The now rested label’s lawyer (name withheld) has called for caution
from both parties. In yet another correspondence exclusively obtained by
E-Punch, the lawyer has advised both parties to sign over their stakes
in their two major companies, Mo’Hits and Koko Holdings, so that each
person would hold on to one.
The lawyer states, “In Consideration and Mutuality of D’Banj signing
over to you (Don Jazzy) his entire stake in Mo’Hits Records Limited, you
in return sign over to him your stake in Koko Holdings Limited, with
the Catalogue now undifferentiated as between ‘D’Banj’ and ‘non-D’Banj’
sub-catalogues, (which is) in keeping with your express wishes. In view
of recent events which are indeed surprising, I think it is an optimal
way forward. Before Mo’Hits imploded, the relationship between D’banj
and Wande Coal, one of the artistes on the label, had been anything but
cordial. The Mushin-bred singer was reportedly rude to D’banj at the
height of the success of his debut album, leading to his being placed on
suspension from releasing any song. The album was released in 2009 and
up till December 2011, no new material came from him except for a
collaboration with Ghana group, R2Bees, on the song, Kiss Your Hand.
Thus, pitching his tent with Don Jazzy is perceived as getting back at
D’banj. He even has a word for the Kokomaster; “God, please don’t let
the success you have given me get to my head to the extent that I will
forget my humble beginnings.”
For D’Prince, who had not tweeted since January, D’banj’s statement
that he bought a LR3 Jeep for him valued at N11m to shore up his image
as a Mo’Hits ensign, brought him back to the micro-blogging site. Waxing
philosophical, the gangling singer-rapper tweets, “We can easily
forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is
when men are afraid of the light.” He continues, “The secret of change
is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building
the new….Thou shalt not bear FALSE witness against thy neighbour – 9th
Commandments.” Dr Sid, on the other hand, has not reacted to the leaked
emails but responding to a fan who asked on whose side he is, he
replies, “If you had Don Jazzy, would you leave?” Those in the know
claim that the University of Ibadan graduate has always murmured that he
could be as big a star on the label but for D’banj’s overwhelming
influence. Little wonder, they never really got along. The on stage
camaraderie was a façade.
