Daily Post Nigeria D’banj encouraged me to start ‘Jenifa’ brand – Funke Akindele Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Entertainment D’banj encouraged me to start ‘Jenifa’ brand – Funke Akindele Published on June 8, 2024 By Sunny Green Itodo Record-breaking Nollywood actress and producer Funke Akindele has revealed the role ace musician D’banj played in her career. The Nigerian box office’s highest grossing filmmaker disclosed that D’banj supported her financially to start her ‘Jenifa’ brand of films, which shot her to fame. She spoke at D’banj’s 20 years in the music industry anniversary dinner held in Lagos on Saturday.
Akindele said, “After the big break with ‘Jenifa’, I was out there, and people were celebrating me. A club owner invited me to his club then. He said, ‘I want to host you.
You’re very hard working. I love ‘Jenifa”. Come with your cast and crew members.
’ So, we went and I saw D’banj for the first time. I was starstruck. But he said, ‘I am here to celebrate you.
’ So we danced and he gave me his number. “He took me to a quiet place and said, ‘Why did you let ‘Jenifa’ go like that? That’s a brand that you can feed on for the rest of your life.’ I was like, ‘What’s this guy saying? Me that was doing Yoruba movies.
’ He said, ‘No, ‘Jenifa’ has to come back. Get in touch with me, any support you need I will give you.’ So I reached out to him and he said, ‘When you’ve a brand, yo.
