In spite of the recent rift with his erstwhile producer, Michael Collins, one of Nigeria's top artistes, Dapo Oyebanjo, more popularly known as D'Banj, has inked a deal with Mercury Records in the United Kingdom. It is worth mentioning that D'Banj originally pursued a musical career whilst in the UK more than a decade ago, alongside JJC & 419 squad, but he decided to come back to Nigeria, to organically give his brand of Afro Pop proper roots.



This recent record deal in no way nullifies his ongoing signing with Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music. It can indeed be mentioned that the G.O.O.D Music CEO facilitated this new deal with parent company, Island/DefJam's UK partners.

This signing will pave a way for artists on the Mo' Hits label to also be featured on music to be distributed in Nigeria, the U.S.A, and now, the UK, and Europe as a whole. These are definitely interesting times for the Nigerian music industry, and D'Banj and his Mo' Hits Records crew have paved the way for various artists in Nigeria, the U.S.A and Europe to go into lucrative MOUs and Record Deals, as recently seen with Konvict/EME.