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the Mo Hits label was dissolved and he
went on to found the Mavin Records,
that has since gone on to discover
some of nigeria’s hottest young talents
like Reekado Banks, Korede Bello and
D’Ija who are currently ruling the air-
waves across Africa.
The Don has won several awards for
his talents which include the 2006 Ni-
gerian Music Awards (NMA) - Producer
of the Year, 2007 Nigerian Entertain-
ment Awards - Music Producer of the
Year, The Headies 2011 – Producer
of the Year for the songs “Over The
Moon”, “Mr Endowed” and “Pop Some-
thing”, The Headies 2014 – Producer of
the Year for the song “Dorobucci”, the
2015 City People Entertainment Award
- Special Recognition Award and Sun
Awards for ‘Creative Person of the Year’
amongst others.
Don Jazzy’s iconic face & personality
has been lent to a number of local and
international brands through endorse-
ments that run into millions of Dollars.
He has graced such brands as Sam-
sung in their “Built for Africa” product
range, MTN, Loya Milk, Online retailer
Konga and the popular international
spirit brand Johnie Walker among oth-
ers. His Mavin Records also developed
a social networking platform called
Mavin League which was created to
provide their teeming fans with news
about the label and its artistes as well
as a place for them to socialize.
While he doesn’t make many media
appearances, Don Jazzy regularly con-
nect’s with his fans on social media
platforms, especially Twitter where he
has been known to give away cash,
mobile airtime, iPads and even birthday
mentions for his teeming fans. While he
doesn’t have a foundation in his name,
stating in a recent interview with
Nigerian publication, Encomium, Don
Jazy has been known to be very gen-
erous, donating the proceeds of his
works with DBanj, to charity, he also
generously donated one million Naira
when his colleague OJB Jezreel was
needed a kidney transplant.
While he continues to capture the fan-
tasies of numerous women, Don Jazzy
is not married yet and is not known to
be dating anyone publicly, as he prefers
to keep a very low profiled private life.
In the years to come we expect more
of the beats from Don Jazzy, who has
been rated 2nd richest African musi-
cian and as one of the 40 most influen-
tial celebrities in Africa by Forbes mag-
azine, to drive the changing pop culture
of Africa.
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