D Banj and Don Jazzy Signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music Label

I think this is great news that D Banj and Don Jazzy are now signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music Record Label. What it really entails is that Mo Hits as a label would now be under G.O.O.D Music, so Don Jazzy and D-Banj can get international exposure. I think this is wonderful; these guys are setting the pace for others to follow.

It was just a couple of months ago i heard they got a Bentley each; that is $200,000 dollars a piece. When i heard that, i knew that was not the end, but just the beginning of great things in their lives. And not to talk of the Collaboration D Banj did with Snoop Dogg earlier this year- his Mr Endowed (remix) track, which also had a video with snoop in it.

You cannot but respect these guys for their achievements. I always tell people that talent is not enough...you got to dream big dreams, believe in yourself, shoot for perfection, and be persistent. WOW! I still can't believe it. But i never really saw their kind of music as something Kanye would be interested in, but i heard kanye wants Don Jazzy to help with some production. I know kanye uses a lot of ghost producers, so Don Jazzy might just have gotten himself a high paying job.

That was taking from don jazzy and d banj's twitter pages. Read more about the story below-

American multiple awards winning artist and producer, Kanye West has today finalized his interest to sign one of Nigeria’s biggest hip-hop artistes, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly known as D’Banj & Don Jazzy to his Good Music Entertainment, a production, management and record label outfit. “GOOD” is an acronym for “Getting Out Our Dreams”.

Speaking to D’Banj’s manager, Sunday Are of List Entertainment, he confirmed that there have been talks recently but D’Banj officially signed the contract today. “Yes there have been discussions between the two parties lately. They have been exchanging contracts but now the wait is over, he said.

Sources also revealed that Kanye is interested in working with Don Jazzy. We heard he wants him to produce a song on the collaboration album he is working on with Jay Z.

John Legend and Common were the first to sign to the management and production company. Their albums “Get Lifted and Be” (both executive-produced by West) were both critically acclaimed and combined were nominated for 7 Grammy Award nominations. “Get Lifted” had three nominations and “Be” had four. (talkofnaija.com)


I am still kinda interested in knowing if "d banj" would fit in to the kind of production that goes down at G.O.O.D. I know "don jazzy" would fit in well with his beat making skills, but "d banj's" style is not exactly what you would hear kanye on. Maybe he has other plans for him, we can't say at the moment. I feel it might just be like a marketing deal, the kind WALE had with Roc Nation. I mean the kind of deal where Mo Hit handles their production, and then G.O.O.D takes care of the finished product- marketing and branding. But whatever the deal entails, it is huge for them. I think the only other Nigerian artist that has made this kind of move during our time is Nneka. Nneka is currently signed with Epic records, which is under the parent label, Sony Music Entertainment.