Friendships are formed for a reason and usually for a season. There is surely no crime in parting with a friend; it is the manner in which it is handled that differentiates an honourable man from a villain. Loyalty to friendship is a lifelong debt. One must not speak ill of a friend with whom one has parted ways. Such doors do not close but remain slightly opened in the belief that fate may once again allow both paths to cross.
A famous fictional character once said: "While we may concede to the mathematicians that one and one are two, we know that in life, one and one are more than two because the power of a companion through thick and thin is surely more than two".
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Thus it was with Don Jazzy and D'Banj. Both burst into the rapidly expanding music scene in Nigeria with their hit song 'Tongolo'. D'Banj was dressed almost like the late Fela, playing the mouth organic melody intro of something that sounded like Nelly's 'Airforce 1s'. Don Jazzy sat on a couch with his would-be famous walking stick, begging D'Banj to tell us the 'Koko'.
Several years after, the two have gone the way of The Remedies, Plantashun Boiz and other great bands we loved. If Don Jazzy, though younger than D'Banj by a year, was the productive brain behind the Mo'Hits brand, D'Banj was the face of it. They gave us hit after hit, and even produced Wande Coal as another rising star. D'Banj was the more outgoing of the two while the reticent Don Jazzy was more comfortable using social networks to make friends with their fans.
As usual with Nigerian audience, sides have been taken depending on whose case one listens to and to whom one has more relational affinity. Some say D'Banj had allowed the fame to get to his head while others say Don Jazzy wasn't content with just singing the hook on others' track anymore. Beyond who should be blamed though, I think there are salient lessons to be drawn from this story that'll one day become our generational nostalgia just as Sir Shina Peters and Segun Adewale was to a previous generation in a part of the country.
Friendships are formed for a reason and usually for a season. Once the reason is fulfilled and the season has passed, keeping it up will only lead to hidden acts of sabotage and betrayal against one against each other. Except in rare cases, friends prefer to agree with each other than to disagree, hence, opinions are subdued or suppressed in the interest of harmony.
As with all matter in life, individuals are in different sizes and walk at different paces. A friend can walk with another during a certain phase and find them unable to keep up the same pace after a certain point. There is surely no crime in parting with a friend; it is the manner in which it is handled that differentiates an honourable man from a villain.
Loyalty to friendship is a lifelong debt. One must not speak ill of a friend with whom one has parted ways. Such doors do not close but remain slightly opened in the belief that fate may once again allow both paths to cross.
As for Don Jazzy and D'Banj, it was merely a case of the ambition of one being different (not necessarily higher) than the other's. D'Banj has boldly launched out to capture the world market while Don Jazzy sits back to strengthen his hold on the African market. If none, either or both fail in their set goals, it will not be a failing on either part. Friendship doesn't depend on time or proximity but on the values mutually imparted.
Applause for Ademola Olanrewaju.
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