Well what would you know - signing up a contract with Kanye West record label G.O.O.D Music can just get you a chance to show up in the Hollywood!
The Nigerian, D'Banj doesn't allow his split with Mo'Hit record affect stride at all. He has taken his career up a notch by featuring in his first ever movie.
D'Banj is a in Kanye West's directorial debut called Cruel Summer with the rest of the G.O.O.D Music artiste Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor, Big Sean and Prynce Cy Hi.
The movie premiered yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival last night Thursday, May 24, 2012, acriss 7 scenes and D'Banj was there with the G.O.O.D Music group, some other artiste like Jay Z and Kanye's girlfriend Kim Kardashian.
‘Top of the morning to you! I’m fresh off the plane from Cannes and off to see some very special people in Plumstead’, D’banj tweeted some hours ago.
The movie is meant to serve as a build to the G.O.O.D Music debut compilation also titled ‘Cruel Summer’.
According to YBF, GQ Senior Editor Logan Hill who was present at the premiere tweeted out some details about the film;
Cruel Summer is the story of a Lamborghini car thief who falls for a beautiful blind Arabic girl who’s father will let them marry if he can help her see. So he (Kid Cudi) does using strings that lead her around palace to play music.
Kanye West says it’s a work in progress but it’s wildly stylish, huge booming soundtrack, Vanessa beecroft production design. Immersive fun.
Kanye says he had to get script approval in Qatar. He needed 20 camels, 100 extras, and around 20 Lambos.
His female star (Sarah A., an intern at Doha Film Institute, pictured above) is the star of Cruel Summer.
The film features fashion he designed and pieces by local Arabic designers, shot in 4 days, 3 months start to almost-finish.
Big things happening to D'Banj...
