Michael Collins Ajereh (born 26 November 1982), better known as Don Jazzy , is a Nigerian Multi award-winning record producer, singer-songwriter, musician, former CEO of
Nigerian record label Mo' Hits Records and current CEO of the Mavin Records label. Born in Umuahia in Abia state, his first signing was D'banj who was at that time also the Vice- President of Mo' Hits Records. Don Jazzy's first full credit production work was in 2004 on Tongolo for Nigerian singer
D'banj . He went on to produce D'banj's first studio album titled No Long Thing released in 2005.
He has produced tracks for Dr SID , Wande Coal, D'Prince , Darey , Naeto C , Olakunle Excel et Zanga, Sauce Kid , Ikechukwu & Tiwa Savage . He also collaborated with Jay-Z and Kanye West on the production of Lift Off , featuring Beyoncé on the album Watch The
Throne , released on 8 August 2011.
He recently was rated as the 39th "Most
powerful celebrity in Africa" according to
Forbes.
The soft-spoken humble producer who is known to grant less interviews, is an avid user of social networking sites with Twitter being his favourite. With over 200K loyal followers, he has been known to give birthday mentions, mobile airtime recharge cards, iPads, and even
money. His love for exquisite African Fabrics and Male Indian-Gowns isn't a secret, but he is known to go with his own liking, switching whenever he feels like.
In September 2014, Don Jazzy calls on
Reekado Banks and Di'Ja for "Arise" dedicated to Nigeria. This is a clarion call to all Nigerians to wake up.
