D'BANJ SIGNS A DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH SONY MUSIC AFRICA.

MY IDEA OF ARTIST DEVELOPMENT LIES IN THE ARTIST LOOKING FOR HIS OR HER OWN WAY IN THIS VERY COMPETITIVE MUSIC BUSINESS.

DBanj and MsKemi in 2006 in the beginning

Congratulations to D'Banj who I met at the beginning and now has found his own way as a Sony Music artist. His recording deal was announced on Twitter Wednesday by Sony Music Africa. Not only him but his artist brother Kay Switch too. They have both done good.

This year has been a good year for D’banj. At 2012 World Music awards, his popular Oliver Twist video was nominated for Best Music Video, Best African Act, Best World Artist and Best Song Of The Year categories.

Also his EMA, Channel O and MTV Base wins have made an impact on his career. Now I'm impressed. I don't wanna see to much attachments to international artists. He is International. Now with a smooth distribution deal with Sony is impressive. Sony Execs said below: 

‘Partnering with D’Banj is a seminal event for us at Sony Music Entertainment Africa. We’ve always admired his talent and to be able to assist with bringing D’Banj’s music to millions of fans, established and new, across the continent is an honour for us’, says Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment Sean Watson.  

‘It’s a new era for Africa, the birthplace of music and I’m excited about this very powerful partnership with Sony Music through which we will give birth together to a new era with endless opportunities for my fans, producers, artists and the start of a new time for a revolution in music from Africa. Nothing is impossible’, D’Banj says.

‘We are really excited to be partnering up with DBanj and his DB Records label. The recent launch of iTunes in Africa means that Nigerian fans and those elsewhere on the continent will now readily be able to access this amazing music as soon as it comes to market’, Spiro Damaskinos, Director of RCA Records Africa.

D'Banj released a new song as well called  "Top Of The World", dare we dispute that, cos he is on top now. He sure stepped up his game!



Follow D'Banj on Twitter @IamDbanj

D'BANJ RELEASES STATEMENT ON ALUU KILLINGS IN NIGERIA.

DBanj and I during my 2006 interview

Nigerian global pop singer D'banj has joined another celebs in airing out his opinions about the Aluu killings of four college students by the villagers. I met him at the ThisDay music festival some years back and knew he is always sincere. He shares my sentiments of seeking JUSTICE.

Read the full statement below...

They were my brothers...and yours.
Five days ago, I woke up to yet another unspeakable tragedy.
Four young men, all undergraduates, brimming with great dreams, unfulfilled aspirations and a promising future were killed.

To express the depth of my pain and shock at their murder is impossible. And understanding how events could have degenerated to this level is truthfully beyond me.
Lloyd, Ugo, Tekana and Chidiaka
Four promising young men whose lives were interwoven in one way or the other with yours and mine.

I mourn deeply with the families of these young men because this is OUR collective loss. They were our colleagues, our classmates, our neighbors, our brothers... our friends.
We are NOT a nation of barbarians. We CAN follow due processes and procedures. We MUST fight together as ONE NATION to ensure that Justice as a whole is served, and as a PROCESS, is duly followed-ALWAYS.

We can only try to make meaning of this senseless tragedy by ensuring that this WILL not happen again, by affirming that the pursuit of justice does not in any way entitle any of us to the willful elimination of other people's lives and by ensuring that we, as youths, do not destroy the honorable mantle placed on us as the future of our nation, by eliminating our present.
Aluu 4 and Mubi 40, Rest In Perfect Peace.