Nigerian singer and Chief Executive Officer of D’banj
Records, Dapo
Daniel Oyebanjo with
stage name, D’banj, on Monday, cleared the air on weather actress/singer, Tonto
Dikeh, has left his record label or not.
It was rumored that
Tonto
Dikeh ,
a female musician in D’banj records was kicked off the record label because she
was not generating enough money for the company.
However, D’banj in an
interview said nothing of such happened.
He said ``I had a meeting
with my team last year and I told everyone of them, my producers, songwriters
and artistes that this year, they have to work harder than they had done in the
past years.
``I advised them to sit up
and I even included myself even though I am their boss. That is why you would
notice that I am not using my in-house producers, I am branching out to get
producers from around the country.
``For instance, I never met
the producer of the song ‘Emergency’, before we did the song. Even the song
that I am about to release now which features Oskido and some other South
African artistes was done by a Nigerian that I had never met before.
``I made up my mind that I
was not going to do things the same way we used to do them anymore; there is no
way we keep doing the same thing and expect to produce different results.
``We are all talented and I
believe that all the artistes I took under my wings are very talented.''
When asked on why Tonto
Dikeh left his record label, he said ``she can stand alone because she is very
talented, they are all big brands and from their looks, you know they have
great talents.
``All I did was to tell
them that we should look for ways to make things work better.
``Also, when a woman is
married, it is a different ball game. I have not seen her since the marriage
and of course, now she has a child.
``She has been out of the
country and I would say to you that the last thing she said to me was that she
wanted to work on her foundation.
``I believe when she comes
back, she would take some decisions.” (NAN)