Ace Nigerian music executive, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has revealed why he didn’t sign afrobeats superstars Wizkid and Davido to his former record label, Mo’Hits.
During his appearance on the Leaderboard podcast hosted by Fisayo Fosudo, the Mavin boss explained that he couldn’t sign Wizkid because Banky W, had already approached and signed him to EME.
As for Davido, Don Jazzy noted that he had the opportunity to sign him but decided not to because he believed Davido would succeed without a record label.
“I had the opportunity to sign Davido, but I didn’t because I kind of figured that he would be fine. Wizkid, obviously, I couldn’t because Banky W got to him first. That would have been amazing,” he said.
Don Jazzy also expressed his admiration for other artists like Simi, Teni, and Falz, and expressed regret that he didn’t sign them.
“I like Simi; I didn’t sign her. I wish I did. I like Teni, but I didn’t sign her. I wish I did. Falz, I love his work. We almost had a deal,” he added.
In other news, a throwback video of Nigerian singer and music executive, Don Jazzy performing singer Blackky’s Rosie song before a large crowd when he was just 9 has surfaced online.
The very old video showed 9-year-old Don Jazzy boldly leading a group of fellow youngsters to perform the hit song by veteran singer, Blackky, titled Rosie.
In the remarkable clip, the young Don Jazzy took center stage, boldly holding the microphone and delivering an impressive rendition of the popular song at the time.
The video has since gone viral, eliciting warm reactions from social media users.
It’s your choice, no be by force to sing with davido, Don jazzy you alone na boss 😊