BEVERLY HILLS, April 01, (THEWILL) – Mavin boss, Michael Collins Ajereh, better known as Don Jazzy, gave some insight into his childhood as he stated that he grew up in Ajegunle assisting his father do farmwork and his mum to sell Akara (bean cakes).
The music mogul disclosed this during a Black Box Interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu saying that at the age of 11, he and the family moved to Egbeda.
He said, “My growing up was amazing, beautiful. I grew up in two places, Ajegunle and Egbeda. First, Ajegunle, I was born in Ajegunle. I moved to Egbeda when I was about 11 years old.
“My memories of Ajegunle include four or five things. School, which was primary school; come back home, follow my dad to the farm, which was at the back of the house, then come back in the night, join my mum who sells akara in the front of the house. Then in the morning my brother and I will walk to go and carry agidi.
“We used to go and carry it from the woman that my mother ordered it from. They used to make it early in the morning; so, it was hot and still like pap. We will bring it back home before it turns to agidi (like eko) then we go to school.
“So, it was school, church, farm, and music.”
According to him, his love for music started in the church and his father left banking to become an Artiste Manager.
He continued, “I will call it church not music because I went to church and I loved playing music. My dad, once upon a time, was a banker. At a point, he decided he did not want to do banking anymore so he became an Artiste Manager.
“He had an Artiste named Dirty Dusty. They used to go to studio and try out things. They did not really ‘blow blow’ like that, but my dad is someone that in any organisation he is in, they make him the leader because he is very outspoken and intelligent. He reads a lot.
“So, from the bank, before the Artiste Manager thing bloomed a little bit, there was farming in between.”
