I hope this is not true, but the Daily Times newspaper reports some shakings in the Mohits camp between the two frontliners. Read below:
Mo’Hits pair D’Banj and Don Jazzy are on the brink of splitting up due
to creative and personal differences. A source close to both parties has
revealed that the relationship between the two is now so fractured that
Don Jazzy has since moved out of the mansion they once shared in Lekki
Phase 1, Lagos. Hit the jump for the rest of the news.
Don Jazzy, according to the source, has become so
frustrated with D’banj’s lifestyle, tantrums and unmanageable ego that
he refuses to work with him. D’Banj, for his part, feels Don Jazzy is
spending more time honing the careers of the Mo Hits fledglings such as
D’Prince and Dr. Sid. He has also accused Don Jazzy of delaying his
album release by giving “excuse after excuse.”
“D’Banj has an
album due this year,” the source said. “He wants Don Jazzy to spend all
his time working on his own album. Can you believe that Don Jazzy spent
only two days working on Wande’s new singles?”
The source added
that D’banj has also made several disparaging remarks about some of the
Mo’Hits crew who he calls “backup singers.” He has also made several
less than complimentary comments about Don Jazzy who he accused of going
around in “pyjamas and t-shirts.”
Bad blood, GOOD Music
Although
tensions have simmered between the once inseperable maestros for about
two years, things went quickly downhill last year following the deal
signed with G.O.O.D music, Kanye West’s record label. An investigation
revealed that the terms of the agreement are far more in favour of the
producer, Don Jazzy, a realization which has irked the artist. The
source confirmed the disparity in the deal’s structure and revealed that
D’Banj’s involvement is peripheral which has led to major problems
between the two. The deal also involves a financial commitment of up to
$3M, which Mo’Hits has not yet fully made up.
“When we all
celebrated the deal last year, little did we know that it was really Don
Jazzy that was being signed up,” the source said. “While Don Jazzy has
already produced a track for G.O.O.D Music, D’Banj is just waiting
around idly.”
Cracks in the duo’s relationship became apparent
last year when both of them arrived and sat separately to several awards
ceremonies. In the past, the two had always shown a very unified stance
in public.
Politically poles apart
D’Banj, real name Dapo
Oyebanjo, has come under fire from fans in recent months following his
perceived nonchalance to the fuel subsidy and Occupy Nigeria protests.
In a recent interview, the artist dismissed the criticism, saying that
he was busy shooting a new video at the time the protests broke out.
Don
Jazzy, on the other hand, quickly identified with the masses by stating
his displeasure with the Goodluck Jonathan administration on his
Twitter page.
The news of the impending separation will come as a
major shock to millions of devoted fans who have come to identify the
one with the other. Any hopes of reaching reconciliation have been
dashed according to the source who said that the pair can no longer work
together.
“Things are so bad now that there are many shows that
D’Banj does where he does not remit any money to Mo’Hits,” the source
said. “He accuses Don Jazzy of being too laid back and not attending
meetings and negotiations but still feels entitled to collect fifty
percent.”
The source added that Sunday Are, who used to represent
the duo, now only works exclusively for Don Jazzy after D’Banj turned
his back on him.
“The only people he is really close with now are Ikechukwu and Bankuli,” the source said.
It
remains to be seen what the long term implications are for the Mo’Hits
record label but D’Banj has wasted no time in launching his own record
label which he plans to release his album on.
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