DB Records boss, pop-star and entrepreneur, D’banj made alarming comments on Wednesday, February 28, 2018, when he spoke at the 2018 edition of social media week in Lagos.
The Kokomaster, who spoke as one of the panellists on the topic: Changing The Game: Artistes As Leaders, threw a jab at record label owners in Nigeriia.
Here are the three issues he raised at the event.
- Most record labels are owned by Yahoo boys.
- Nigerian artistes lack capacity.
- Record label owners don’t know anything about music.
“Most of the new generation record labels are founded by Yahoo boys. You must understand first, why are you coming into music.
“Nigerian artistes need a lot of capacity building. It is only in Nigeria that the owner of a record label doesn’t know anything about music.
“Just like any product, you must always evolve. The fear of being poor made me think outside the box. This is one of the factors that drove me into music” he said.
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