Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player

D'banj

Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, known professionally as D'banj, is a Nigerian singer, rapper, music executive, event host and television personality. Often regarded as one of the greatest African and Afrobeats artistes of all time, he signed with American rapper Kanye West's record label GOOD Music to release his 2012 single "Oliver Twist", an uptempo dance fusion of EDM and Afrobeats for which he became best known. With record producer Don Jazzy, he co-founded the record label Mo' Hits Records. His stage name is a combination of his first name, Dapo, and his surname, Oyebanjo.

Born

1980

June 9

Died

Living

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1980s

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1980 Born

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-411 The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
53 The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
68 Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's Aeneid, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors.
721 Odo of Aquitaine defeats the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse.

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The world in 1980

When D'banj arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Christina Stürmer 1982– Austrian singer-songwriter Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata 1946– Italian politician and diplomat, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Johann Gottfried Galle 1812– German astronomer and academic (died 1910) Josh Cribbs 1983– American football player Les Paul 1915–2009 American guitarist, songwriter, and inventor (born 1915) Mae Whitman 1988– American actress Patricia Cornwell 1956– American journalist and author Pierre Duhem 1861– French physicist, mathematician, and historian (died 1916) Robert Cummings 1910–1990 American actor, director, and producer (born 1908)

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Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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