By Victoria Ige
Don’t be fooled – It’s not even a mansion!
Deep inside your minds, you picture D’Banj living in a paradise of sorts, with remote-controlled sofas, bikini-clad waitresses, Gordon Ramsay-like chefs, Olympic-sized swimming pool, convertible B&O screens and some decor machinery that gives the entire house the feel of Don Jazzy’s beats and D’Banj’s charm?
Nah, the Maryland property D’Banj calls home is not anything close to what you’d expect. Definitely not a mansion; and not the type of celeb crib that make your eyes wanna jump out of their sockets – you know the kind you see on MTV cribs? Nah!
The Mohits duplex houses D’Banj, Don Jazzy, D’prince, Kayswitch, Dr SID and Wande Coal; with regular overnight/long time guests including Ikechukwu, Special ED, Sauce Kid and others.
Situated in a private estate behind Planet One Entertainment, in Maryland, Lagos, the Mohits property is referred to, by those who’ve been there, as a ‘hostel’ of sorts.
As you drive into the street, you already have an idea this is the home for the boys – what with the cars of Ikechukwu, Special ED, Sauce Kid and others parked outside.
The uniformed security guard gives you a plain sheet to write your name on, requesting you indicate who you’re seeing and your purpose. He locks you out as he goes in to confirm if you should be allowed in or not.
Once in, the first thing you notice is the set of diesel generators and a water tank, all competing for the little space in the compound. Don’t mind the diesel spills on the floor – everyone uses diesel in Lagos!
A security door leads you in, and after a set of mini stairs, you see the large living room to the right. This is where most visitors to the Mohits home end up. Here, you’re faced with a large portrait painting of D’Banj, as well as a dozen plaques arranged on a TV stand. There’s sparse furnishing downstairs, plenty of space, and queer painting.
But upstairs, the parlour is smaller, and functions more like a waiting room. The guys sleep upstairs, as well as work when necessary. An entire room functions as Don Jazzy’s studio – here is where most of the award-winning hits are baked. And just seconds away is D’Banj’s room. Inside D’Banj’s bedroom, there’s a painting of him on the wall, as well as one where his parents appear to be praying for him. His bed is queerly-shaped – almost circular – and coloured red! We’re unsure how many rooms are in the house, But Don Jazzy, D’Prince and Wande Coal are also believed to have their rooms upstairs.
With assistants and guards running around to get stuff done, and guests thronging in by the minute, it’s a busy atmosphere, all day, all week inside the choked apartment.
‘D’Banj spends a lot of time in his room, you don’t even know when he has guests or not. And not everyone is allowed to enter his room. He likes to be very coded’ a Mohits aide told us. ‘Infact you can’t even get upstairs except you’re a very important visitor or you’re close to the house’.
A Mohits worker tells us it’s deliberate to have everyone living together. ‘We’ve work together, live together, play together. That’s the idea. If Wande has an idea at 1AM, we can quickly rush to do studio and put it down. We’re a close-knit team and we like it like that. You know very much, that everyone of us can afford our own houses. And we all have different properties in different parts of Lagos. But no matter what, there’ll still be a general place for us to call home’.
There are rumours D’Banj has properties in his native Ogun state, and in Lekki, on the outskirts of Lagos. But nothing has been confirmed.
And, opinions are divided on why a set of young men who claim to earn dozens of millions per week would continue to live together in a property that can barely contain them and their guests. ‘It’s either they don’t earn as much as they claim, or they just don’t care. But if I were half as big as D’Banj or Wande, I wouldn’t live in a place like that’ an artiste who has spent nights in the house told us.
What we think? Aint nothing wrong with a bunch of bachelors cohabiting. It’s worked for them well so far – so why change a winning formular? In a matter of years, the wedding bells will start ringing. When D’Banj or Don Jazzy say ‘I Do’, then we’ll know it’s time for the boys of the Mohits mansion to get moving…
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Nice!
They are big boys. They know what is good for them.They have their reasons for residing in thesame building.
There is nothing wrong with the Mohits family living together if they wish to do so. It is nobody’s business to loose sleep about how they choose to live. So long as they give their creative best when they work. I wonder why bad blooded good for nothing gossipers are sniffing around their home or production base to suggest that the place is not befiting. I don’t blame such fools writing all the rubish as they may never own their own huts as long as they fail to see anything good in young men working hard to project Nigerian music positively internationally and winning awards all over the world. As for the so called overnight sleepover artistes or fifth columnist who think that their best effort is to be providing scoops for junk journalists, such people are damned and stay cursed. Mohits are not flaunting wealth or intimidating anyone and God will continue to bless them for giving us good music.
Hall are good very nice
Nice very 9ice
I love MO'hitsssss
atleast they have unity in them to give us good music.
nigerian press you guys should upgrade and stop giving us side talks ….work hard and bring us good news.
mohits keep up the good work even if you guys live in d deepest pits we still love yall.
From the look of the write up, it seem that the author is having some underground bad blood against the Mohits group for no reason. Is it a crime for young hardworking artistes to desire to live together as a family and doing well what they know how to do best without the so called distraction of throwing their wealth here and there. Why cant people just mind their business and leave the Mohits people alone. Unknown to the haters, the more they hate mohits, the more they are blessed and grow from strenght to strenght. God bless Mohits.
Jealousy is eating some people up cos of the exploits of mohits group. It is a pity that they are chasing shadows trying to run mohits down while it is them that will run down. The stupid authors of this useless article did not see the news worthyness of mohits clearing a total of six awards in the just concluded prestigious hiphopworld awards 2010 and Wande Coal also bringing home the artiste of the year award from this year's Ghana music award. This is besides Donjazzy being undeniably the producer of the year working untiringly hard and giving meaning to the music of a whole new generation of Nigeria's most endowed artistes. I think some reporters are just nothing but 'GOAT SHIT'
It is only a novice apprentice like Victoria or whatever she calls herself that does not know the difference between an artiste's make believe world as seen in either music videos or related showbiz hypes and the artistes real world life. Its a pity that Victoria did not qualify as a real kokolet to have the rare previledge to be let into the real world crib of either D'BANJ or DONJAZZY. So Vicky, go and clean up ur act and maybe someday you will see reason why artistes have different cribs for different purposes. When that day comes, may you not be left at the gate with the gate men struggling to clear which media you represent.
i like the spirit
thanks lotex.i dont no they gossip what
is the own with other person's life.
is that house not good enough?
the house looks big! what do u expect? they dnt need to spend money lavishly, if its good for them, fine!
LOL @ all the angry comments. Why are people taking this so hard? LWKMD!! It's a text version of MTV cribs…Naija version. Why do you view this as hating?
Victoria Ige have missfired !!!!! Next time, she should do her home work well before she opens her mouth too wide. She should learn to appreciate the good things that Mohits represent and not join forces with evil people to attempt to bring down the hard earned reputation of young men who inspite of being born by different parents are demonstrating what it looks like to draw strenght from living together in peace and unity with humility.
Hahahahahhaa !!!!!! Vicky is is trouble. she will be redeployed to Iraq to be bringing scoop of how fools commit suicide.
Wahala dey o !!!! I beg una o !!!!
Please let there be peace here jarre. Lets hear a good news jooo !!!!!
Net NG is becoming like encomium/hints/city people, gradually. get your shit together, whats the purpose of this rant?
I think say na exclusive photos of inside d house…psew..Enemies go dat side…bad belle troway owey! dont dull yaself o, won sowo! but first make i see victoria ige house..if no, clear for road!
Dats gud dey just don't want 2 end up broke later.
Am sure dey make da moni n dey just want 2 live modrate.
Weak Piece!
its a good idea that they live together since they understand each-other.so why da beefs ?lmfao
I HOPE THIS JOURNALIST IS ALRIGHT!
who cares if they live in a BQ……as long as dier songs r tight.
OHHHHHHHHHH MY GOD ……IS GOOD TO BE A STAR I LIKE MOHIT COS THEY SONG TIGHT AND GOING GOOD WORK …KEEP IT UP DON JAZZ MORE BLESS
you ll never no anything about mohits belive me they are rich very very rich
Mo-hits i give it up to you truly u guys are the best and staying in d same house makes me feel the love u guys have for each other and that’s why progress is always by your side i wish you the very best and understanding .
No oda record here in 9ja like mo-hits if u dnt like it to hell
damm i nevar imagined star like them living in that house.which house was used in shooting[mo gbo no feli feli].me think they should call kelly hansom to P.I.M.P their room lol
good for them.
Thats big boys' life, they have the money to even buy the journalist that wrote this a house but living together is one thing that makes them what they are today(spirit of unity)…All haters should run 120km/h to HELL…!!!
Nothing Special. Ki a yen se bi omo ojuorolari but I thank God for their lives being able to get this even as a star.
Nothing Special. Ki a yen se bi omo ojuorolari but I thank God for their lives being able to get this even as a star. yomobomi@yahoo.com
I dont know who this stupid writer is but i dont care, this is dbanj's mum's house on bayo dejonwo str, maryland Lagos. Fine the guys come there from time to time but they dont live der. Haba! pls always get ur facts right b4 publishing.
I dont think the writer has any form of hatred 4 dis guys but it is just dat if this is really where they are stayin and they ve been makin so much noise like they live in a 4million pounds suite, a je pe o ga gan o cos even though they are saving up, i think dat since they all are stayin together..it ought to have bin better than this cos we all think they are earning big but if sade is right then i think the writer has something up her sleeve…
Its no big deal 4 da big boiz stayn 2geda, itz kinda common and they are shown da MO'HITS luv… D house is big enuf 2 accomodate dem so wtz op??…They are big enuf 2 acquire their self homes, closness is wt dey wnt btw dem n i luv it……1 LUV MO'HITS..
the writer of this article sucks, he or she is simply an enemy of progress, shyt
everything said in this article makes no sense to me esp the fact that they dont make as much as peps say….
You will not understand what it means by hanging around with friends not to talk of a solid group like mohits. staying together makes there wolr very essy 4 them.
gordon is such a asshole haha, but that's what make people like him
These pple are making their moni nd there is love unity nd understanding btw them so haters can lyk to hug d transformer.if d'banj does nt have moni hen check out KOKO LOUNGE.Mohits are d best
never retire bro………lol
guess the writer is just trying to make this write-up a good read(what every writer would wanna do) thats all. guess thats why he/she wrote so much interestingly controversial stuff about the mo’hits crew… And i like the fact dat he/she said they might not be true.
I think those guys just know what it takes to catch every bit of inspiration… They wanna make hits,, and they r prepared to do all it takes.. Besides, i fink living as a family pursuing d same goal wud help them remain focused and keep distraction a few miles away…
As for moi, i’d say- MO’HITs, keep doing wat u know how to do best…
nuttin wrong wid a group of bachelors living 2geda. afterall dey r a family….
Hw much wil dis wil house cost
Wow! Peeps are really upset about this article. Though the thread’s been over for a while now, I still think it’s a good article.
Victoria’s only doing what a real journalist ought to do: givin her sincere ad objective opinion! It’s the “mo-hits aide” that needs all this verbal flogging and not Victoria. Ride on Vicky -Nothing do you!!!
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