Mo'Hits Records (popularly called Mo'Hits) was a

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-based music record label owned by

D'banj Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (born 9 June 1980), better known by his stage name D'banj, is a Nigerian singer and rapper and the founder of Mo' Hits Records with producer Don Jazzy. He has won several music awards, including the awards for ''Best A ...

and

Don Jazzy Michael Collins Ajereh (born 26 November 1982), known professionally as Don Jazzy, is a Nigerian record producer. He is the founder and the CEO of Mavin Records. Don Jazzy was co-owner of the now-defunct Mo' Hits Records record label with D'b ...

. According to Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Mo'Hits Records Limited was founded in 2006, signing D'banj as its first recording artist. Don Jazzy was the CEO/President of the label and D'banj was the Co-Owner. The label went on to sign other artists including

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and K-Switch. The label specialised in Afrobeat. The first album released by the label was D'banj's ''

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'' in 2005. Other albums are ''

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'' & '' The Entertainer'' (D'banj), '' Mushin2Mohits'' (Wande Coal) & ''

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'' (Dr SID). The label has also released a compilation album called ''Mo'Hits All Stars''. Don Jazzy has won various accolades including Nigeria Music Awards (NMA) Producer of the Year in 2006, and

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Music Producer of the Year in 2007. The label has also attracted foreign interest from international acts like

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and Jay-Z and D'banj got signed to Kanye's GOOD Music. The label is no longer in operation as Don Jazzy moved on to open Mavins Record Label and Dbanj started up DB record label.

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In March 2012, Don Jazzy confirmed using his Twitter account to announce that D'banj had left the group. D'Banj's reason for leaving was cited as difference in interests. Don Jazzy went on to establish another record label known as

Mavin Records Mavin Records (also known as the Supreme Mavin Dynasty) is a Nigerian music corporation record label founded by record producer and recording artist Don Jazzy on 8 May 2012. The label's inception came to fruition following the closure of Mo' Hit ...

Post separation

After separation, Mo'hits artistes performed together for the first time on 27 December 2017 in the Davido show tagged "30Billion Concert".

Artists

Discography

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