by Anike Jacobs

How well do you think you know D’banj?

The music star who is celebrating his 10th year anniversary in a few days has let us in on his family background, growing up, his first car and yes, his beef with Dr. Sid.

We brought you a video of his fall out with Don Jazzy earlier, now here are few more  highlights from this week’s episode of The Truth with Olisa Adibua.

– Birth: D’banj was born in Zaria and grew up in a military environment.

– All Round Nigerian: I am an all round Nigerian, I travelled from Zaria to Kaduna to Jos…and here I am in Lagos.

– Schooling: I schooled in the Nigerian Military School in Zaria… tertiary education was in LASU.

– Nigerian Army: I wanted to be in the army but when I lost my brother in 1993, I couldn’t deal with it.

– Brother’s Death: He (Femi Oyebanjo) died in a plane crash, was the first person to come out but he went back to help others and he died of suffocation.

– Foray into music: While checking the property he left behind, the very thing I found most useful was an harmonica, so I picked the harmonica from his belongings and started playing it.

– Meeting Don Jazzy: While working on the music thingy, I met Masterplan in the UK, who further introduced me to Don Jazzy, they already had everything, so I was just there to do anything, to even make them laugh sef, they would call me and say, call D’banj come and make let us laugh.

We bonded before we left the UK because Jazzy fell out with his partnership with JJC. Because I was privileged to be his friend to know what had happened and what was happening back home, Ruggedman had reached out to me once and told me the kind of money they were collecting, which when I converted it it was like 1,800 pounds or $2,000 per show and I was like what!!! The people making it in the industry were Styl-plus, 2face’s plantashun boys.

So, before we even did anything, we listened to what they were playing in Nigeria. Jazzy was fond of that ..Oh boy this one don dey make money oh..(we listen)..We listened to music of everyone making money ..So when I found out he had major issues with JJC, I said “Oh boy, let’s go back home.”

So we came back, my parents were here.

– Moving in and their first car: By then he had moved all his family over there. We came back in 2004 and moved straight into my mum’s boys quarters in Maryland (Lagos). We got a first car, Toyota Primera from her ..We said we will pay her later…..and we paid her for it eventually. We got Tongolo, the first video and released it in November, just before Christmas and that was it….

– Best lie he ever lied: The best lie I have heard is that I am greedy.

– On Wande Coal issue with Mo’Hits: Wande Coal cannot say he wasn’t well paid, we treated him well then. We even treated his child then very well. Wande can not complain about money, maybe he left for other reasons.

– On Dorobucci: If they had called me to participate in that song, mehn we would have made more money.

– Beef with Dr. Sid: He was jealous, he felt I was overshadowing his glory, I would give you an exclusive tape to play now. In the tape he said the light is too much that he overshadows.

And then a tape was played with Dr. Sid having a heated conversation with Davido.

Dr. Sid: “Why don’t they know my name, good it is because your brand and you star is too much… it is a big… and its overshadowing….

Davido’s voice: Guy, it is not that, D’banj can help anybody. Like if Lil Wayne calls me, I’ll surely go and meet him, if not for D’banj, nobody would have looked at Wande, am I lying?

Dr. Sid: Mehn, I don’t know… Tanzania and Nairobi, who will they call? It’s D’banj obviously..D’banj did more negative than positive for my career.

Watch video HERE.