Nigeria's music icon, entertainer, Kokomaster, Dbanj
The amazing singer and entertainer, Dbanj is our man crush for this beautiful Monday.
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Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as Dbanj was born on June 9, 1980, in Zaria, Kaduna state to a Military officer father and business savvy mother. He was enrolled in the Nigeria Military School at the age of 11. He later moved to another military school, Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ibara, Abeokuta where he completed his secondary school education.
Dbanj gained admission to study Mechanical Engineering at the Lagos State University but couldn't finish because of the endless strike activities. He then relocated to London where he met Don Jazzy and the two later returned to Nigeria in 2004, the same year he released the hit song 'Tongolo,' a new record label Mo'hits was birthed.
D'banj's debut album, No Long Thing, was released in 2005. It yielded several singles with Tongolo as the lead single. D'banj's second album Rundown Funk U Up, which was released in 2006, yielded several singles including the club single, Tongolo (Remix), and the lead single Why Me?. This proved to be another hit.
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In 2007, D'banj together with other members of the Mo'hit crew which included Dr. SID, Wande Coal, KaySwitch, and D'Prince released an album, Curriculum Vitae which till date is seen as one of best albums ever produced in Nigeria. It had a lot of hit songs including "Be Close To You", "Booty Call" and "Move Your Body."
In June 2011, D'banj was signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music record label as an artist. Rumours had it that this didn't go down well with Don Jazzy which later caused the sudden collapse of the record label. This collapse happened just before D'banj's biggest song ever "Oliver Twist" was released.
D'banj moved on to form his own record label, DB Records and as expected, he signed his younger brother Kayswitch to the label. Since then he has gone on to release a number of songs and even signed endorsement deals with some major companies.
In June 2016, Dbanj got married to Lineo Didi Kilgrow, in a secret wedding which was only attended by close family and friends. The couple later welcomed their first son, Daniel the 3rd in 2017.
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