In a recent interview with Ayeni Adekunle
addressing the ongoing Mo' Hits breakup saga, D'Banj said of Don Jazzy,
"...He was cheated by JJC, and I was present. I swore never to cheat
him".
In response to this, the man JJC has come
out to clear the air and also make a couple of never-heard-before
revelations in an exclusive interview with E-Xtra. Here is the video to
the interview:
D'Banj, in a recent interview on the ongoing Mohits saga, said Don
Jazzy was "cheated by JJC, and I was present. I swore never to cheat
him".
In a response, JJC debunked allegations made by D'Banj and said: "I
developed Big Brovas, which got signed to SONY, and they blew up. I then
started JJC, the 419 squad-which was a squad of people speaking and
rapping in yoruba. Along the way, MP brought a guy called D'banj to my
house and D'banj came as a normal up and coming artiste would normally
do; "Baba please your name is big, please help me."
He went further, "Yeah and of course, like the mugu, mumu button
activated JJC, I introduced him to my band. What can you do, he sang. I
said that is not really good, the harmonica that you play is really good
let's work on that one and develop your style. Along the way, another
guy called Kas brought Don Jazzy to my house and Don Jazzy at that time
was playing for Solek as a piano player and they both started working
with me.
"I took all of them to WOMAD, which is the biggest African
world stage they could be. We were performing in every single show that
there was possible. Anything that was happening, JJC and 419 was doing
it, we were at the top of the game and a lot of people can actually
testify to that."
JJC also claimed to have taught Don Jazzy how to produce, and confirmed that Don Jazzy and Wande Coal write songs for D'Banj.
"I used to pay him a thousand pounds every month in 2004, which was
almost N250,000, for being a trainee. Now I come back to Nigeria to
shoot a video, and I see Don Jazzy and D'Banj. Don Jazzy was even
talking to me, D’banj was carrying himself like some superstar.
Yes, he
has made something of himself and salute to the music that Don Jazzy
made because I know from 'Mobolowowon' to all the way, na me and Don
Jazzy write am. Now the rest of the songs that followed, I am sure Don
Jazzy wrote it. If na lie let me hear, even Wande Coal don tell me say
na Don Jazzy and him dey work for the records," JJC said.
"Now you are Mr D'Banj koko koko, you think you are God. What did
you call yourself? Jesus of Nigerian music? I paid them to learn how to
become better themselves, so that you can become someone big and then
for you to turn around and be slandering my name? You have the mouth to
say it, after you don eat my food, sleep in my bed. I even give you
girl, you are the one that was the bad seed."
Meanwhile Don Jazzy also dismissed the alleged financial claims by
D'Banj on houses and cars, adding that he would not be dragged into
making allegations and counter-allegations.
"Personally my advice to fans is to concentrate on good music from
Mo’Hits and well even from D'Banj himself. Music is what we were made to
create and not controversies."
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