Nigerian Afrobeats singer Oluwatobiloba Anidugbe, aka Kizz Daniel, has shared his reasons for taking a hiatus from music.
The musician responded to a fan on X on Friday, citing his mother’s passing earlier this year as the reason.
He denied working on a new record during the hiatus.
The fan, @VicroyDominion1, had tweeted, guessing that working on a new album had made the singer busy and prompted him to pause for a while.
Kizz Daniel, however, said, “I paused for my Mom, not an album… Lost her this year, but I gotta keep moving for the rest of the family… sorry I came late this year.”
Recall that in 2025, Kizz Daniel also revealed that his wife had lost her mother in 2024.
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In June 2025, Kizz Daniel has opened up about the loss of his son and dad.
Speaking in a podcast interview, he shared how grief had inspired his song ‘Al-Jannah.’
According to him, “When my dad was alive, he was my best friend,” Kizz Daniel said.
‘Al-Jannah’ means “paradise”. I wanted to write a tribute song. We’ve lost people in the past. We lost our son in 2021.
I lost my dad in 2015; my wife lost her mum in 2024; I lost my step-mum; we lost a whole lot of people.
I wanted to make a song for everyone, not just one person. It’s about our loved ones we have lost in this journey of life.
“I think I was able to accomplish that by using the word friend in the song,” he said.
Daniel lost his father on the 9th of May, 2015, just a few days after his 21st birthday.
He also explained he has over 600 songs he wants to release before bowing out of the music scene.
