Qatar 2022: Kizz Daniel performs ‘Buga’, pays tribute to Fela Kuti

It was a big day for the Afrobeats genre as famous Nigerian singer Kizz Daniel finally got his wish granted.

On Wednesday at 7 p.m. Nigerian time, the singer performed his monster hit song, ‘Buga’ among other tracks, to the over 50,000 world cup audience in Qatar.

Kizz Daniel’s performance is one of the highlights of the FIFA 2022 World Cup Fan Festival in Qatar, held at Al Bidda Park – in the heart of Doha. His colleague, Patoranking, would perform at the same venue on the 28th of November.

Fans of the music artiste had expected him to perform during the FIFA 2022 opening ceremony on November 20 with fellow Nigerian artiste CKay.

Mr Daniel, however, confirmed that he would be performing on the 23rd of November and not the opening ceremony on the 20th of November, as speculated.

Fans expected Nigerian superstar, Davido, to perform at the Qatar 2022 opening ceremony, but he was absent for obvious reasons.

Davido was billed to perform the FIFA 2022 theme song, ‘Hayya Hayya’ (Better Together), alongside featured artists Trinidad Cardona, Davido and Aisha.

Kizz Daniel announced his arrival in Qatar on his Instagram on Tuesday morning.

He shared photographs capturing himself and his crew with some FIFA World Cup officials.

On Wednesday, he announced to his fans: “I will be live on the FIFA stage at 7 pm Naija Time ???????? (9 pm AST ), uniting the world with music & football.”

During the performance, the singer charged the atmosphere with a rendition of the famous football anthem, ‘Ole Ole Ole’