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Nigerian pop star and record label boss, Dbanj has thrown a jab at record label owners in Nigeria. The self-proclaimed Eja Nla who was one of the panelist discussing the topic, ‘Changing The Game: Artistes As Leaders’ at the 2018 Social Media Week Lagos, said most new generation record labels are owned by ‘Yahoo boys’.
According to him: “Most of the new generation record labels are founded by Yahoo boys. You must understand first, why are you coming into music. Nigerian artistes need a lot of capacity building. It is only in Nigeria that the owner of a record label doesn’t know anything about music.”
The DB records boss revealed that he pursued his passion for music because of his fear of poverty.
He said: “Just like any product, you must always evolve. The fear of being poor made me think outside the box. This is one of the factors that drove me into music”.
In April 2011, D’banj was interviewed by BET’s April Woodard. The interview, titled “Welcome to America”, was a platform for D’banj to introduce himself to the American Music Industry and audience which he stated he was going to get into. In the interview, D’banj spoke on a wide range of topics including his music, artists he’d like to work with, his parents, Mo’Hits Records, his love life, and his role models: Kanye West, Usher, Jay-Z, R. Kelly, and others. The interview lasted 125 minutes, and was the avenue used to formally declare his determination to lead African music into many quarters that it has yet to reach.
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