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  • Kiss Daniel, Wizkid battle for lead on MTV Base Top 10

    Kiss Daniel, Wizkid battle for lead on MTV Base Top 10

    For four consecutive weeks, Woju, the popular hit by Kiss Daniel, has maintained the number one spot on MTV Base Official Naija Top 10, edging out Wizkid’s Ojuelegba, its closest contender.

    The song did not just shoot up from Day 1, as it entered the countdown five weeks ago at number four, but immediately climbed to number one the following week, and retaining same ahead of Ojuelegba, Wizkid’s street anthem.

    Davido’s The Sound also maintained number three, where it was last week.

    This week’s edition of the weekly countdown show was co-hosted by Beat FM’s on-air-personality, Osi Suave, who treated viewers and regular host VJ Ehiz to a humorous freestyle to Lil Kesh’s streetbanger, Shoki.

    Orezi’s Shuperu moves up two spots to number four this week and Banky W’s directorial debut Unborn Child drops one spot to number five. DJ Jimmy Jatt’s Glasses Up is up two positions to number eight and Runtown’s The Latest drops three spots to number 10.

  • Johnnie Walker gig: Abuja fans wild for Burna Boy, Kiss Daniel

    Johnnie Walker gig: Abuja fans wild for Burna Boy, Kiss Daniel

    The news had gone round that Lagos-based rave-of-the-moment singers were coming to town, and on the D-day, the crowd was unprecedented.

    Burna Boy and Kiss Daniel took their Abuja fans through popular tracks that became refreshing, going by the physical presence and showmanship of the artistes.

    The show, which held at the exclusive XO V.I.P section of Cubana Loung, last Saturday, was the Abuja leg of the Johnnie Walker Black Podium party.

    Although it was an evening of great downpour, the crowd, made up of young and upwardly mobile fun seekers defied the rains to be part of the lively gig.

    The mood for the party began with a cocktail, where guests were served Black Label whisky, according to their preferences. There were other side attractions such as picture sessions on the black throne set up outside the venue of the party.

    The preambles continued until about 2:00am when Kiss Daniel mounted the stage.  The singer went straight to his hit single, Woju, and got the crowd singing along.

    And when it was the turn of Burna Boy, the tempo went a notch higher, with chartbusters such as Check and Balance, Yawa Dey, Run My Race and Don Gorgon. It was indeed a night of quality entertainment, as guests had wished for more.

  • Why I can’t drop an album yet – Kiss Daniel

    Why I can’t drop an album yet – Kiss Daniel

    • G-Worldwide Entertainment’s musical talent, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe aka Kiss Daniel is set to release the remix of his song, Woju, featuring Davido and Tiwa Savage before heading on his UK tour. The crooner in this chat with FAMUYIWA DAMILARE says that though his album is ready, but will be released if in high demand

    Why do you add Kiss to your real name?

    I got the name Kiss Daniel back in school as an undergraduate of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) where I studied Water Engineering. Back then there is a thing we do, if you have dimple they call you kisses, so I got one right on my left chick, so they call me Kiss. In school then we have so many Daniel, and to differentiate me from others I just decided to add that to my name Daniel, which makes me Kiss Daniel.

    Why do you choose a female as your manager?

    I choose to make her my manager because she is good in this particular field. Louiza Williams has managed quite a number of other artistes as well like Waconzy, and I was impressed a lot at her performance and reactions towards the progress of the group.

    Is WOJU the first song you sang?

    No! ‘SHOYE’ was actually my first song which I dropped in 1st of May 2014, and then I dropped WOJU 1st of September 2014.

    It seems you’ve performed SHOYE at concerts like the NIJ students week. How does that make you feel?

    Yes I did perform the song early June last year, alongside other amazing talents at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, and it was cool.

    From what you’ve seen since you’ve started music, will you say you’ve not done any good music in the past like WOJU because that is what brought you to the limelight?

    I’m not gonna put it like that but I will say the perfect time came, and I just took that opportunity. You know everybody get their time to blow, shay u get? It’s in the Bible the race is not to the swift, not for the fast but time and chance happens to them all, so even if I had dropped a better song than WOJU it might not blow as everyone is dancing to the rhythm of WOJU right now. Honestly, I will say this is the time God has set apart for me, and this is the time I’m actually having the name.

    Your fans are expecting a remix of WOJU and rumours have it that you featured Davido. How true is that?

    That is very true, the remix will be featuring Tiwa Savage and Davido, and we hope to release that hopefully on the 31st of January or 1st week in February, but I am gonna drop it definitely before I go for my UK tour which is 1st week of February by the way. And as regard that I am not sure, because some people want me to vote before I travel and the election is fast approaching.

    So who do you think is credible enough that you intend to cast your vote for as the President of Nigeria?

    I don’t know, I just want to go and vote.

    Like we’ve seen most entertainers in the industry making awareness of free and fair election with their concept; why haven’t we heard anything like that from you?

    I was supposed to record a song for a particular party, but as someone just making his break into the industry, for now I just need to balance everything. I am not involved in any of these things.

    What are the challenges you’ve encountered in your musical career so far?

    I have only one challenge encountered, which is patience. While coming-up I had no financial assistance somewhere, but it came one day due to my hard work, things I have done in the past. For me as an artiste, it is just patience for my time to come, like you know as well, a lot of top artistes we have today in Nigeria like Olamide started from nowhere, but you can see what he is today. Sometimes it is not even about money or connection, when your time come you go definitely blow; so the only challenge is just patience, for every man will definitely succeed just like our Father in Heaven, so that one is sure.

    What do you have as your New Year resolution?

    I want to reduce the rate at which I sleep oh! I want to try and adjust in that aspect because most of my interviews appointments are fixed in the early hours of the day; like I just finished an interview live with Tosyn Bucknor at Top Radio, in short this year I want to be closer to God than I had done in previous.

    Very soon you are going for your UK tour, if at all you are going with any of the top Nigerian artistes, who would you have preferred?

    I don’t think I am in a position to go along with someone. But I think a lot of artistes are going along, and I don’t want to disclose that because I am not sure how they are going to feel. But I am sure of myself and my manager.

    Should we be expecting any album from you soon?

    Yeah when the demand is high, when you guys want me to drop my album I will definitely drop it. I have my songs already, my people out there when they are ready for me I will definitely do. You know as an artiste when the pressure is on you like we need you to drop an album, when you see it on your social media platform like your Instagram, Facebook, people keep being on that same thing including the media; that is when you think is the right time for you to drop the album, I can’t just drop an album when I’m not that deep in the industry, people will just be like ‘what is he doing? Because you blow with one song you want to start making noise’. So I’m trying to do more impressive work for my people not to regret buying my album.

    You performed recently in FUNAAB alongside top artistes in the school like Maheek. How does that make you feel?

    It is good, and more like you coming back home. Great crowd, great people, and the acceptance was much more impressive; but FUNAAB is still the same thing though! Actually I gave a lot of advice to them, I spoke to them and was more like a family meeting, I didn’t see it like a show.

    Can you please brief us on your educational background?

    I studied Water Engineering in FUNAAB, and I graduated in 2013. I am still serving right now in Kogi State, but I’m happy to complete my service before the election.

    Who do you look up to or your role model in the industry?

    My role model in the industry is anyone doing good music for the world in the industry.

    Looking at the music industry, how are top musicians reacting to you in terms of collaboration and reactions in general?

    For now I think I am the baby of the industry. Everybody is pampering me for now, I am getting so much love from everybody; and big shout-out to Olamide Bado, big shout-out to 2Face Idibia, big shout-out to Sean Tizzle, Cynthia Morgan, and Runtown, big shout-out to Davido, Tiwa Savage. Everybody is just showing me love, and it is really weird though because I actually came-out from nowhere, but in short I love everybody and I really do hope to work with everyone.

    Do you have any particular genre of music that you intend to project for people to know you with?

    Basically, I want to be known for Afro-centric music, anything Africa, Afrohip-hop, Afro R&B, I just want to put a little bit of Afro in my music.

    For how long have you been singing?

    I have been doing that and writing songs since I was 11years old. Though I started writing songs about food, and it is not that I really do like food but I love junk foods, I don’t eat that much, but ice cream is my thing. It started with food at first, and gradually developing my skills, and all thanks goes to my dad because he has helped me a lot, I met JABLESS in 2009, and he actually helped me manage my talent, so I started writing commercial songs.

    Did your parent(s) buy this idea of singing at first?

    Everybody in my family appreciate my music career to be sincere, they want me to do something that I like, and that is really being supportive and encouraging; when I was in school I stayed focus, and they were well relaxed like they trust you that you can’t fuck-up. Even if he’s doing any other thing, that school oh! e no dey mess with am; when I was in school I had a very good result, which I finished with 2.1, not just that but a strong one.

    What will be your advice for upcoming acts trying to make their break into the music industry?

    I will definitely tell them to be patient for their time while doing the rightful thing. You will blow, na everybody go blow if only you dey focus.

    What are your views about the music industry in Nigeria?

    Trust me we are doing well, everybody out there do love Nigeria music. I won’t be surprise if Nigeria music industry is topping it all globally.

  • Why I can’t drop an album yet –Kiss Daniel

    Why I can’t drop an album yet –Kiss Daniel

    G-Worldwide Entertainment’s musical talent, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe aka Kiss Daniel is set to release the remix of his song, Woju, featuring Davido and Tiwa Savage, before heading on his UK tour. The crooner, in this chat with FAMUYIWA DAMILARE, says that though his album is ready, it will be released if in high demand. He also talks about his budding career.

    WHY did you add Kiss to your real name?

    I got the name Kiss Daniel back in school as an undergraduate of Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) where I studied Water Engineering. Back then, there is a thing we do. If you have dimples they call you kisses. So I got one right on my left cheek, so they call me Kiss. In school then, we had so many Daniels and to differentiate me from others, I just decided to add that to my name. That is how I came to be known as Kiss Daniel.

    Why did you choose a female as your manager?

    I chose to make her my manager because she is good in this particular field. Louiza Williams has managed quite a number of other artistes like Waconzy, and I was impressed a lot by her performance and reactions towards the progress of the group.

    Is Woju the first song you sang?

    No. Shoye is actually my first song which I dropped on the 1st of May 2014. After that, I dropped Woju exactly four months later, which was in September.

    It seems you’ve performed Shoye at concerts. How well was it received?

    Yes, I did perform the song early June last year, alongside other amazing talents at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, and it was cool.

    So far in your career, have you done any other song that is as good as Woju?

    I will not put it like that but I will say the perfect time came, and I just took that opportunity. You know, everybody has their time to blow. It’s in the Bible. ‘The race is not to the swift, not for the fast but time and chance happens to them all.’ So, even if I had dropped a better song than Woju, it might not blow. Everyone is dancing to the rhythm of Woju right now. Honestly, I will say this is the time God has set apart for me and this is the time I’m actually having the name.

    Your fans are expecting a remix of Woju and reports have it that you featured Davido in it. How true is that?

    That is very true. The remix will be featuring Tiwa Savage and Davido, and we hope to release that hopefully on the 31st of January or the first week in February. But I will be releasing it definitely before I head for my UK tour in the first week of February by the way. As regard that, I am not sure, because some people want me to vote before I travel and the election is fast approaching.

    Who would you be casting your vote for as the President of Nigeria?

    I don’t know. I just want to go and cast my vote.

    Like we’ve seen, most entertainers in the industry have been creating awareness for free and fair election with their talents. Why haven’t we heard anything like that from you?

    I was supposed to record a song for a particular party, but as someone just making his break into the industry, for now, I just need to balance everything. I am not involved in any of these things.

    What are the challenges you’ve encountered in your musical career so far?

    I have only encountered one challenge, which is patience. While coming-up I had no financial assistance somewhere, but it came one day due to hard work and as a result of things I have done in the past.

    For me as an artiste, it is just about being patient. Like you know, a lot of top artistes we have today in Nigeria like Olamide started from nowhere, but you can see what he is today. Sometimes, it is not even about money or connection. When your time comes, you will definitely blow. So, the only challenge is just patience, for every man will definitely succeed just like our Father in Heaven.

    What is your New Year resolution?

    I want to reduce the rate at which I sleep oh! I want to try and adjust in that aspect because most of my interviews appointments are fixed in the early hours of the day; like I just finished an interview live with Tosyn Bucknor at Top Radio. In short, this year, I want to be closer to God than I have done previously.

    Very soon you will be going for your tour of UK. If you are to go with any of the top Nigerian artistes, who would it be?

    I don’t think I am in a position to go along with someone. But I think a lot of artistes are going along. I don’t want to disclose that because I am not sure how they are going to feel. But I am sure of myself and my manager.

    Should we be expecting any album from you soon?

    Yes, when the demand is high. When my fans want me to drop my album, I will definitely drop it. I have the songs already. You know, as an artiste, when the pressure is on you, when you see it on your social media platform, people keep being on that same thing, including the media – that is when I think is the right time for you to drop the album. I can’t just drop an album when I’m not that deep in the industry. People will just be like ‘what is he doing? Because you blow with one song, you want to start making noise?’ So I’m trying to do more impressive work for my people not to regret buying my album.

    You performed recently in FUNAAB alongside top artistes in the school like Maheek. How does that make you feel?

    It is good. It was more like me coming back home. Great crowd, great people, and the acceptance was much more impressive. But FUNAAB is still the same thing though! Actually I gave a lot of advice to them. I spoke to them. It was more like a family meeting. I didn’t see it like a show.

    Can you please brief us on your educational background?

    I studied Water Engineering in FUNAAB and I graduated in 2013. I am still serving right now in Kogi State, but I’m happy to complete my service before the election.

    Who do you look up to as your role model in the industry?

    My role model in the industry is anyone doing good music for the world in the industry.

    Looking at the music industry, how are top musicians reacting to you in terms of collaboration and reactions in general?

    For now, I think I am the baby of the industry. Everybody is pampering me for now. I am getting so much love from everybody; and big shout-out to Olamide Bado, big shout-out to 2Face Idibia, big shout-out to Sean Tizzle, Cynthia Morgan, and Runtown, big shout-out to Davido, Tiwa Savage. Everybody is just showing me love, and it is really weird though because I actually came-out from nowhere. In short, I love everybody and I really do hope to work with everyone.

    Do you have any particular genre of music that you intend to project for people to know you with?

    Basically, I want to be known for Afro-centric music, anything Africa. Afro hip-hop, Afro R&B. I just want to put a little bit of Afro in my music.

    For how long have you been singing?

    I have been doing that and writing songs since I was 11 years old. Though I started writing songs about food, it is not that I really do like food but I love junk foods. I don’t eat that much but ice cream is my thing. It started with food at first and gradually developing my skills, and all. My gratitude goes to my dad because he has helped me a lot. I met Jahbless in 2009, and he actually helped me manage my talent, so I started writing commercial songs.

    Did your parents buy into the idea of singing at first?

    Everybody in my family appreciate my music career. To be sincere, they want me to do something that I like and that is really encouraging. When I was in school I stayed focus, and they were relaxed like they trust that I can’t mess up.

    What will be your advice for up and coming acts trying to make their break into the music industry?

    I will definitely tell them to be patient for their time while doing the rightful thing. You will blow. Na everybody go blow if only you dey focus.

    What are you views about the music industry in Nigeria?

    Trust me, we are doing well. Everybody out there do love Nigeria music. I won’t be surprised if Nigerian music industry is topping it all globally.