D’Banj was born as Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo in the Northern Kaduna State, Nigeria to an artillery Officer and a church dignitary on June 9th 1980. Due to his father’s job, D’Banj moved several times within Nigeria as well as abroad to India.
D’Banj was born as Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo in the Northern Kaduna State, Nigeria to an artillery Officer and a church dignitary on June 9th 1980. Due to his father’s job, D’Banj moved several times within Nigeria as well as abroad to India.
He was sent to Nigerian military school at age 11 and was expected to enter the military like his father, but at 14 D’Banj picked up a weapon of different kind and altogether more peaceful; the harmonica.
He was introduced to this instrument by his late elder brother, Femi Oyebanjo who tragically died in a plane crash at age 17 on his way en route Lagos from Nigerian Military School, Zaria.
His brother’s harmonica was one of his possessions recovered after the incidence and D’BANJ started to cherish it.
His incredible harmonica skills are self taught; he says, "I play the harmonica like it was built for me”.
D’Banj became more and more involved in music and he cannot see himself doing anything else with the same passion.
His song "All The Way” is about the struggles he has faced with his parents over his chosen career.
Dapo adopted the elegant, almost French-sounding name "D’Banj”, a combination of his first name Dapo and his surname Oyebanjo.
He has performed alongside many international artistes and was Named African Michael Jackson by Wycliffe Jean when they met at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards. Apart from music he is also Nigeria’s first United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace.
LYRICS TO THE SONG ‘FALL IN LOVE’
Intro
Don’t get it twisted, love is a beautiful thing
It’s Don Jazzy again
I’m D’Banj
When Koko master fall in love
You know say water don pass gari
I’m in love, are you in love?
Chorus
Omo, you don make me fall in love
Fall in love o (2x)
We suppose marry because you don make me fall in love
Fall in love o (2x)
Verse
My sweet potato
I wanna tell you my mind, wanna tell you my mind o
I no understand o
Cause I dey see well well when they say love is blind o
You see as you dey so
You are the love of my life, you are the love of my life o
I cannot deny o
I wanna make you my wife, wanna make you wife o
See, I never thought that I will find someone like you
That will capture my heart and there’s nothing I can do
I used to brag to my friends that I will always be a player
But since I set my eyes on you
Repeat Chorus
Verse
My sugar banana
As I don get you ebe say I make hammer
Me, I no fit wait o
Make you come follow me make we go see my mama
For better for worse o
We go dey together in any kind of weather
See I no dey joke o
Say na true I I dey talk o, na true I dey talk o
My friends dey ask me say
Oboy, what is the matter?
Me I dey tell them say
You dey make my head scatter
See I used to lie to myself that I’ll always be a player
But since I set my eyes on you
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus till fade
Ends