D'banj

**Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo** (ma bí ẹgba kochù ékéfa nolu m'éla ódò , 1980), odù ku ma gbeju mó ojí akpata kía kalí chí  **D'banj**, í cha omà kía k‘elí  Nigerian , rapper, kpaí television personality. ódù ñw ojí akpata che dama kpaí odù ejuodudu kí D'banj , Dapo, kpaí odù atta ñwu kí chí, Oyebanjo. onwu ché ètta eí Mo' Hits Records manyu onwu che  Don Jazzy. Ma che mí D'banj ñyọ ñyọ léfu elí kía kó   "Oliver Twist", kpí ído ye uptempo fusion ye í  Afrobeats kpai ído elí electronic kí gbeju banema tí ugboduu efu African charts efu ódò  2011.Uchane íle ñw

Ma ñ'o mí D'banj, konwu chí Kokomaster abekí Bangalee,ma bi efu éwo  Zaria, éju òwò Ukpale ye í Nigeria ñ atta kí che agbojí ama agímí kpaí í fí olanwu kama muhí té ñwu íya kí che anyíaja kwí   Shagamu efu Ogun State. Dbanj che ní amí omaye kí cha ejíma , Taiwo kpaí  Kehinde Oyebanjo.

Amí ofigbélí D'banj neju kí lébo oná kí atta ñwu le kía lo te ka Cha agimí aní akpaala , àmàà  D'banj mú roída tí akelí tí   umo-lo kí achoggba ñw kíkwu du tona ñwu le , Femi Oyebanjo,ene kí kwu kwu efu úchobí Ókó kí Cha ẹgba kí chí omó odo megwébía .  

D'banj Cha chíobata ùgbo kpaí atta ñwu ta kí jeñwu chane ek‘lí, ye ógbogege efu amé elí ñw,, ogboo oná duuu , kwo amenwu alíbumu ñw kí jome  from .

## Ukólònwu kpaí amodaa

### 2005: ''No Long Thing''
D'banj's odánwu ejuodudu , *[[No Long Thing]]*, che dufu efu odo  2005.í Cha du ñwu  singles manyu *Tongolo* alú kí úlawo ñw kwo dufu léfu elí kí kó .í ño du Fu efu  **Koko Master**  persona, manyu ítimu , koko,kí ka kofanwu  ojí oji . D'banj elí ñw kí kó che dama amí akelí kí kibor ,manyù  Dare Art Alade kpaí Ikechukwu. 

### 2006: ''Rundown Funk U Up''
D'banj chí odaa ekejí  *[[Rundown Funk U Up]]*, eí kí chí dufu efu odo  2006, kí du ñwu  several singles manyo ye í club single, *Tongolo (Remix)*, kpai ye lídí  single eñwu che mí *?.*

### 2007–2008: ''Curriculum Vitae'' and ''The Entertainer''
Ódò  2007, D'Banj k‘elí  **koko** nwu amí amí íja ìbe  PDP (ruling political party in Nigeria) ku ma du chí campaní ẹgba ku ma chí íja ìbe.

D'banj ño dama kpí  Mo'Hits Records kpaí gba amí újo, Mo' Hits Allstars (which included artists Dr SID, Wande Coal, KaySwitch, kpaí  D'Prince). Óchu ekegwaejí ódò 2007 í lí elí ku ma kó dama, *Curriculum Vitae.*.í manyú elí , "Be Close To You", "Booty Call" and "Move Your Body", which was the lead single.
D'banj de fu elí eí Ikechukwu ódò 2008 , "Wind Am Well".

Óchu ékébia ódò  2008 í lí elí ẹkẹta ye í  D'banj'kí dufu, *[[The Entertainer (D'banj album)|The Entertainer]]*, manyú oke..ta  "Gbono Feli Feli", "Kimon", "Olorun Maje" kpaí "Entertainer".

### Mo'Hits/G.O.O.D. Music
Efu óchu ékéfa ódò 2011, D'banj í che lò tí Kanye West G.O.O.D ùgbo ku ma récordu elí label  as an artiste. Efu ékéfa nolu m'éle ódò 2011, D'banj ko tojí  Twitter account ñwu, @iamdbanj, "dàbi õnale , onugo mí kpaí omaye mí enekele che Tongolo. Ubí Odo mebia 7 , Mo'Hits ọwọ tó kpayí  GOOD Music. Aje m‘odo ele ògbégbale . ójó agbadé ."

Efu óchu ekéla ódò 2016,ma fí akoya ta kí  D'banj kí elí ñw ledufu kwí  GOOD Music.

### Mo'Hits break-up
Anubí óchu wéwé óla wñ eñwu kí che banema , Don Jazzy  che fu lí lefí eñwu ku ma dô kí Twitter account ye í Mo'Hits kwo dufu.ubí kí kwo dufu , Don Jazzy, D'Prince, Dr SID kpa  Wande Coal í chène Mavin Records, enwu kí chí  D'banj  du gbó DB adí récordú gbayane, kpaí í mu okekele nw younger brother Kayswitch du chí dago omó kí nechí ótakada petepete manyu abó ku ma chewnu méjí kí chí , Jaysleek kpaí  Deevee.

### Sony Entertainment deal
Efu óchu ekegwaejí ódò  2012, D'banj í ní ejama elíle kpaí manyu  Sony.í kola ojí eñwu ógbogege kí chí alu oñwu kpaí amí  Sony, ye kí chí the managing director ye Sony Music Entertainment ma chí jiwea ñw ye alu kí dabí des "Pan African multi-album alú manyu Sony Music's RCA Records.í ñ damanyu amí omamale managíment kí chí galú manyu  Sony Music kpaí strategic partner ROCKSTAR4000 for the continent. Add to that a multi-album, worldwide exclusive contract with emerging Nigerian singer-songwriter star Kayswitch, and a strategic partnership with D'Banj's Nigerian record label, DB Records".

### 2014
The forthcoming single "Bother You", inspired by the film *[[Half of a Yellow Sun (film)|Half of a Yellow Sun]]*, was released on 7 April 2013, by Mi7 Records and D'banj's label, DKM Media.
In June 2014, D'banj introduced artists under his record label, which includes him, his younger brother Kay Switch, brothers MossKriss and Ralph Kriss, and Tonto Dikeh and Ebeneztizzy.

### 2017
He released the album titled King Don Come, with guest features from the likes of Gucci Mane, Wande Coal, Harry Songs, Bucie, Busiswa etc. in August. The album includes singles 'It's Not A Lie', 'El Chapo as well as his 2012 mega hit 'Oliver Twist'.

### Live performances
In December 2010, the Mo' Hits All Stars brought Koko Concert to Lagos.

On 23 June 2012, D'banj performed at the Hackney Weekend to celebrate the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was headlined by Jay-Z and Rihanna. He performed alongside his friend and fellow Universal Music Group label mate, Rita Ora,on 30 August 2012 at the SCALA London Live Music, Clubs and Arts Venue to celebrate the release of her debut album *[[Ora (Rita Ora album)|Ora]]*. He also performed at the AFCON 2013 closing ceremony held in South Africa. On 18 April 2015, D'banj performed at the Global Citizen Earth Day, a free concert on Capitol Hill (Washington Monument Grounds) for the 45th anniversary of Earth Day put on by the Global Poverty Project and the Earth Day Network.

## Awards and accolades
D'banj has won several music awards, including the awards for *Best African Act* at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007, *Artist of the Year* at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009, Best International Act: Africa at the 2011 BET Awards, Best-selling African Artist at the 2014 World Music Awards, Evolution award at the MTV Africa Musical awards 2015.

D'banj's song  "Oliver Twist",topped the African charts in 2011 and was a top 10 hit in the UK singles chart in 2012, reaching No. 2 on the UK R&B chart. 

## Endorsements
With D'banj's first album came his first endorsement from an energy drink called Power Fist. In May 2013, D'banj was named the Bank of Industry (BOI) ambassador. In November 2013, D'banj re-signed a multi-million Naira deal with Globacom, the company he parted ways with in 2010. In June 2014, D'Banj secured a deal with Heritage Bank. In October 2014, D'banj was named the official African ambassador for Beats by Dre. In February 2015, D'banj was named the official African ambassador for Ciroc Nigeria. In an exclusive story on Tush Magazine Issue 11, Banky W and Dbanj shed more light on how they became Ciroc Ambassadors. In September 2015, D'banj was made the brand ambassador of SLOT, a popular mobile phone and electronic gadget retail outfit. Dbanj is now among the richest Afrobeats artists in Nigeria.

## Ukólò oja
D'banj ní foundation ku ma dó koko foundation kí ché í abo agba dufu kpaí developmenti ebo is the founder of the Koko Foundation for Youth and Peace Development. He was also Nigeria's first United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace. Dbanj is a ONE campaign ambassador; he released the song "Cocoa Na Chocolate" in support of agriculture investments. 'Cocoa Na Chocolate' featured 18 other African artists and won Best African Collaboration at the All Africa Music Awards in 2014.

In 2015, he was applauded by World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim for using his music power and high celebrity status to bring attention to serious and critical issues in Africa, with a special focus on agriculture and poverty alleviation. Jim Yong Kim was quoted as saying, *"I had the pleasure of meeting D'banj last month and seeing him perform. I'm thrilled he is the first artists to take part in our new Music4Dev series encouraging global artist to raise awareness about poverty and related issues."*

In 2015, D'banj released the video "Extraordinary" to raise awareness on gender equality and women's empowerment. World Bank endorsed the song as a song for women awareness.

In August 2016, D'banj's D'Kings Men Media partnered with MTN Nigeria and the Bank of Industry to launch THE CREAM PLATFORM, a creative talent platform that was set up to help discover young creative minds across Nigeria by just dialing a USSD code on a mobile phone. It is reported that the platform, as of December 2016, had over 2 million paying subscribers and has discovered hundreds of talents from the music category alone, with tens of music videos and millions of NairaDUCTOR SETT given out to winners.

## Personal life
D'banj married Lineo Didi Kilgrow in June 2016. He announced the birth of their son, Daniel Oyebanjo III, in May 2017. The child drowned in June 2018.

In June 2020, after D'banj had posted to social media to "say no to rape," Seyitan Babatayo accused him of raping her in 2018, saying she wanted to "[call] him out on his hypocrisy." Shortly thereafter, she went missing for two days, and while she was missing, posts made to her social media said the allegations had been a publicity stunt to support an upcoming D'banj single. According to *[[The Guardian]]*, she was found with help from the NGO Stand to End Rape (STER). She said she'd been abducted by Nigerian police, who turned her over to D'banj's management team, who co-opted her social media and made the retraction posts. D'banj denied the accusations, calling them "false allegations and lies from the pit of hell." After several days, Babatayo issued a statement saying she and D'banj had agreed upon a "non-monetary" settlement, saying, "I just want my peace."

On 3 July 2020, D'banj sued Babatayo for N1.5&nbsp;billion. Shortly thereafter, D'banj's former manager, Franklin Amudo, reported that Babatayo had told him D'banj had raped her the day after the alleged rape.

## Controversies
On 7 December 2022, D'banj was arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in connection with alleged fraud. The arrest came after D'banj repeatedly ignored invitations from the ICPC to provide an explanation regarding his involvement in the alleged diversion of funds earmarked for the N-Power project.

N-Power is a component of the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) established by the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari to address unemployment and enhance social development in Nigeria.

According to reports from Premium Times, D'banj was detained by ICPC operatives on 7 December 2022 after he was compelled to surrender himself at the agency's headquarters in Abuja. It was revealed that D'banj had evaded ICPC summons for several weeks, claiming prior international engagements before his arrest.

The allegations against D'banj suggest that he conspired with certain government officials to include ghost beneficiaries in the N-Power payment scheme, diverting funds intended for genuine beneficiaries into accounts linked to him. Investigations have traced the flow of funds to accounts associated with D'banj.

Following his arrest, D'banj underwent an extensive interrogation and was subsequently detained when his request for administrative bail was turned down by ICPC officials. The Guardian newspaper has reported that the anti-graft agency is considering pressing charges against D'banj for alleged fraud and misappropriation of funds once their investigation is concluded.

These legal issues and controversies have garnered significant attention, raising concerns about accountability and transparency within the N-Power project and the involvement of high-profile individuals in alleged financial misconduct.

## Discography

### Albums

### Singles

### Guest appearances

## Selected videography

## References

## Linki ododa
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* D'banj Bio Page


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