1. Dbanj and donjazzy were former members of JJC & 419 squad in london before they broke up and established mohits records. They later returned to Nigeria to explore the music industry.
2. Dbanj was a co-owner and face of mohits, that's why the name had to be dropd by donJazzy after the split which was very painful for donjazzy.
3. Donjazzy was never his boss, they were only partners; dbanj always hyped him as a sign of respect for his creativity as a producer. Please note that they are still good friends till today; its the media that is portraying them as enemies.
4. After the split, mohits died and mavin emerged but struggled to establish itself. They immediately signed tiwa sawage and pushed her aggressively with new songs and videos and also launched her album. Neglectn veterans like wande coal and Dr Sid. wande became frustrated with delay in his album release and had to resign from mavin, he later signed as a glo ambasador and now runs his own blackdiamond entertainment.
5. Dbanj is one of the most humble celebrities alive. Sentiments aside he has done well for himself being a role model to many youths(that's one reason why he has never had a child out of wedlock like most of his peers). He is also giving back to the society with his koko foundation; silently supportn the poor, widows, orphans and PLWHA.
6. Dbanj has achieved more between 2012 and 2014 as DB record owner than between 2004 and 2011 as a co-owner of Mohits. He is the most prominent nigerian artiste in africa right now and he has been consistent since 2004.
7. From day one he introduced himself as an entertainer and not a musician. To create a big artiste is not an easy task but you can always get other producers to create good beats for you; so donjazzy is actually the looser of the mohits break up. That's why ever since tuface left, kennis music is yet to build another act like 2baba. But kennis music brand name still exists because 2face was never a co-owner.
8. Dbanj still has good tracks except you're not his fan. Take time to listen to his album "dkings men" not with your phone but with a home theatre so you can feel the beat vibes. Songs come and go just like every other artiste in Nigeria even almighty psquare and 2face release songs and they still fade away later.
DBANJ's STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS
Entertainment consists of 5-main industries. Any purpose driven artiste or record label owner must strive to explore the whole 5-industries which is what dbanj is doing as a visionary and focused man. This is the next phase for him. This is the same thing kennis music(keke & D1) and storm records(obi asika) are doing that has made them relevant till now.
5-Entertainment Industries(note that I learnt this from a guru at a seminar I attended. Ben murray bruce himself)
1. Music
2. Events
3. Media
4. Movies
5. Business
MUSIC:
Dbanj has excelled in music with numerous hit tracks like tongolo, soco, mobolowowon, suddenly, gbono felifeli, olorun maje, igwe, fall in love, why me, mr endowed remix, oliver twist to mention few of his past tracks.
EVENTS:
Dbanj has performed in all major events in nigeria and africa. He was present in all "thisday concerts" known for bringing top foreign acts like jayz, pdiddy, rkelly, snoop etc to nigeria. He has performed at the annual star mega jams by Nigeria Breweries.
He has staged his own events like "dkm concert" and "koko concert" supported by GTBank arguably the biggest ever concert by any nigerian. He organised the biggest album launch ever having vips like oba of lagos, tinubu, fashola, bank ceos, captains of industries, the ibrus etc in attendance. He is currently the highest paid nigerian artiste for local and international shows.
MEDIA:
Dbanj has endorsed for mtn, powerfist, chris aire(king of bling), globacom, bank of industry, Pdp, koko mansion(a hitv concept) and now he is partnering with the federal govt to promote agriculture. He partnered with CAF at the last nations cup and recently wth one.org to promote agric in africa with the biggest musical collaboration ever(cocoa na chocolate).
MOVIES:
This is one big aspect of entertainment that he would explore soon so watch out.
Not as an actor but as an executive producer.
BUSINESS:
He is following in the footsteps of pdiddy, jayz, snoop, 50cent and others that have leveraged on their music success to expand their brand in profitable business ventures.
Koko mobile, koko water, koko lounge(nigeria and uk), one11 night club and now koko garri. He is also into haulage an real estate business if you don't know. Very soon koko garri will be supplied to all shoprite outlets in nigeria.
In a nutshell, dbanj is a core entertainer and versatile business man and he will continue to grow with his tenacity and charisma.
