Dbanj to sue DailyMail for calling him a womaniser

Music superstar, Dbanj has concluded plans to sue a UK based tabloid, Daily Mail for describing him as a ‘legendary womanizer’ in an article written about his “alleged” affair with American Actress Kenya Moore. The entertainer not only rubbished the report, but stressed that his legal team has completed plans to sue the tabloid for defamation. “It is a rumor. The story has no substance. I’m even about going to sue UK daily mail for the defamation of character. I’m discussing with my legal team. They didn’t hear from me. Everything they wrote is totally wrong. They defined Koko master wrongly. I think they wanted to talk about Kenya Moore, who was a former Miss America, but they didn’t get their facts right. Everything they wrote was false. They are going to hear from my legal team, soon.” He told Encomium magazine.

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Video Premiere: D’Banj – Finally

Here is the official Video Of D’banj’s Finally. We all saw the trailer, this video is top class. It’s Banga Lee, watch and Enjoy!

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Video Premiere: Dbanj – Top Of The World

Brand new from Dbanj aka Eja Nla for his hit tune and official song of the African Nations Cup 2013 which incidentally Nigeria won. The video highlights clips of the past African Nations Cup, and also Nigeria’s victorious run. It should. The video is dedicated to the Super Eagles and their first cup in 19 years. Directed by GodFather Productions.

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Photos of D'Banj making his special Hennessy Cognac, Plus see his luxury Hennessy room

You have probably heard by now that D'Banj is
in Cognac, Paris with his crew as guests of
Hennessy. The pop star who is staying in a
luxury room - same room former president of
France, Charles De Gaulle stayed when he
visited the Chateau de Bagnolet, shows off his
room in these exclusive photos.
He also took time to make his own special
Hennessy Cognac, along with Kay Switch and
others. D'Banj says he will share his rare
Hennessy blend with some lucky Kokoletes
when he arrives in Nigeria. More photos under
the cut, The crew will depart Cognac today for Paris.
They will return to Nigeria, along with the
Hennessy Artistry team this weekend.

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Photos: Dbanj, Burna Boy, Phyno, Others Shut Down Port Harcourt For Hennessy Artistry

Nigeria’s Oil City, Port Harcourt witnessed one of the biggest parties of the year last weekend as the Hennessy Artistry 2013 club tour stormed the garden city with some of Nigeria’s biggest superstars. Hosted by popular on air personality Olisa Adibua, the event held on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at the Lamborghini club in GRA, Port Harcourt and saw guests from different parts of the country come to witness the ultimate Hennessy experience. With energetic performances from fast rising acts: Pucado and Phyno, the event kicked off on a high note and fans sure got in the party mood. Dbanj brought the house down with pulsating performances also thrilling guests in attendance with his first live performance of this year’sArtistry theme song. Port Harcourt’s biggest artiste, Burna Boy was also in town to party with Dbanj and fans present. Dbanj will make his second club appearance in Lagos later in September. The next stop for the Hennessy Artistry club tour this weekend is Club DV8 in Victoria Island, Lagos and will feature performances from Phyno, Kay Switch and Chidinma. The Hennessy Artistry 2013 club tour supporting acts include Olamide,Chidinma, Vector, Pucado, Phyno, Seyi Shay, Show Dem Camp, Kay Switchand Sean Tizzle. –

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Dbanj – Raise Your Glasses (Hennessy Artistry 2013 Theme Song)

Brand new from Eja Nla, Banga Lee, Dbanj himself. If you’ve been sleeping under a rock, Dbanj is the headliner for Hennessy Artistry 2013 and with that he gets to record the theme song this year. It continues a tradition of hot tracks as Hennessy Artistry theme songs. We brought you the making of the track just over a week ago, and now the song is finally here. The anticipation has been high all week, and it’s finally here. Check it out folks. It’s Dbanj Raise Your Glasses. Produced by De-Vee. Enjoy. Press Statement: It is a celebratory feel good song with which Hennessy artistry blended Dbanj’s energy in his voice with Hennessy’s coolness reflected by the synth sound and heavy bass on the instrumental. There is a strong feel of confidence and freshness to this track. It is a track you will assuredly bop your head to, a track for any celebration, a track you definitely you want to blast while you cruise in your car, and most definitely for the Clubs. When asked by Hennessy Cognac Brand Manager, Lere Awokoya, about his thoughts on the track, he simply said “I believe we have definitely found a perfect blend and balance between energy and cool. It is a very fresh sound and you will have no control of your head bopping to the beat when it plays. I only ask that before you play this track, you make sure you have the right speakers, I think it is essential to the appreciation” Over the years, Hennessy Artistry has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the Nigerian music industry like Banky W, eLDee, MI, Naeto C,Tiwa Savage, Shina Peters, Nneka among others. The prestigious music platform also has a number of music hits including “Toast To The Good Life” featuring Banky W, eLDee and Tiwa Savage as well as “Bartender” featuring MI and Naeto C.

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Video: 2Chainz Live in Lagos! All D’Banj want for his birthday is 2Chainz performing live in Lagos on the 23rd of June

Yeah!! all D’banj want for his
birthday is 2chainz to be live in Lagos
On the 23rd of June, 2013 for his
birthday concert. The American
superstar 2Chainz will be joining
Fally Ipupa and Olamide LIVE on
stage at Eko Hotel.
The D’Kings Men Concert will be
another hot and sick concert this
year. 2chainz!!!
Watch the promo video here

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Video: D’Banj And Don Jazzy Get High With The Power Of Weed

Power of weed though… Between, this is
old, just thought to share with you guys
This is D’Banj and Don Jazzy humble
beginning (started from the bottom). The
lady in the video though *funny* Watch
and enjoy her dance steps.
Watch Video here

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I’m in love with D’banj and Wizkid – C-ong confessed

United Kingdom based Camerounian act,
Clarisse Ongbassomben aka C-ong is excited
about Nigerian music and she says she is the
country to do collaborations with Nigerian
artistes for her sophomore album.
Commenting, C-ong told The Entertainer that
she is in love with the likes of D’banj, 2face
and Wizkid to mention a few: “I like D’banj,
Tuface and Wizkid and all the other Nigerian
stars because they are doing a great job and
have taken African music to a high level. I want
to be actively involved in the Nigerian music
scene,” she said. Popularly called C-ong, the
young artiste is a performer and songwriter.
She says her genre is Hip hop, R&B and Soul
music. C-ong also sings in her native language.
She released her debut album last year in the
UK entitled, When U Touch Me, and she says it
was a relative success and now she wants to
bring her game back to Africa and she has
chosen Nigeria because of its vibrant music
culture.
Tracks in the album include You Missing Me,
Commandant, Zadra and I Promess to mention
a few. She also has collaboration with African
act, DJ Arafat entitled I Promess.

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“D’Banj didn’t fire me, I decided to move on” – Former manager, Bankuli speaks on split

A few weeks after Abisagboola Oluseun John – more
popular as Bankuli – was reportedly sacked as
D’Banj’s manager, he has clearly debunked claims
that he was sacked by the Kokomaster and insists he
decided to move on to other things.
“D’Banj didn’t fire me. I just decided to move on. I
was shocked when I read that he fired me. Whoever
leaked that story was just being malicious,” he said.
Both parties have refused to comment on the split
ever since the news broke out, but it is understood
that the cracks started to appear in their relationship
as 2012 ended.
There was issues bordering on trust, especially after
Bankuli allegedly travelled to Paris after the Koko
Concert, to work on a song with Kanye West, without
D’Banj’s knowledge.

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VIDEO: D’Banj Road To DKM(The Album) With Naeto C

As we await Dbanj’s album, here comes Road to
DKM. Here is a clip of Tony Montana dropping
his own part of a song they did together.
The Video features, Tee Y Mix, and friends.
Watch Video Here

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New Music: Dbanj – Scape Goat [Remix] feat. Kanye West (Snippet)

Oshe!!! It’s Dbanj & his Oga At The Top, Kanye West on this highly anticipated remix to Scape Goat. Not really a quality version but check on it anyways…. Enjoy

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FIRED? D’banj’s Manager Bankulli Opens up!

It is no longer news that Kokomaster D’banj and
his manager, Abisagboola Oluseun John,
popularly called Bankulli, have parted ways.
Since the news broke about two weeks ago,
both parties have kept mum over the issue,
thus leading to wild speculations. A version has
it that, “following repeated disagreements
between D’banj and Bankulli that bothered on
issues of trust, leading to accusations and
counter-accusations, D’banj got angry and
slapped Bankulli and subsequently fired him”.
Another version says; “The pair got into a
heated argument when D’banj found out
Bankulli went to Paris after the Koko concert to
work on Kanye West’s next album without his
knowledge. Bankulli allegedly left for Paris
after the Koko concert in December and his
employer/artiste wasn’t aware of his
‘clandestine’ trip to Paris to drop adlibs on
Kanye’s next album”. However, Entertainment
Gist can authoritatively reveal to you that the
relationship between D’banj and Bankulli
began to go sour towards the end of last year,
based on accusations that D’banj is very
insensitive and nonchalant. Sources in D’banj’s
camp who spoke with Entertainment Gist on
condition of anonymity revealed that, “what
really happened is an accumulation of D’banj’s
insensitive attitude, of course he’s a big star,
but he’s a very difficult person, its part of his
attitude and lifestyle”.
After the last edition of Koko Concert that was
held in December 2012 at the Eko Atlantic city,
the source claimed that D’banj went ahead to
do a lot of things without consulting with his
team, and on the few occasions he did, he was
insensitive, and rather chose to attend private
parties enjoying himself which in no small
measure contributed to some of the flops
recorded during the Koko concert, and this
further infuriated Bankulli. “Truthfully,
Bankulli travelled to Paris, France few days
after Koko Concert, and baba (D’banj) was
aware, but it’s not certain as at that time if he
was going to France to work with Kanye West
or not, but it seemed D’banj wasn’t comfortable
with the fact that Bankulli was getting more
attention from Kanye West’s camp” the source
said. The source laughed when posed with the
question if Bankuli was indeed fired. “Fired ke,
he walked away. Bankuli showed courage and
walked away because I believe he had had
enough. Working with D’banj is tough as hell.
Do you know that everybody that works with
baba always gets tired of him and walks away?
Fired him? No o.”
When contacted by Entertainment Gist, Bankulli
who was unreachable for days and later was
not taking calls on his mobile, declined to
comment on the issue. All he said was, “D’banj
didn’t fire me, I just decided to move on”. He
declined having any heated argument with
D’banj, or if he was in France to work with
Kanye West without D’banj’s consent.
For those who don’t know, D’banj and Bankulli
have not seen eye to eye this year, their
friendship however dates back to over 10 years
ago when Bankuli worked with R70 under DJ
Abass and Ayo Shonaiya to provide management
and agency support.
Recall that UK big boy Ayo Shonaiya was hugely
instrumental in D’banj’s break and rise to
stardom in Nigeria. All this while, Bankulli was
always in the background as the Nigerian
representative for R70 at a time when the UK-
based company was a major link between the
Nigerian music industry and the United
Kingdom. “Till date Bankulli still addresses Ayo
Shonaiya as his boss. Although his relationship
with D’Banj became prominent following the
Mo’Hits break up last year, both D’banj and
Bankulli have always been good friends. For
those in the know, Bankulli was hugely
instrumental in getting D’banj the G.O.O.D
music deal, because he was the one who
approached Kanye West at the Dubai airport to
listen to D’banj’s songs and that signaled the
beginning of the relationship between D’banj
and Kanye West.
The heavy set Bankuli is also a vocalist whose
vocals have been on songs like “Igwe” by
D’banj, “Now is the time” by Ikechukwu, as
well as a couple of tracks in D’banj’s
forthcoming album titled “DKM”. He also
featured and did the chorus on dbanj’s popular
single ‘Oyato’ released last year. He was the
musical creative director as well as the
manager to dbanj and db record after don jazzy
part ways with dbanj. Bankulli was the tour
manager of the second edition of Intro Summer
Jam a Nigerian hip hop concert in London were
Eddris and Maintain were the major acts in
2004 . Bankulli also has the credits of doing all
the ground work and media plug for JJC and
the 419 squad which included other back bone
music artistes like Dbanj, Don Jazzy, Queen
Onokala.
Born in Igbobini, Ondo State, Bankulli is a
University of Ibadan graduate with a BSc
Zoology/Animal Biology, he also doubles as the
CEO at BANKULLI ENTERTAINMENT, a
management and artiste A &R entertainment
company. Bankulli was one of D’Banj’s
mainframes, and few others who stayed loyal to
him, when everything came crumbling after his
face off with Don Jazzy.
Bankuli took over D’banj’s affairs after former
manager Sunday Are stepped down, following
the Mo’Hits 2012 controversy

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D’Banj and Davido rock crowd at Channel O Music Video Awards [VIDEO]

At the just concluded Channel O Music Video Awards, D’Banj and Davido, were among the Nigerian artistes, who carted over almost half of the awards handed out that night. And the talented duo, who currently have a working relationship as well, took their turns to perform their hit songs ‘Oliver Twist’ and’Dami Duro’ respectively. And their high octane performances raised the roof at the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto. The show was hosted by Ice Princee and South African model, Bonang Matheba. WATCH:

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D’Banj to release album featuring Kanye West next month

Dapo Oyebanjo, more popular as D’Banj, has finally revealed the date when his first album, after the MoHits era will be released. The Kokomaster, whose Oliver Twist video won the Most Gifted Male Video, at the just concluded Channel O Music Video Awards, has confirmed ‘D King’s Men’ will be available from December 12, 2012. “OoooSssHhhEeee. Feels Good to be back home. Missed you guys. Indeed its time for the Bonanza. DB records presents its first official album. The DVD/CD Compilation titled DKM “D kings Men” 12/12/12. And the compilation will have the anticipated single Scapegoat featuring Kanye west. OoooSsssHhhEeee,” @iamdbanj tweeted. The album will be released under his newly formed label, DB Records.

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D’Banj returns with a new song and video, ‘Bachelor’ [WATCH]

The Kokomaster, D’Banj, has released his new track and video – ‘Bachelor’. This is his second solo offering, after he broke up with Don Jazzy. Before this, Oyato was not well received and the former MoHits boss knew he had to step it up. This video was directed by Sesan and featured cameos from Special Ed and his younger brother, Kay Switch. WATCH:

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MTV Europe Music Awards: D’Banj loses out to Moroccan artiste

Pop star D’banj has lost out of the forthcoming 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards as he did not make the final list for Worldwide Act in the Africa-India-Middle East region. The hit maker had initially edged out stiff opposition from the likes Wizkid, Camp Mulla and Sarkodie as he received the most votes from fans across sub-Saharan Africa. He has however lost to Morocan singer Ahmed Soultan who will represent the Africa/India/Middle East region More than 160 artists from every corner of the world have enjoyed the MTV EMA spotlight as part of the Worldwide Act voting competition and finally the final five Worldwide Act nominees were recently revealed as: Dima Bilan (Europe); Han Geng (Asia Pacific); Ahmed Soultan (Africa/India/Middle East); Rihanna (North America); and Restart (Latin America). Hosted by supermodel, entrepreneur and hometown girl Heidi Klum, the 19th annual MTV EMA will broadcast live from Frankfurt’s historic Festhalle on Sunday 11 November and will feature performances from Taylor Swift, Muse, No Doubt, Carly Rae Jepsen, FUN, Rita Ora, Alicia Keys, Pitbull, The Killers and Psy.

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D’banj wins 2012 MOBO Awards Best African Act

It’s looking like Dbanj will be ending 2012 on a high note as he has been named the Best African Act as the 2012 MOBO Awards. He was nominated along side Nigerian duo P-Square along with Fatoumata Diawara, The Very Best, Spoek Mathambo, Fally Ipupa, Sarkodi Duncwills, Cabo Snoop, Camp Mulla, Amadou and Mariam. The event was held yesterday, November 3rd 2012 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool UK. Past Nigerian winners of the MOBO awards include 2face Idibia (2007) 9ice (2008) and Nneka (2009), & Wizkid (2011)

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Aluu Killings: “We are not a nation of barbarians, we can follow due processes” – D’Banj

One of Africa’s biggest pop star, D’Banj, has added his voice to the Aluu massacre, that claimed the lives of four young UNIPORT undergraduates. The Kokomaster, condemned the act of jungle justice employed by the community, amongst other things. Below is his full release: They were my brothers…and yours. Four days ago, I woke up to yet another unspeakable tragedy. Four young men, all undergraduates, brimming with great dreams, unfulfilled aspirations and a promising future were killed. To express the depth of my pain and shock at their murder is impossible. And understanding how events could have degenerated to this level is truthfully beyond me. Lloyd, Ugo, Tekana and Chidiaka Four promising young men

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Behind The Scenes: Video Shoot For Dbanj’s Single, Bachelor

Dbanj on deck once again! His new single is titled Bachelor and should be released soon as well as the video for it. You can never say this guy doesn’t work hard for his status. File!!!

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