Musician and entertainer, Dapo Oyebanjo aka D’Banj, has released the video of his Oliver Twist track, in the wake of his rumoured split with associate, Michael Collins aka Don Jazzy.
Interestingly, Don Jazzy is not in the video.
This is the first time since both men formed the Mo’Hits group in 2004 that Don Jazzy is not featuring in a video released by D’Banj.
The split, which was confirmed in a tweet by Don Jazzy on Saturday, followed D’Banj’s deal with G.O.O.D Music, owned by American rapper, Kanye West.
Pusha T, Big Sean and Kanye West, who are all members of the G.O.O.D Music team, appear in the new video. D’Banj has so far not reacted to Don Jazzy’s comments.
On Monday, a member of the Mo’Hits crew, Dr. Sidney Esiri aka Dr Sid, said Don Jazzy had not been given appreciation commensurate to his contributions to the group.
On the Mo’Hits website, the label is introduced thus: “Founded in 2004, Mo Hits Records is the Brainchild of prolific Music Producer, Singer and Song Writer Michael “Don Jazzy” Ajereh, with its first recording artiste being D’banj. The label has since signed four other talents (Wande Coal, Dr SID D’prince and K-Switch). “Since inception these artistes have collectively won multiple awards and sold over 50 Million records worldwide.
“Mo hits Records, in 2008 also branched out into the production of TV content with the airing of the 2009 reality TV show “Koko Mansion” and in 2011 “The Entertainer”.
In a recent interview with Ebony magazine, D’Banj reportedly said he owned Mo’Hits and that Don Jazzy was one of his artistes.
But the online version of the interview was corrected a few days later to read that D’Banj and Don Jazzy jointly own Mo’Hits.