Bitter e-mail between Don Jazzy and D'banj leaks
Confidential email correspondence between the former friends and business partners was exclusively obtained by
Punch. There's obviously a lot of bitterness going on...read it after the cut...
Don Jazzy's email to D'banj
D’banj must pay all the debts of Mo’Hits – Don Jazzy
In regards to D’banj’s claim for 100 percent ownership of all
songs recorded under the Mo’Hits imprint, the acclaimed producer in an email on March 17th, states.
“That Mo’Hits
Records
does not already own 100 per cent of the songs. Note that Mo’Hits
Records only owns 60 per cent of the songs and 40 per cent belongs to
the individual artiste. So, 40 per cent of the songs is not mine to
give.” He continues, “That me (I am) giving him (D’banj) my share of the
catalogue does not and will never include him having the right to stop
them (the artistes) from performing the songs or give him the right to
claim any monies for live performances of these songs. And any loans or
debt owed by Mo’Hits records as at today will be cleared by Mr D’banj as
I am clearly not aware of any.”
Don Jazzy states further that the catalogues he is releasing to his former partner only consists of
songs already released in an album exempting new singles and
unreleased materials.
“So, songs like Wande Coal’s Go Low and Been Long You Saw Me are not
part of this catalogue he is receiving. Also, an artiste like D’Prince,
not only has he not released any album, he has not signed any contract
whatsoever with Mo’Hits Records. That he has no right to claim any
monies for deals that have been brokered already as at today with the
catalogues or stop their usage. It is important to note that any
unreleased songs done by any artiste (including D’banj and K-Switch)
MUST NOT be released and is not part of the catalogue I am giving away.”
He adds, “With these few points, I do hope that you all realise that I
have been generous enough to facilitate the End of the “D’banj & Don
Jazzy” era as a team. After this new deal has been signed and sealed, I
do NOT look forward to seeing an email whatsoever or hearing from the
DKM (D’banj, K-Switch, Mo’Hits) crew, and all is well again.”
D'banj's email to Don Jazzy
Will you return the Bentley I bought for you? – D’banj
Same day, D’banj responded to the email, stating,
“In case he (Don Jazzy) forgot, this is the arrangement! 50/50—–song
writer/ production, which means for a song X for artiste Y, 75 per
cent
as per production is fully owned by Mo’Hits and writing is shared 25/25
with the individual artiste co- writing. So, that’s the deal! So him
(sic) saying 40 per cent is not his to give away is more like 75per me
and 25per each artiste.”
He then asks, “What do you mean by any bills or loans would be cleared
by Mr. D’banj? That will never happen because when I ran the company, I
ran it perfectly and well. So, if I give him my shares he is left with
100 per
cent
liability. My catalogue is everything that has been done with the
Mo’Hits system and under the normal agreement we have, that means
everything I have recorded or that has been recorded whether new or old,
or even classic, whether
beat with concept or even idea without beats, anything we did as a team and sponsored by me throughout, then, it is
mine.
Including K-switch clause and all mine and even Wande’s singles and all
till the date of signing even today.”
Continuing, D’banj writes, “And now, (I) wanna clear the air on this
Samsung deal! I would expect by now that you understand that me keeping
quiet is being GENEROUS because this is a deal structured under Mo’Hits
Records,
(and it is) the first deal and income you would ever bring into the
company in eight years. We shared the first 150k (One hundred and fifty
thousand dollars) the right way, 1/3 down and that was cool. But after
you collected another 130k and did not say anything (that) is and could
be described as theft! I only refused to contact them (Samsung) directly
because of your reputation. But please don’t call me a fool and let’s
know who is generous!” D’banj was not coy about his anger. He states
that after sharing over N1bn with Don Jazzy in their Mo’Hits days, he
was shocked that the producer would now sideline him when he got the
balance from Samsung.’’
D’banj writes further, “Please, please, will he (Don Jazzy) return the
Bentley because I bought it for him and it was N5.2m more than
mine?
And Prince that he claims has no signed contract but is actively
involved and signed via engagement– I win his catalogue too – all
recorded whether released now or not! This is because no one questioned
me when I bought D’Prince N11m naira car (LR3/Range) without releasing
any album just to boost the image of the boy and it worked for him! So,
let’s get the facts straight, I AM BEING MORE THAN GENEROUS.”
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