Foremost Nigerian music producer and record executive Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has opened up about how repeated rejection from girls during his secondary school years affected him and stayed with him into adulthood.
The Mavin Records founder, while speaking on Keeping It Real With Jima podcast “, said he struggled with rejection as a teenager because he did not consider himself attractive at the time.
“I wasn’t good-looking during my secondary school days. Thank God for music because back then I was constantly being rejected by girls. But after I became successful, I went back to look for all the girls who rejected me. But almost all of them were already married,” he revealed.
Don Jazzy said the experience had a strong effect on him, which led him to look for the women years later after he became successful in the music industry.
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At 43, he is seen as one of Nigeria’s top music executives. He started Mo’ Hits Records with D’banj and later launched Mavin Records in 2012 after the first label ended.
With Mavin Records, Don Jazzy has helped shape the careers of successful artists like Rema, Ayra Starr, Johnny Drille, Magixx, and Boy Spyce.
He was born in Umuahia, Abia State, and grew up in Ajegunle, Lagos. He went to Federal Government College in Lagos before starting his career in music production.
Over the years, Don Jazzy has built a reputation for finding and mentoring new talent, helping Afrobeats grow in Nigeria and around the world.