The latest on the rift between two former Mohits label owners, Don
Jazzy and D’Banj is the shocking revelations from a purported leaked
e-mail.
According to the e-mail, D’Banj claims he is more generous than Don Jazzy.
Don Jazzy’s E-Mail To D’Banj
That Mohits
Records does not already own 100 per cent of the songs. Note that Mohits
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. 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 Mohits Records as at today will be cleared by Mr D’banj as I am clearly not aware of any.
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 Mohits 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.
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, Mohits) crew, and all is well again.
D’Banj’s Reply To Don Jazzy
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 Mohits and writing is shared 25/25 with the individual artiste co- writing.
production, which means for a song X for artiste Y, 75 per cent as per production is fully owned by Mohits and writing is shared 25/25 with the individual artiste co- writing.
So, that’s the deal! So him
saying 40 percent is not his to give away is more like 75 percent for me
and 25 percent for each artiste.
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 Mohits 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.
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 Mohits 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!” 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.
Source: Daily Post
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