It was a joyous moment on Wednesday, November 23 for music star Kizz Daniel who left the audience singing his praises after thrilling over 50 thousand fans with his performance at the FIFA Qatar 2022 World Cup.
The singer whose dream of performing his hit song ‘Buga’ at the festival left no stone unturned as he gave his best while performing some of his hit songs.
The event kicked off at 7 pm Nigerian time with the singer warming up to thrill the audience with a freestyle of some of his old songs which he mashed up for the crowd’s delight.
The performance started with a lovely tribute to music star Fela Anukulapo Kuti bringing back memories of the legendary Afrobeat star whose music has inspired so many African artistes and fans all over the world.
Kizz Daniel honoured the Afrobeat star by performing one of his hit songs ‘African Woman’ on stage while the audience cheered him.
The 28-year-old also posted a video of the tribute in an Instagram post on Wednesday.
Captioning the video, the father of two wrote: “MAJOR TRIBUTE TO FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI.”
The singer then proceeded with his latest hit ‘Cough’ also known as Odo, after which he went on to perform ‘Buga’ which got the crowd screaming as they joined him for the signature Buga pose.
Kizz Daniel also posted clips of his performance at the event on his Instagram page on Wednesday where he expressed gratitude to his fans all over the world.
He wrote: “AS A NAIJA BOY SAY THANK YOU AFRICA THANK YOU WORLD.”
Before he was announced as one of the headliners for the event, Kizz Daniel born Daniel Anidugbe had expressed his desire to perform his hit song ‘Buga’ at the World Cup.
Kizz Daniel said this in a tweet on June 23 after the release of the music video which became an instant hit.
He wrote: “God I want to perform BUGA for World Cup with a mass choir help me say amen #qatar2022worldcup.”
