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I Never Imagined Remaining Single In My 40s – Don Jazzy

Mavin Records founder, Collins Ajereh, popularly Don Jazzy, has reflected on being single at 42.
The veteran producer and singer stated that he never imagined being single at that age.
Speaking on the Echo Podcast, the 42-year-old shared that he did not imagine he would reach his forties unmarried.
He said that while he is open to the idea, he is also content with his life as it is.
He explained that if marriage comes his way, he will accept it, but if not, he has no regrets.
“I never thought I would be 40-something and not be married. Maybe that’s the one I lost. If it comes, it comes. If it doesn’t, I’m totally fine,”he admitted
Reflecting on alternative paths, Don Jazzy revealed that even if he had not become a music executive, he would most likely still have pursued a career in music or excelled as an influencer.
The music executive was once married in his early twenties before fame.
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Music Executive, Don Jazzy Recounts How He Signed Ayra Starr To Mavins (Video)

Music executive Don Jazzy has recounted how he discovered Afrobeats star Ayra Starr and signed her to his record label, Mavin Records.

Speaking in an interview with Echo, Don Jazzy, who heads one of Africa’s biggest record labels, said there was a gap in the industry at the time for a teenage Afrobeats superstar, and he was actively searching for new talent to fill it.

He explained that he asked one of the people he followed to scout for promising singers in their universities. Among the names and handles that were sent to him was Ayra Starr’s Instagram profile.

According to Don Jazzy, what caught his attention was a freestyle Ayra Starr had posted about drug abuse — a theme he noted was particularly relevant to the challenges facing Gen Z. That performance, he said, convinced him that she was the one he had been looking for.

The producer added that he initially reached out to Ayra Starr directly but when she did not respond to his message, he contacted her brother.

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Meeting Don Jazzy 10 Years Ago Changed My Life – BBNaija Star, Neo Akpofure

Big Brother Naija Star, Emuobonuvie Akpofure aka Neo has opened up that meeting ace music executive, Don Jazzy ten years ago changed his life.
Neo stated this in a post on his Instagram page.
He stated that it all started after he was randomly selected as the winner of an MTV Base trivia competition titled “A Day with Don Jazzy.”
The reality TV star said he missed the chance to travel to South Africa for an award show due to his university exams, but his meeting with Don Jazzy in Lagos State and the ₦500,000 compensation made a profound impact on his life.
He wrote, “Destiny may know my name, but grace has never failed to find me in moments of doubt and uncertainty.
 
“Ten years ago, at a time when I questioned so much about my future, I was randomly selected out of thousands as the winner of the MTV Base “A Day with Don Jazzy” @mtnng trivia. I had spent just N60 answering questions about Don Jazzy, not knowing that those few clicks would open a door I never imagined.
 
“The prize was an all-expense-paid trip with Don Jazzy and the Mavin crew to South Africa for an award show. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it because of my exams at Unical. Yet, God still showed up for me. I was flown to Lagos to meet Don Jazzy, and to my shock, I was given a ₦500,000 compensation.
 
“That single encounter changed my life. It made me believe that I could truly be whoever I wanted to be. It reignited a fire in me that no circumstance could put out.
 
“Today, a decade later, I look back with so much gratitude. To my @donjazzy , who without even knowing, re-inspired my dreams thank you. To God, who has kept every promise He made to methank you. I am a living testimony that when grace speaks, destiny listens”.
Reacting to the post, Don Jazzy wrote, “Bro GOD got you. You are destined for greatness. Everybody I know that knows you always has amazing things to say about you. Makes me happy and I’m proud to have a line or 2 in your book. More blessings ahead”.
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DNA Test Is More Important Than Naming Ceremony – Don Jazzy Declares

Michael Collins Ajereh, the producer and music executive, who is popularly known as Don Jazzy, has urged men to be more serious about combating paternity fraud.

He urged men to conduct DNA tests on their children to ascertain their true paternity.

According to him, conducting a DNA test is more important than naming ceremony.

On his Instagram story, Jazzy wrote, “DNA test is more important than naming ceremony.”

Nigerians have been divided over whether DNA tests are necessary or not, given recent cases of paternity fraud.

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Tag The Person – Don Jazzy Dares Oluwadolarz After Entertainer Demanded S3x To Promote His Songs

MAVINS Record boss, Don Jazzy has dared skitmaker cum singer, Oluwadolarz, to name the person that asked him for g@y s3x to promote his music.

Recall that Oluwadolarz, in a post via his Instagram page, recounted his encounter with an unnamed entertainer.

He claimed that the entertainer demanded s3x from him before he could help promote his songs, endorse his music, or help him top the charts.

He wrote, “You will promote my songs. Endorse my music. Help me top chart. But make I first bend over make you enter my Y@nsh.”

Reacting to the post via the comment section of a blog, Don Jazzy dared Oluwadolarz to mention the entertainer’s name, or his claim is a lie.

He wrote, “Tag the person or it’s a lie sir.”

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Return The Money to Don Jazzy – Man Orders VeryDarkMan

The Chief Press Secretary to the immediate past Kogi State Deputy Governor, Promise Emmanuel aka Kogi Rebel has lashed out at social critic, Very Dark Man.
He labeled him a hypocrite for accepting the N100 million music executive, DonJazzy, weeks after insulting and ridiculing the music executive for donating money to Bobrisky.
In a post shared on his Facebook page, Emmanuel wondered why VDM would accept money from a person who he insulted a few weeks back for sending money to cross-dresser, Bobrisky while he was in prison.
Kogi Rebel wrote:
‘’The man who lost total respect for Don Jazzy for sending BobRisky Money whilst he was in jail has collected a whopping sum of 100m from the same person he lost respect for without returning the money.
 
They say integrity,  I say it is subjective. I think for the right price or hue, people do the things they accuse others of doing. We all want the same thing in different ways, finding ways to justify our own actions in society.
They say it is charity.  It is more like thieves who take money from innocents and go to church to pay tithes or offerings. It’s like politicians who loot the treasury then sprinkle some good deeds here and there to be exonerated.
 
Nigerians will always shift the goal post because we are mostly a people divided by multiplural identity.
 
How can you take money for charity from someone you think is moral reprehensible for your tolerance?
 
VDM should kindly return the money to Don Jazzy. The same way he came through when he sought donation is the same way Bob asked for his help when he was in jail. Only a dumb person would think Bob told Don “Give me money to rent a 2 bedroom Duplex in Jail”.”
In a seperate post, he wrote
‘’Don Jazzy is free to send VerydarkMan money because he will use it to do giveway for Nigerians.  
 
But Don Jazzy cannot send Bob Risky money if he reaches out to him for help. A member of the entertainment community o.
 
How do some of you even think? Except your brains have been kept at Kuje prison, you’re the only one appropriating contexts because you’ve made a mortal god.
 
Disappointment no extend reach money?
 
The very idiotic netizens who think they can select who anyone helps with their own money because of their own moral prism is nauseating.  
 
If VDM doesn’t return Don’s money to extend is unparalleled Disappointment for helping Bob when he reached out to him as a member of the entertainment community,  then he is a hypocrite. He is only angry that the assistance went to Bob instead of him.
 
Today we don hear “bros” towards Don.
 
Money dey change tunes. Money dictates tunes o. All Don’s sin with Bob has been washed away. A pardon of Disappointment has been lifted because 100m inside NGO account no be small shekels.
 
Oya, insult me!”
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Portable Begs Don Jazzy For Money, Slams Verydarkman’s NGO

Nigerian musician, Portable has taken to his social media page to beg music producer, Don Jazzy to send him money.
He was reacting after the music executive sent N100 million donation to social media activist, Verydarkman’s Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).
According to Portable, he is sure Verydarkman is fighting for himself.
Begging Don Jazzy to send him money, he said: “Person wey talk say Na Nigeria he dey fight for, he is fighting for himself. Don Jazzy, Don Jazzy, Don Jazzy, I call you three times, no dey use me motivate your signees, bless me, help me, give me money. I Dmed you on Instagram, you did not reply. Please don’t use me motivate only, help me.”
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Reactions As Don Jazzy Donates N100m To VeryDarkMan’s NGO

Martins Vincent Otse, the popular social media influencer, who is famously known as Verydarkman, has disclosed that music producer Michael Collins Ajereh, aka Don Jazzy, is the anonymous donor that sent N100 million to his newly established Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).

VDM initially raised concerns regarding the huge amount that was deposited into the account in a video via Instagram.

In the post, he called on Zenith Bank to investigate the situation.

“I don’t know what is going on, hope I’m not being set up… I AM NOT INTO MONEY LAUNDERING; I DO NOT DO FRAUD (FOR THE RECORD) Nigerians bear me witness, I don’t know what’s up with the account,” he wrote.

However, in a new video shared on Thursday, VDM confirmed that Don Jazzy reached out to inform him that he sent the donation.

The influencer said he received a message from Don Jazzy, which reads, “Morning bro. Just saw your post. Na me send ₦100m to support. I believe in what you are doing and trust you to be as transparent as you have always been. We really need that in our country. I wish you all the best with the project and more blessings to you. It’s not easy.”

According to him, the NGO had already received N179 million just five days after its launch.

Meanwhile, Don Jazzy’s donation has elicited reactions from Nigerians on social media.

@EdwardEzegu: “Even me way them no send the money dey in shock.”

 

On X, @talentedkwamejr said: “Don Jazzy for a reason. The money ppl go to Big Brother Naija to compete for Don Jazzy don send am to Very Dark Man to help his project😭😅. May God do same for us all. Amen.”

@sabanoor9∅∅∅: “Incredible gesture from Don Jazzy. True definition of giving back!”

@sundaynicholas: “No be to dey rant up and down social media in the name of giveaway so as to gain followers.”

@hunterbk: “God bless jazzy and VDM for bringing this up”

On Facebook, Kelly Kelly said: “Nigerians support great things and we are capable of it too. Na the bad government be our problem.”

Brotherr Bolu: “Donated 100m? God! Me sef go rich, by God’s grace.”

Chikelu Antonio Chinecherem: “Davido go soon donate $1m.”

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I Drum While Having S*x – Don Jazzy Reveals

Michael Collins Ajereh, the Nigerian record producer and music executive, who is popularly known as Don Jazzy, has revealed what inspired him to become a producer.

Appearing in a recent episode of the ‘On The Grind’ podcast, Jazzy disclosed that his love for music was what motivated his craft.

Boasting about his proficiency in multiple musical instruments, especially the drum, the Mavin Records boss revealed that he could even drum while having s*x.

“I just went in [to production] and never looked back. I finished playing percussion, I moved to jazz drum. From the drum set, I moved the bass guitar. At some point, I started learning the piano,”
he said.

“I started learning more instruments when I was in London and I realised that I wanted to be a producer. But originally, I liked playing drums and bass guitar…. I literally drum all the time. I do it during s*x. I can even drum on a woman’s buttocks if I get the inspiration for a beat at that time.”

He also revealed that he once lived in the studio with Altims and Baby Fresh for two years.

Don Jazzy began his career as a producer in the UK while working with JJC and the 419 Squad.

In 2004, he co-founded Mo’ Hits Records with D’banj and became the label’s in-house producer. He founded Mavin Records in 2012 after Mo’ Hits split and serves both as the label’s CEO and lead producer.

Don Jazzy was also an in-house producer for American rapper Kanye West’s GOOD Music from 2011 to 2013.

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Don Jazzy Laments After Noticing Issues With His New iPhone 16

Don Jazzy has taken to his Instagram page to lament after noticing an issue with his iPhone 16.
Recall that Apple recently started selling the phone.
Explaining the issue, Don Jazzy said whenever someone asks him for money, he’s unable to send it because the phone suddenly acts up.
According to him, once he opens the person’s text message and then proceeds to open his bank app, the app refuses to open, hence his inability to send anyone money.
Many believe it might be a sarcastic post from the record producer and singer.
See comments below:
habbyforex_ wrote, “It’s a general problem Apple needs to fix this up ASAP, very annoying”
uncle_azeez wrote, “I go still send you my account number. Use Dj big N iPhone 15 run am”
sisi_omoge wrote, “Yes Boo. It’s a new feature they introduced. Infact, mine goes ahead to give me a notification on who’s going to ask before they even ask. That way I can even avoid running into them physically. The only stress is that the battery still runs down eventually and sometimes I miss some notifications.”
officialguchi wrote, “Me too oh my phone does the same”
daven_eniola wrote, “Na new auto protect features for too much billing sir”
kelbenky1 wrote, “Even me o, my iPhone 6 just started doing the same thing this morning”