D’banj Inspired Me To Launch The Funke Akindele “Jenifa” Brand

The artist D’banj, according to Nigerian actress Funke Akindele, served as inspiration for the reboot of her “Jenifa” film series.

The film “Jenifa” debuted as a two-part production in 2008. The Return of Jenifa, the first sequel, was subsequently published in 2011.

Speaking at a celebration honoring D’banj’s 20 years in the music business, Akindele disclosed that the smash song “Why Me” started a career-altering dialogue with her after she ceased releasing new content on “Jenifa.”

She also revealed that he had given her money so that “The Return of Jenifa” could begin production.

“In 2009, we came up with ‘Jenifa’, the brand. And after the big break with Jenifa. Everybody loved ‘Jenifa’ so much. I was out there. People were celebrating. Then Mr Foli Coker invited me to his club then and said ‘I want to host you. You are very hardworking. I love ‘Jenifa’. Come with your cast and crew members’,” she said.

“So, we went and I saw D’banj for the first time. He said ‘I am here to serenade you’. We danced, happy. So he gave me his number. He then took me to a private place and said ‘why did you let Jenifa go like that? He said is there another Jenifa’? I said it was over. He said ‘that is the brand you can figure out for the rest of your life’. And I was like what was this guy saying?

“He said Jenifa has to come back. Nothing bad happened to Jenifa. She will wake up from the dream. He said to get in touch with me. Any support you need I will give you. So I reached out to him. He said when you have a brand you feed on the brand. You milk the brand very well. Make money out of it. And out of his pocket, he gave me some money and said go and write another ‘Jenifa’ I support you with this money’. I was surprised with tears in my eyes. No strings attached. So I filmed it. And I wrote it. But he was not available to film the ‘Return of Jenifa’. And till date, the brand is still relevant.”

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