D'BANJ TO LAUNCH OWN RECORD LABEL

G.O.O.D music Nigerian signing and Mr. Oliver twist D'banj is into things. The millionaire Naija act is set to unveil his own record label named DKM. DKM stands for D'Koko Master Records and Kayswitch is the only artiste signed to the record label for now. Several more artistes are lined up and will be unveiled in the coming months. D'Koko Master Records will be officially launched in Lagos at a concert that will feature D'banj, Kayswitch and other DKM artists.

D'BANJ TO HEAD DEF JAM AFRICA

Soon, you'll have to refer to him as President of Island Def Jam Africa. Rumors milling around Naija's most successful music export D'banj say that he is on his way to become the record head in the continent. Island Def Jam music recording label will set up office in Africa and the kokomaster has been touted as the one to head it.

KANYE WEST GEST DOWN WITH TANZANIAN MODEL

Tanzanian supermodel Miriam Odemba is back in the game in a big way. The mother of one who had taken time of the run way has quickly got her 36-25-36 shape back and is already rubbing the loins of A-listers. Miriam . was amongst the few people that attended  Kanye West unveil his second collection in Paris two nights ago.And she got the rare opportunity to entertain the showbiz king. The party had stars like Nigerian star D'banj,P.Diddy, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beats, Cassie, Common, Big Sean, Kim Kardashian, Azealia Banks rapper Waka Flocka Flame, Pusha T and others.

THE KOKOMASTER TO HEADLINE A MAJOR UK CONCERT

The Kokomaster is ruling the waves and is attracting big concerts. D'banj whose gone international has been selected to perform alongside British superstars in a concert dubbed Hackney Weekend. Hackney Weekend is one of UK's biggest music events, happening June this year and featuring top UK music acts. And our own Koko Master has been listed and confirmed to be on the concert.The G.O.O.D records signed act will be flying Africa's flag high....

D'BANJ BUYS A NEW WHIP WORTH $200,000..AN ASHTON MARTIN...

The Naija international star turned G.O.O.D music signing is making loads of cash in what may seem as a tough economic times. Yes ,D'banj has acquired a $200,000 whip..read Ashton Martin. This is a car for big boys...In other juicy news from the celebrated act....The crooner is currently in a hush hush romance with Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari. The actress was spotted a fortnight ago, precisely on Friday and Saturday,October 14th and 15th 2011 at the crooner’s house where she spent the weekend and paraded herself in a sexy night attire.Other sources also confirm that the two have been an item long before now and have been spotted many times together in Ghana as well.

D'BANJ ,DON JAZZY DENY RUMOR

From D'Banj and Don Jazzy's publicist...

We find it really mischievous and wicked for somebody to sit in the comfort of his home and send out messages capable of damaging the lives of his fellow human being.”

This statement above formed part of the statement by multi award hip hop artistes and producer, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly called D’banj and Don Jazzy, C.E.O of Mo’Hits Records’ media company, Media Image Managers.

 Late Sunday night through Monday, Internet and Blackberry broadcast messages were flying around which said the duo were ‘arrested’ in the US with 1,000 kilograms of substance suspected to be hard drugs and they have been detained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.

 The stars’ publicist in the statement described the news as the handiwork of people who want to bring down any successful person. “It is this Shoot Him Down Syndrome (SHDS) that has pervaded the country for years now, and artistes as well as celebrities bear the brunt more. We want to state categorically that Dbanj and Don Jazzy are in Lagos. They are nowhere near New York or even Ghana.”

 The statement continued: “The two respected artistes are proud Nigerians doing the country proud worldwide. They do not need to peddle drugs as they are successful young men who worked hard to get to where they are today. The report making the rounds that they were arrested in America on Sunday is false and an attempt to tarnish the image of these proudly Nigerian artistes. It’s a figment of someone's evil imagination. We at Media Image Managers are not losing sleep about this malicious campaign, but records must be set straight. D'banj and Don Jazzy are at their Lekki home in Lagos, Nigeria, they are well and okay. They have had no brush with the law for any reason, not even for a traffic offence. What makes it more funny is the fact that D’banj and Don Jazzy were having a routine meeting with many others including his media company representatives on Monday when obnoxious message dropped in many phones in the living room claiming the duo were in custody in America. Really sad.”

 Since the popularity of Internet,people have literally gone gaga. Every average Nigerian is now a journalist as they struggle to outdo each other in broadcasting the news of the death of popular people as well as posting on their status on social networking site, Facebook. These news turn to be false most of the time. Nigerians have killed former Biafra war lord Chief Udumegwu Ojukwu and Freedom fighter, former South African President, Nelson Mandela several times before they will eventually die.

It was a  broadcast message that sparked off a widespread panic early this year. Some mischievous people started spreading the news that the Third Mainland Bridge was falling apart and people should avoid that route. Government of Lagos had to debunk that claim. So many incidents that have led to panic had been caused by this new generation Blackberry and Facebook ‘journalists’. Rumour peddlers have told the world that Charly Boy was ‘dead’ some couple of years ago. They ‘killed’ gospel musician and Evangelist Sonny Okosuns once before he eventually died. The most guilty of this crime are faceless individuals who run web sites. They have turned the Internet to blackmail tool used in running anybody who tries to stand up to them down.

“That is why we at Media Image Managers will want to use this opportunity to call on government to call Nigerians to order by way of enlightenment on the need to verify information before they spread it further. D’banj and Don Jazzy, two successful artistes are target today (so many people had been targets in the past), who knows the next target? These young men even when they were yet to break into limelight did not do any illegal thing, so it would be most sad now that almost a decade of hard work that has paid off would be rubbished by engaging in anything illegal.”

D’banj and Don Jazzy aside winning many awards were recently signed American superstar Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music

LADIES: THE KOKO MASTER IS SINGLE

There have been rumors that D'banj-Genevieve relationship is over. But the singer finally confirmed end of the affair and declared that he was single and searching. Ladies who have been eyeing him..here comes the golden opportunity to net the Naija millionaire musician. D'banj had dated Nollywood actress Genevieve Nnaji and whatever happened between the couple remains hidden secret. He has since been linked to a filthy rich Nigerian legislator. 
Read the excerpts below to see the interview he granted a Nigerina reporter.


Q: When do plan to settle down?
D'Banj: When I see the right person


Q: How would you know the right person
D'Banj: If I see I will know


Q: How about Genevieve?
D'Banj: We're not...(pause) why do you people keep calling Genevieve? That's a long time, we've even got over that. I am single and searching.

Q: Why has God hasn't answered you?
D'Banj: Who says he hasn't answered me? You never know when it come to relationship. Your best friend might be your wife and you might still be searching. It might be a person that I have dated before or a new person. But I believe God will do it at the right time.


Q: Do you think when you finally get married you will cheat on your wife?
D'Banj: I don't know. I don't think about that but my dad never cheated on my mum


Q: Are you planning to follow his footsteps?
D'Banj: I'm not planning to but I came from him, I must have something in common with him. When I get married, I will know. Right now, I don't.
Q: How do you manage your female fans?
D'Banj: I don't really have many female fans


Q: What do you do when girls throw themselves at you?
D'Banj: They are usually prevented and I don't get to see them because my people around me near me but if I see you and get to like you, then something might go down. It's up to me to decide...


Q: So you don't have a girlfriend?
D'Banj: No, I don't. But that don't mean I don't F**k!

Q: You are going international now, how easy will it be for you staying in Nigeria?
D'Banj: I did it from here and there is no way that you will mention my name that you will not say the Nigerian-born singer. So, it has changed nothing about me except that I am now a superstar who rocks, wines and dines with Jay Z, Kanye West and a lot of other international artists.


Q: What if they try to mimic you?
D'Banj: Nobody can steal me; nobody can take Nigeria from me. Well, that can happen only if I get married someone like Rihanna.


Q: That means you are not coming back
D'Banj: Why not, I will bring here.


Q: How is that going to be possible? She won't want to leave her country because of love
D'Banj: With love, nothing is impossible (laughs)

D'BANJ DATING NAIJA LEGISLATOR?

The duo are said to be engulfed in a very discreet but passionate affair at present.A very guarded romance is on. And it revolves around two interesting  personalities- popular entertainer widely known as D Banj, Dapo Oyebanji and celebrated politician,Florence Ita Giwa. Information made available revealed that the affair has been on for some time now.Informants revealed that the need for secrecy is more about the need for the musician to maintain the image of a successful young man every lady want to take home to mama- the bedrock of his public appeal.

Analysed a source, ‘Ita Giwa is known for keeping younger guys and lavishing expensive gifts on them. More of a Sugar Mummy having young men as plaything kind of affair. And D’Banj and the Mo’Hit crew have heavily invested on creating the image of a youngman every lady desire with all material things at his beck and call for the musician. So you see, unlike the Genevieve affair that he leveraged on male dominance to shore up that particular image, publicly associating with Ita Giwa in a submissive role of sex for material thing will make nonsense of the musician’s reputation and Mo Hits investment on him. Simply put, it decorates him with the cloak of a kept lover’. Informants claimed that just like she allegedly did with Actors Chidi Mokeme and Jim Iyke, the former senator initiated the romance- but D’Banj, with the backing of Don Jazzy (the musician doesn’t make a move without his blessing) changed the script. D’Banj opted for a secret affair and the celebrated politician agreed. Sources claimed that in order to cover their tracks very well- the Mo hits crew fuelled the media celebration of D’Banj’s romance with actress Genevieve Nnaji. According to investigations conducted by Naija website societynow Nigeria the romance with Genevieve was nothing more than a business affair turned fling. Divulged the insider ‘Genevieve was actually contracted to feature in Dbanj’s song for a fee. The transaction later resulted in a fling. It was this period that the Ita Giwa romance sparked off. So, what Dbanj and his team did was to continue antics that fuelled the media romance as a cover up for the real loving with Ita Giwa’ While on her part- Ita Giwa has continued to enjoy the loving of yet another celebrated artiste very discreetly- D’banj and by extension the Mo’Hit crew are said not to be doing badly in the deal as well.The money spinning deal that saw D’banj a part of President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign team is said to the handiwork of Senator Ita Giwa. Aside this, sources claimed that the Mo’Hit crew are currently tapping into the clout of the extensively connected politician set-up-this-and-that private deal.A clinical follower of the unfolding romance is of the opinion that Senator Ita Giwa’s long known penchant for publicly parading her ‘Toy’ men might disrupt the secret arrangement in the nearest future. The question is how soon?

D'BANJ WITH KANYE WEST

D'banj with Kanye West

FRESH JUICE: KANYE WEST SIGNS THE KOKO MASTER

We broke the news about their would be collabo.But looks like Kanye has seen a lot more in D'banj aka the Koko Master. Arguably one of Africa's greatest acts, Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo also known as D'Banj has joined the big league in the world of music. D'Banj has signed with one of Hip Hop's best labels, Kanye West's GOOD Music which houses some of the biggest names in entertainment. D'Banj announced the good news on Twitter saying; "...7yrs later Mo' Hits signs with Good Music. Best birthday gift ever. God thank u." This is more than people expected because ever since he did the collabo with Hip Hop legend Snoop Dogg for the Mr Endowed Remix, word is another ground breaking collabo is on the books, this time with his new boss Kanye West.
Looks like the two were planning something major when Kanye tweeted D'Banj some 100 days ago.
"Yo @iamdbanj and @donjazzymohits get back to NY asap there is still work to be done"
Common, John Legend, Kid Cudi, Pusha T and Mos Def are some of the artistes in the GOOD Music stable.

2Face, D’banj, Fally Ipupa nominated for 2011 BET Best International Act-Africa

2011 BET awards are here and Africa will be represented by the usual suspects. 2Face, D’banj, Fally Ipupa and three other African artistes were nominated in the Best International Act -Africa category by the BET this year. Chris Brown and Rihanna top the nominees list.  The Awards will hold June 26 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.Congrats to all of them.

D'BANJ'S BOO TO BE THE NEXT BOND GIRL?

Roberto De Niro always did have an eye for hot talent.And thats why when the hot eyed UK paps spotted him with Naija hot movie actress Genevieve Nnaji...they concluded that  a deal was in the offing. And with the Cannes festival already in season...the industry is buzzing with news.
CANNES is a heady place to be at festival time – with random meetings going on all over the place.
Robert de Niro spotted actress Genevieve Nnaji – star of The Mirror Boy – at NOBU 3.14 and got chatting over sashimi. The two are said to have held lengthy discussions. Now the speculations are that Nnaji who is singer D'banj's girlfriend is tipped to be the next Bond girl.

P-SQUARE READY TO LAUNCH ALBUM

The multiple award-winning duo of Paul and Peter Okoye, otherwise known as P-Square announced today, that they’re staging a major ‘album concert’ for their fans and followers based in Nigeria. In anticipation of the release of their fifth studio album, the bestselling Nigerian pop singers are set to put up the performance of a lifetime; working with a carefully-selected team of dancers, choreographers, musicians and back-up acts.  A spokesperson for the duo tells us they are working day and night to ensure the forthcoming album not only surpasses all expectations, but also to make sure the big-bidget concert is a winner by kilometres.

Other acts that have held solo concerts at The Eko Hotel, since it opened for business last year are 2Face Idibia and Dbanj (and the Mohits crew). Psquare follows in this growing tradition; and there are unconfirmed reports Paris-based Asa is also contemplating her own gig for this same venue. A joint performance by King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey in 2010 failed to hold despite huge anticipation and media frenzy.

Meanwhile Psquare’s rep tells us ‘The countdown to the album release officially kicks off with this concert, billed to hold in July’. Tentatively the album will contain 10 to 13 songs. Two singles will be released in a matter of days.  The Psquare Concert will be held at the the new Expo hall of Eko Hotel and Suites on Saturday, July 30, 2011.  In their successful career, P Square have released four very successful albums; Last Nite, Get Squared, Game Over and Danger.

D'BANJ TO APPEAR ON BET TOMMORROW

This is not April fool's day prank..it's the truth. The sky is not a limit for D'banj. The Kokomaster is set to appear on BET Presents - D'Banj - Welcome to America. The interview will air on April 2, 2011 at 7:30pm GMT. Watch out for it!

D'BANJ'S AND NUDE STRIPPER............

A photo of D'banj with a nude stripper is doing rounds online. We are not sure whether the photo was photo-shopped or it's real. Meanwhile the Naija star has already began his project with Kanye West.

 
Looks like D'banj and Kanye West have started working together already, after Kanye tweeted D'banj and Don Jazzy to come for collaboration in New York. Like the boys have gotten in touch with kanye already, the picture above said it all.

D'BANJ INTERVIEW NIGERIAN PRESIDENT

D'Banj interviewed President Goodluck Jonathan today. The interview will aired last week at 8:30pm today 17th March, 2011 on Silverbird TV. President Jonathan Goodluck is known to skip journalists interview and it came as a surprise to many that he agreed to be interviewed by an entertainer. The Kokomaster is rumored to be one of the entertainers set to run for the high office in Naija in some years to come.

REVEALED:THE MAN WHO CONNECTED D'BANJ TO SNOOP

Trust showbizxklusivs for the juice in Africa's showbiz.After we ran the D'banj/Snoop collaboration story,many of our readers jammed our email with questions. Finally,our sharp eyed snoops cann proudly reveal the identity of the fellow that made the featuring possible.We bet many of you wondered how D’banj and Don Jazzy hooked up with Snoop Dogg…Well now you can find out the person behind the connection which resulted in arguably the most exciting musical collaboration of the year so far. International jeweller, Chris Aire introduced the pair in Los Angeles and the rest is history…D’banj also shares teasers on possible future international collaborations for Don Jazzy

THE KOKOMASTER GOES INTERNATIONAL WITH COLLABO FEAT SNOOP

D'banj and Snoop

The Koko master aka Mr Sugar banana aka D'BANJ is another music level. And maybe next year he might bring a Grammy to Africa,who knows. The juice is that the top African act at the moment has done an international duet with American rap act Snoop Dogg. The song 'Mr. Endowed remix was original done by the MTV Best African act. The video is just off the hook and features the finest damsels in hot whips and exquisite locations. Talk about stamping an authority in the continent...Mr. Koko master...that's the way to go ma guy

CONCERTS POSTPONED IN UGANDA

Following twin bomb blasts at Kyadondo rugby club and Ethiopian village in Kansaga that claimed over 80 lives in Kampala last Sunday, several concerts have been cancelled as more threats still come in. The Ragga Dee-Megga Dee battle was slated to take place on the 16th of this month, then Kenzo’s launch due on the 23rd, D’Banj and 2Face visit to Uganda courtesy of Talent 256 on the 30th, and Desire next month.
All the above mentioned concerts have been postponed till the country becomes safe ounce again.
According to security enforcers in the pearl, hang outs and gathering places which are the main targets have to be closed by at least 10pm to prevent those responsible for last week’s attacks get the opportunity of repeating the same callous act.
“Ugandans have to be vigilant as the current situation is threatening. For security purposes, most of the concerts have been cancelled until the situation is back to normal.” Kayihura said.
Ragga Dee has pushed his concert on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of December so as to mourn with those who lost their beloved ones. The venues, curtain raisers, sponsors and charges still remain the same for his shows. 
“On arrival at the airport from my European tour, I was welcomed with the sad news about last Sunday’s blasts and immediately, I postponed my concert to December.” Ragga Dee said.

GENEVIEVE NNAJI TO ACCOMPANY D'BANJ TO NAIROBI

Well, Nollywood's hottie Genevieve Nnaji is rumored to be getting ready for Nairobi. The actress,the most popular in Africa for her Romantic roles in Nollywood films will accompany his singing boyfriend 'The Koko Master now called Mr. Endowed  aka D'Banj when he stages his concert in Nairobi early next month. Showbizxklusives learnt that Nnaji who has appeared in D'banj's 'Fallin in love ' video will keep an eye on his fiancee. D'banj is expected to perform in the country next month for an East African tour. De naija superstar, D Banj who is under Mo’Hits record Label, will be performing at the Carnivore on August 7.