Like everyone else, music starts from the church, at childhood or while in school. Either ways, musicians in this part of the world often start to count their number of years from when they take music as a full time career or when they record/release their first song.
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In this case, history has it that Mavin boss, Don Jazzy’s first full credit production work was in 2004 on D’banj’s debut single, ‘Tongolo’ and then he went on to produce D’banj’s debut album, No Long Thing that was released in 2005.
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It is a well-known fact that Don Jazzy and D’banj relocated to Nigeria from the United Kingdom to pursue a career in music, and within a very short time, they both became household names and recorded astounding success.
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Before relocating to Nigeria in 2004, Don Jazzy, born Micheal Collins Ajereh, got to London in 2000 and to survive, he picked up various odd jobs including working at McDonalds and as a security guard before his paths crossed with those of JJC and the 419 crew, Solek and Kas in the UK where he joined the crew and started honing his skills in music production.
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With the news of the rapid growth of Nigerian music and its artistes, Don Jazzy and D’banj took the bold steps to relocate to Nigeria and officially, their careers kicked off.
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