D'banj celebrates 34th birthday
Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo (popularly known as D’Banj) is a Nigerian singer/songwriter, Harmonica player and an entrepreneur. He was born June 9, 1980 in Zaria in the northern parts of Nigeria to a military father and a business/entrepreneurial mother. He attended Nigerian Military School and later, the Nigeria Navy School Ogun State where he was a member of the school band. In 1999, D’Banj went on to study Mechanical Engineering at the Lagos State University. His passion for music was fuelled after he lost his military pilot trainee brother to a plane crash and he inherited his Harmonica. Unlike his military dad, D’Banj relocated to the United Kingdom where his pursuit for his love of music began. Dapo adopted the stage name D’Banj, a combination of his first name “Dapo” and his last name “Oyebanjo”. His debut album “No Long Ting” was released in 2005 and included the hit lead single “Tongolo”. D’Banj was a former member of Mo’Hits Records under the production of Don Jazzy. Their collective...