Mavins Records big boss, Don Jazzy, born Michael Collins Ajereh is an enigma, whom very little is known about.
He once boasted that he hates talking onstage and rarely ever grants press interviews. Apart from his activities on social media very little is known about the multi-award winning music maker.
But recently Don Jazzy let down his guard and granted some interviews, from which we were able to unmask the real man behind the Dorobucci brand.
Here are some facts you probably don’t know about the Nigeria’s foremost music maker.
• He prefers bringing up new artistes than hooking up the the big boys.
• He hasn’t slept in his house in over one year. He lives in the studio at Lekki.
• He smokes cigarettes, not marijuana or any other drugs.
• He likes only slim girls, he calls them ‘Lepa toh bad’.
• He believes there are four major artistes in Nigeria—2Face, D’Banj, Psquare and the rest.
• He likes to think Italian and it is where he got Dorobucci, at Tiwa Savage’s wedding in Dubai.
• He thinks he is an ugly man.
• He has investment in oil, owning a large number of fuel tankers.
• He got the name ‘MAVIN’ from Google.
• His father is his number one fan.
• He is a very shy person and that’s why he wears sunglasses.
• He cannot rap.
• 2Face is his favourite artiste.
• He is not inspired by anyone.
• He only respects Timbaland and Jay Z.
• No one has ever written a line of song for him in his life; he writes all his songs by himself.
• His beats are inspired by highlife.
• His music comes first, his family second.
• He is not a fashion label freak.
• Once he releases a song he does not listen to it again.
• He has never charged for a collabo.
