D'BANJ TALKS ABOUT REASON FOR SPLIT WITH DON JAZZY

In an explosive new interview on "The Truth" with
Olisa, D'Banj opens up on how it all started, his
journey to stardom, how he met Don Jazzy and
the split of Mo'Hits Records.He also talked about
his deal with Kanye West..I transcribed some
parts of the interview below..
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.
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 caused the Mo-hits split ?What made you
decide...
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 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 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 ..
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