Kizz Daniel Tells Apple Music About His Track, “Black Girl Magic”

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Nigerian Afropop star Kizz Daniel joins Nandi Madida via FaceTime on Apple Music 1 to talk about his latest single, “Black Girl Magic.” He also discusses his EP, ‘Uncle K: Lemon Chase,’ and how he navigates loss through songwriting.

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Nandi Madida shares the hottest new African tracks of the moment. This week’s selection includes new tracks from SPINALL feat. Destin Conrad & JayO, Qing Madi & VALORANT, Abigail Chams, BNXN & FOLA, and Crayon. 

Tune in and listen to the full episode this Friday, June 6th at 9a Lagos/London / 10a Johannesburg/Paris / 1a LA / 4a NYC on Apple Music 1 at apple.co/_AfricaNow and broadcast on Cool FM in Nigeria every Sunday at 6pm.

Kizz Daniel Tells Apple Music About His EP, ‘Uncle K: Lemon Chase’
The EP came about as a result of a very unfortunate incident that happened with the actual body of work which was to be the ‘Uncle K’ album. My workstation crashed and we lost a lot of songs! I was supposed to go on tour with the album (which we had already announced), so I went back to the studio and came up with some songs that’s sounded alike sonically. We came up with a name that fitted the situation—‘Lemon Chase!’ I was locked in the studio for months, but when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade out of it—and that’s exactly what we did with this EP.  I’m still in shock [over] just how well it is doing. I’m very satisfied.

Kizz Daniel Tells Apple Music About His Track, “Black Girl Magic”
The title of this song was initially “Big Girl Magic,” as I was talking about my woman being a a bigger, chubbier woman. I thought some women right find it insulting, so we swapped the “big” for “black.” But if you listen to lyrics of the song, you’ll hear me say, “I’m not looking at size/Are you crazy, size doesn’t matter matter to me/If I F with the girl, that’s it!”We celebrate everyone, all sizes.

Kizz Daniel Tells Apple Music About His Track, “Al-Jannah” With ODUMODUBLVCK & Bella Shmurda
“Al-Jannah” means “paradise”. I wanted to write a tribute song. We’ve lost of 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. When my dad was alive, he was my best friend.

Kizz Daniel Tells Apple Music About Working With FOLA on the Track, “Titi”
He’s amazing—I use to call him “The Future.” Nigerian fans call him “Striker — number 9.” He’s an incredible artist.