. What he said in the song is that he doesn’t know how to keep friends.

Kizz Daniel finds it difficult to keep friends because he was chubby while younger so he got bullied for his size. Because of that, he was always indoors and he got used to being by himself so much that as a full adult who has the body build of a model, he still finds it difficult to be sociable.

His challenge with keeping friends is the ability to call, text, or go out with friends. The few friends he has understands this aspect of his life and they know how to roll with him irrespective of his unsociable traits.

G-Worldwide and Emperor Geezy

Why did Kizz Daniel leave G-Worldwide?

While there’s not much information on this subject, Gistmore was able to reach out to some reliable sources from whom little data was gathered.

From the information gathered, in 2013, Kiss Daniel signed a 5-year contract with Emperor Geezy’s ‘G-Worldwide Entertainment’ and in 2017, the singer parted ways with the label.

It is stated that financial issues were one of the significant causes of the split.

You can recall that in 2015, it was in the news that all Kizz Daniel earned as salary from the label was 50,000 NGN per month irrespective of all the hits he dropped back to back.

Also, the label did not allow him to collaborate with other artists in the industry except for artists that were also signed to the label.

His debut album ‘New Era’ released in 2016 is proof to this seeing that the only collaborations he had was from his fellow label signee Sugarboy.

In an interview he had with Notjustok in 2016, he disclosed the following, “I’m signed to a record label and the management for now only allows me to collaborate with in-house artistes Dj Shabsy and Sugarboy. Maybe later I’ll do songs with other artists but for now it’s out of it”.

After all the not-so-good experience with G-Worldwide and Emperor Geezy, why did Kizz Daniel employ Emperor Geezy as the new CEO of his record label Flyboy Inc?

Irrespective of what had gone down the trail between Kizz Daniel and his former boss, both parties were able to overlook the past and forge ahead as friends.

In an interview with Adesope on the ‘Afrobeats Podcast’, Kizz disclosed that he was the one who reached out to his former boss enquiring if he could help him manage the label so he can focus on the lyrical aspects of his music business and to that, Emperor Geezy agreed.

Kizz Daniel went on during the interview to say how much he trusted Emperor Geezy, in his words “Emperor Geezy is one of the people that I can trust the Kizz Daniel brand with…even that time that we were fighting, he still sent me text when I’m doing something wrong…he was still concerned. Most people didn’t see that side of him, I was the only one seeing it….he is a good guy and he loves the brand Kizz Daniel ”.

Kizz Daniel albums

2016 – New Era

2018 – No Bad Songz

2021 – Barnabas

2020 – King of Love

2023 – Maverick

Kizz Daniel net worth and assets

Kizz Daniel’s net worth

Kizz Daniel’s net worth is estimated to be $5 million. In Naira, that would be approximately 4,010,800,000.00 NGN today (four billion, ten million, eight hundred thousand naira).

He achieved this high net worth through his music sales, streaming royalties, brand deals, and show performance.

Kizz Daniel’s house

In 2022, Kizz Daniel took to his Instagram handle to share news of his newly acquired mansion. In the caption, he said, “What a year! Always wanted a house beside the waters for my wife and kids. So, God and the best fans in the world helped me. Thank you.”

The luxurious mansion is said to be worth over $2 million.

Kizz Daniel’s cars

At the time of putting this article together, Kizz Daniel is confirmed to have 2 cars: Bentley Continental GT and Mercedes-AMG GLE 63S.

The Bentley Continental GT is worth 40,000,000 NGN while the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S ranges from 40,000,000 NGN above.

Kizz Daniel awards and nominations

Awards

• In 2015, Kizz won the ‘Best New Act to Watch’ award from Nigeria Entertainment Award.
• In 2016, he won the ‘Afropop Artist of the Year’ and ‘Hottest Single of the Year’ from Nigeria Entertainment Award.
• In the same year, he also won the ‘Music Artist of the Year (Male)’ from City People Music Award.
• For Headies award 2016, Kizz won in 3 different categories: ‘Best R&B/Pop Album’, ‘Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year’, and ‘Album of the Year’.
• Fast forward to 2023, he won ‘Song of the Year’ award from Soundcity MVP Awards.

Nominations

• In 2015, Kizz Daniel was nominated for three different awards: ‘Next Rated’ award from The Headies, ‘Most Promising Act of the Year (Male)’ from City People Music Award, and ‘Popular Song of the Year’ award from City People Music Award.
• In 2016, he also got three nominations: ‘Listener’s Choice’ award from MTV Africa Music Award, ‘Popular Song of the Year’ award from City People Music Award, and ‘Best Pop Single’ award from The Headies.
• Over to 2017, Nigeria Entertainment Award nominated him for ‘Best Album of the Year’ award. The Headies also nominated him for four different awards: ‘Best Pop Single’, ‘Best Album of the Year’, ‘Best Reggae/Dancehall Single’, and ‘Viewer’s Choice’ award.

Summary

Kizz Daniel, born Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, is a Nigerian singer with a net worth estimated at $5 million. He gained fame with his second hit single “Woju” in 2014. Kizz Daniel studied Water Resources Management and Agrometeorology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He lost his father to Typhoid in 2015, and later became a father to triplets in 2021.

He has had a tumultuous history with G-Worldwide but later employed his former boss Emperor Geezy as the CEO of his record label, Flyboy Inc. Before making it into the limelight in music, he has explored various jobs, including network marketing, tailoring, and working at a printing press.

His achievements include multiple awards and nominations, and his net worth is supported by music sales, streaming, brand deals, and show performances. He owns a luxurious mansion and two cars, a Bentley Continental GT and a Mercedes-AMG GLE 63S.

Here are some lessons you can learn from Kizz Daniel,

• Collaborate and seek support: Kizz Daniel involves his team in the creative process, emphasizing teamwork.
• Experiment and innovate: Kizz Daniel and his team explore new sounds and music strategies.