D’Banj was a guest on Olise’s programme
‘’The Truth’’. In the explosive
interview he revealed so much about the Mo’Hits family, how it all started, his
deal with Kanye West, what lead to the final break-up of the Mo’Hit family, the
bigger picture which everyone refused to see etc. Read some part of the full interview.
How I Bonded with DonJazzy
We 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.
Read more of the interview below .....
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...
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 heard the Truth from Jazzy too, it would
have been better
I 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
On paying money to Kanye
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.
ON DONJAZZY AND THE KANYE DEAL
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 New York 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.
People were not comfortable. Now I look at it, maybe I did change. We all changed. It wasn't money. It was because we ran Mo’hits record like a family. That's why we failed
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