{"id":237466,"date":"2025-11-16T20:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/why-don-jazzy-broke-up-mohits-dbanj\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:41:52","slug":"why-don-jazzy-broke-up-mohits-dbanj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/why-don-jazzy-broke-up-mohits-dbanj\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don Jazzy Broke Up Mo\u2019Hits \u2013 D\u2019Banj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>Nigerian Singer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/naijaNews.com\/topic\/dbanj\"><strong>D\u2019Banj<\/strong><\/a> has spoken on the split of Mo\u2019Hits Records, saying the decision to end the partnership came entirely from Don Jazzy.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that breakup, which shocked fans and the music industry, was not D\u2019Banj\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Seun Okinbaloye, D\u2019Banj explained that Don Jazzy made the call to go separate ways, and this decision allowed them to maintain a good relationship afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Following the split, Don Jazzy gave D\u2019Banj complete ownership of his music catalog, including unreleased tracks.<\/p>\n<p>This ensured that D\u2019Banj could continue his career without interruptions and keep control over his creative work.<\/p>\n<p>The final major hit from their collaboration, <em>Oliver Twist<\/em>, marked the end of their time as partners.<\/p>\n<p>D\u2019Banj said that the song was a way to leave a lasting impact on the global music scene before moving on.<\/p>\n<p>He said: <em>\u201cIt didn\u2019t come from me, the idea to go our separate ways didn\u2019t come from me, it came from Don Jazzy 100%. That\u2019s why we\u2019re still cool, and that\u2019s why he gave me 100 percent of my catalog, even 10 other songs I haven\u2019t released. It\u2019s not about the record label for me, it\u2019s about the movement and future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor me personally, even though it was a journey and he had his opinions, I knew that we needed to cement that global movement, and I\u2019m glad that, in the end, God still made it happen for us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mo\u2019Hits Records, co-founded by D\u2019Banj and Don Jazzy, played a major role in shaping Nigerian music.<\/p>\n<p>The label produced several hit songs and helped launch the careers of artistes like Wande Coal, Dr SID, and D\u2019Prince.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Mo\u2019Hits, Don Jazzy established Mavin Records, where he nurtured new talents such as Tiwa Savage, Rema, and Ayra Starr, continuing his influence in the Nigerian music industry.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 --><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span class=\"copyright\"><strong>\u00a9 2025 Abia Radio News, a division of  Tee Global Innnovations  [abiaradios@gmail.com].  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In an interview with Seun Okinbaloye, D\u2019Banj explained that Don Jazzy made the call to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":237467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2252,359],"class_list":["post-237466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-dbanj","tag-don-jazzy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Don-Jazzy-DBanj-seemingly-end-12-year-rift-in-new-video-30-1000x600.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}