Don Jazzy

thumb|Don Jazzy in 2018 Michael Collins Ajereh (born 26 November, 1982), known professionally as Don Jazzy, is a Nigerian record producer. He founded the record label Mavin Records in 2012, for which he is chief executive officer (CEO) and has signed artists including D'Prince. Prior, he co-founded Mo' Hits Records with D'banj in 2004, and was an in-house producer for Kanye West's GOOD Music from 2011 to 2015. Quotes I am baker selling bread, you are not coming to my bakery to buy the baker but the bread. Don Jazzy: The secret of my success. 30 November 2015, PMNews Newspaper. You should try as much as possible to be original. Don Jazzy: The secret of my success. 30 November 2015, PMNews Newspaper. We [Mavin] are moving from the traditional Friday release date to Wednesdays and Thursdays because there are no more Fridays [without another artist dropping a song]. Dano Jazzy speaks on why he doesn't allow his artiste to release songs We need to fix the system in general. We need to train the male child better. If a producer demands sex, call him out – Don Jazzy. 5 May 2021, Punch Newspaper. If my artiste is to drop a song or project on a Friday and Wizkid or Asake is also releasing that day, I will move our release date because you don’t want to just die a natural death https://dailypost.ng/2024/07/25/why-i-dont-allow-my-artistes-to-release-songs-same-day-as-wizkid-asake-don-jazzy/ daily post Honestly, not much shakes me. I’m cut from a different cloth When something goes wrong, I ask, ‘Can we fix it?’ If yes, we fix it. If not, we move on. When Mo’Hits ended, I thought that was it. I almost packed up to move abroad Number one, Mushin 2 Mo’Hits — produced by me. Then Grass 2 Grace by 2Baba, Superstar by Wizkid, The Entertainer by D’Banj, and Aṣa’s self-titled debut album Friends encouraged me to stay and start again, and Mavin Records was born,” he said. “Since then, I’ve learned not to let anything break me. Even losing my mother two years ago was deeply painful, but life has to move on. You fix what you can and keep going. Some people think Afrobeats is slowing down, Beyond the music, I focus on the vessel the person,” he explained. “I look at their personality, their hunger, their vision. You can’t always predict who will blow, but sometimes you can feel when someone truly wants it. It costs between $100,000 and $300,000 — that’s about N150 million to N500 million to activate a new artiste under Mavin Beyond the music, I focus on the vessel the person,” he explained. “I look at their personality, their hunger, their vision. You can’t always predict who will blow, but sometimes you can feel when someone truly wants it.” I've been blessed enough for a long time to be able to afford any type of car I want or even buy a private jet but I have more important things to take care of. Nothing beats investment. The forex that I’m learning now is an investment in myself. Tomorrow, it’s going to turn into something, a skill I can use. Don’t just be useless. Go and acquire some skill, You don’t have to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. In this internet and AI age, a lot of jobs will disappear. Why not learn something tangible? Even carpentry or furniture making, we still import tables and chairs from Turkey and China. If we had skilled people here, we could produce those things ourselves [https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/11/i-can-afford-a-private-jet-but-don-jazzy/ “I like everything that God gave me. Obviously, there are sometimes that you just wish that somethings were different. But I’m not wishing for anything different, I’m just saying before God will now decide to adjust my life. We had the passion, but no structure. Now, it’s both or nothing,” he said. Another difficult thing was, I think when I had to let Di’Ja go, yeah, that was difficult,” he said. “And I don’t think I’ve let anybody go again by myself. Maybe Tega or Rema and others, if they need somebody to leave the label, it’s not me that does that anymore, “Because everybody in the Mavin record label is like my child, to be honest. So that was hard for both of us together. And she knew that it was hard for m She said to the guys in the room, ‘Why did you guys get Jazzy into the room? All of us are psychos,’” he recounted I have never felt lonely before. I can talk to myself, I can be by myself. As long as I have my phone, internet, TV and food, I can stay in my room and not come out. If they cannot use you, then you are useless. Why are we here in this world? It is to be useful to people, and vice versa,” “I believe every relationship is supposed to be beneficial for everyone involved. As much as they are in my life for something they will benefit from, I also like having them around for what I can benefit from too, [With time, you get to know the people who can stick with you through thick and thin External links Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Music producers from Nigeria