Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as Dbanj feels it’s
time for him to spill the truth on the issues he is having with Don jazzy. In
an interview on “ The Truth” with Olisa, Dbanj revealed that the deal with Kayne
west and the way Mo Hits was managed brought about their break up.
My
Relationship with DonJazzyWe bonded before we left the UK because Jazzy fell out with his partnership with JJC. Because I was privileged to be his friend to know what had happened and what was happening back home,Rugged man had reached out to me once and told me the kind of money they were collecting,which when I converted it it was like 1,800 pounds or $2,000 per show and I was like what!!! The people making it in the industry were styl-plus,2face's plantashun boys.
So,before we even did anything, we listened to what they were playing in Nigeria.Jazzy was fond of that ..Oh boy this one don dey make money oh..(we listen)..We listened to music of everyone making money ..So when I found out he had major issues with JJC , I said "Oh boy,lets go back home".
So we came back, my parents were here.By then he had moved all his family over there.We came back in 2004 and moved straight into my mum's boys quarters in Maryland(Lagos).We got a first car,Toyota Privera from her ..We said we will pay her later.....and we paid her for it eventually.We got Tongolo,the first video and released it in November, just before Christmas and that was it...
Why did
Mo Hit Break up?
What made me? (shocked expression)You guys have not spoken
to Jazzy?Jazzy.tell them the truth mehn..Come and tell them these people the
truth..
What broke
Mohits?
Hmmn Difference of opinion..First of all it wasn't me.We had
traveled and left Donjazzy in New York with some of the management team because
he had a production deal.We were trying to go global..I would love if you had
the Truth from Jazzy too,it would have been betterI met Kanye west, but you all know I am a businessman.But there were two different deals.One he saw I was an artist,and he wanted to sign that artist.Then this artist said "I have a producer .We have the best thing coming from Africa...And he was sold.And then we flew to New York
Did you pay money to Kanye West?
I got an artiste deal.I got a standard artiste deal because
Kanye wanted to sign me as an artist.Then I said nooo..I'm a businessman.I have
a record label can do partnership.It was a partnership between Mohits
record,Goodmusic and Def Jam records.It wasn't going to be Dbanj and Donjazzy.I
was just the first part of the deal.There was also a production deal because
Kanye loved Jazzy's sound ..
What
was it about Don Jazzy and the Deal with Kayne
On why Jazzy pulled out He saw the big picture but some
people are real.You can force a horse to a river, but you can't force it to
drink water ..
But
what really caused the split
Eh first person if I will be truthful will be Dr Sid
(Laughs).We came back from Newyork and had a meeting with Donjazzy..And Jazzy
expressed his discomfort like listen,this place is too expensive, we are
spending money ..Going to stay there,things dey happen for Nigeria,we are
already bosses here..We don't need all this ..I'm like we are almost there.It
is expensive but we can't guarantee because its a doggy world out there..I said
to him,listen brother ,this is not uncertainty.For Kanye West to see us,na
God..and he said he didn't want us to do it again ..He wasn't interested.But I
told him because I had sensed it before the last concert we had.I told the
lawyers in New York.They were trying to get him to come around but he didn't .So we had that meeting and he said he didn't want me as a partner again .That there was alot ..I told him to give me 6 months..to convince him again..maybe to sell my share to someone else, take the money to go and try again ..I saw it wasn't working and he formed a synergy with SID.It was clear.He wasn't comfortable around me .My mistake was, I wasn't sensitive enough to have noticed ..
So December 2011, during a general meeting after 6 months, he said he had thought about it and wasn't interested ..Infact, not just him..That this one is not interested,this one is not interested(mo hits members)..I said ah! I was heartbroken. Kswitch is my brother..But the truth? K-switch was with them ..
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