Category: Musicians

Mavin records boss, Don Jazzy bio, real age, life history, endorsements, awards and nominations.

Facts About Don Jazzy (Key)

• Real Name:               Michael  Collins Ajereh
• Date of Birth:            November 26, 1982
• State Of Origin:        Unuahia, Abia state
• Nationality:               Nigeria
• Genres:                      R&B, Pop
• Occupation(s):          Music producer, Singer, Song writer, Entrepreneur

Who Is Don Jazzy?

Michael Collins Ajereh better known as Don Jazzy is arecord producer, singer, song writer and business man born on November 26, 1982.

He co-founded the defunct record label “Mo’hits” along with D’Banj before they officailly went their separte ways and he is currently the founder of the Mavin records which includes the likes of D’Prince, Dr Sid, Tiwa Savage, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di’ja, DNA Twins, LadiPoe and Johnny Drille.

Early Life & Background

Music Career

Michael who started playing drums at the age of four, developed a passion for the guitar at the age of 12.

He did various odd jobs including working as a security guard before he decided to build on his musical knowleged, finding like-minded people such as JJC & 419 squad, Kas, D’Banj and Solek.

Don Jazzy ventured into a full time career in music when he patnered with the koko master, D’Banj to set up the Mo’Hits label.

Just within two years, both had produced two albums “No Long Thing” and “Rundown/funk You Up”, while still working on the third.

That time marked the beginning of Don Jazzy’s fame where he was already becoming a household name with the trademark intro – “It’s Don Jazzy Again!”.

At that time, Don Jazzy also repeated the magic on Wande Coal’s Mushin to Mo’Hits album which was described as the best album to ever come out of Nigeria.

Awards

Ever since he rose to fame, he has received numerous awards which includes:

1. Nigerian entertainment award for Music producer of the year.

2. The Headies award for producer of the year for Over the Moon, Mr Endowed and Pop something.

3. The Headies 2014 – Producer of the year for Dorobucci.

4. City People entertainment award 2015 – Special recognition award.

Production discography

Albums

• D’Banj – No Long thing (2005)
• D’Banj – RunDown/ Funk You Up (2006)
• D’Banj – The Entertainer (2008)
• Mo’Hits All stars – Curriculum Vitae (2007)
• Wande Coal – Mushin 2 Mo’Hits (2008)
• Mavins – Solar Plexus ‘Mavin records” (2012)

Endorsements

The prolific record producer already enjoys a number of numerous mouth watering endorsements with the likes of Samsung, Loya Milk and MTN.

He has also grown to become one of the most respected ambassadors in the Nigerian show biz.

Net Worth

Don Jazzy who lives an extravagant lifestyle, has a lot of houses and expensive cars such as Porsche 911, Bentley Continental, flying Spur, Cadillac Escalade, Range Rover sports among others.

Don Jazzy net worth is estimated at &35million.

Social Media Profile

Instagram: @donjazzy
Twitter: @DONJAZZY
Facebook: Mavinboss

Johnny Drille is a Nigerian singer, song writer, record producer and sound engineeer born on July, 1990 in Edo state.

Johnny Drille Profile (Key)

Real Name:             John Ighdaro
Date of birth:          July 5, 1990
State of Origin:       Edo state
Genres:                   R&B, contemporary

Background & History

Johnny Drille who was born and raised in Edo state, is the first of the five children of his parents.

He graduated from the University of Benin, Edo state where he studied English and Literature.

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Music Career

The talented singer who started doing music at a very tender age in church, was a contestant at the MTN project fame season 6.

Ever since then, he has been churning out songsuntil he caught the attention of the Mavin boss, Don Jazzy when he did a superb cover to Di’ja’s hit song “Awwww”.

He followed it up with his own personal song “Love don’t lie” and later released another  song “Wait for me” which topped Nigerian charts at that time.

He also released the folky love song “beautful love”, a celebration of true love.

The
singer revealed that he had tried his hands at multiple genres of music
including high life and hip hop but didn’t work out for him as expected
until he figured out a way to stand out when he came across the music
of the American folk bnad, Mumford & Sons.

According to him,
his musical includes; Mumford & Sons, Owl city, Phillips, Passenger,
Jon Bellion, Laura Muula and the Nigerian sesnsation, Cobhams Asuquo.

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Net Worth

Johnny Drille who makes money from his music and as a producer, currently stand at an estimated net worth of $105,000.

Awards & Nominations

In 2015, Johnny Drille was nominated for the best producer award at the South South Music Award (SSMA)

In 2016, he was nominated for the best alternative song award at the Headies.

Social Media Porfile

Instagram: @johnnydrille
facebook: ighodarujohn

9ice with the names Alexander Abolore Adegbola Adigun Alapomeji is a Nigerian singer born on 17th January 1980.

9ice Profile (Key)

• Real Name:             Alexander Abolore Adigun
• Date of birth:          17th January 1980
• State Of Origin:      Ogbomosho, Oyo state
• Genres:                   Hip hop
• Occupation(s):       Singer, Song writer, Instrumentalist

Early Life & Background

9ice who was born in the South west region, Ogbomosho, Oyo state part of Nigeria was raised in the district of Bariga in Lagos state.

He attended Aule Okuta primary school and CMS grammar school for his primary and secondary education.

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He attended Lagos state University to study Law but later dropped out to pursue a career in music.

He grew up in a polygamous home of five wives and nine children.

Music Career
9ice who started to his own songs at the age of 14, draws inspiration from the likes of Pasuma wonder, Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, Tatalo Alamu and the late Alhaji Haruna Ishola.

9ice released his first single “Little Money” in 2000 but had to wait five years more before gaining recognition in the Nigerian music industry.

His collaboration with several top Nigerian artist gave rise to the release of hit single “Ganja man” produced by I.d Cabasa.

His style of music which is a perfect blend of Yoruba proverbs and English soon create a unique identity for him. 9ice compares himself to Youssou N’Dour and Yvonne Chaka Chaka who embraced their mother tongue.

9ice first album “Certificate” did quite well especially when it comes to hit songs like Little Money, Ganja Man, Make Dem Talk and Music Daddy.

One could possibly say that was the beginning of success for the singer when he released another hit single “Gongo Aso” which became street anthem among fans an a party starter for DJ’s at various clubs.

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His “Gongo Aso” album which is his second, is centered on his success, originality, partying and women. It gave birth to the rise of the hit single “Street Credibility” featuring 2face Idibia.

In 2017, 9ice dropped another single “Living Things” which caused sevearl controversies online with singer Falz pointing to it as promoting yahoo boyz, an accussation that 9ice denied.

9ice Albums

• Certificate (2007)
• Gongo Aso (2008)
• Tradition (2009)
• Bashorun gaa/Versus (2011)
• CNN/GRA (2004)
• ID Cabasa (2016)

Awards and Nominations

The talented singer is notable for the following awards:

• MOBO best african act 2008
• Nigerian Music awards, Best Act 2008
• Nigerian Entertainment Awards for most indigenous act 2007
• Future Awards
• MTV Base best hip hop act 2008
• LTV/Eko Fm Awards
• Hip Hop world awards for best voal performance male 2008
• Hip hop world award Revelation of the year 2008

Social Mdia Profile

Instagram: @9iceofficial
Twitter:   @iamancestor

Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel better known as Kizz Daniel is a Nigerian singer, song writer and performer who came to limelight with the hit single “Woju”.

Kizz Daniel Profile

• Real Name:           Anidugbe Oluwatobiloba Daniel
• Date of Birth:        June 27, 1992
• State of Origin:     Ogun state
• Nationality:            Nigeria
• Genres:                  Afro-pop
• Occupation(s):       Singer, Song writer
• Net Worth: $2 million
• Instagram: @iamkizzdaniel
• Twitter: @iamkissdaniel

Early Life & Background

Kizz Daniel who was born on June 27, 1992, hails from Abeokuta North, a local government area in Ogun state.

He studied Ogun international montessori nursery and primary school and studied Water Resources Management and Agrometeology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB).

Music Career

Kizz Daniel who started doing music at an early age, had the full support of his father.

With musical influence from the likes of Danfo Driver, Zulezoo, Oritse Femi, 2face Idibia, 9ice, W4, Wande Coal, Owl city and Ed Sheeran, he kicked off his career professionally in 2013 when he was signed by Emperor Geezy into G-Worldwide Entertainment.

He released his first official single “Shoye” produced by Beatburx on May 1, 2014 which was accompanied with a music video directed by MEX.

The singer didn’t get that much recognition until he released a heart warming single titled “Woju” as produced by DJ Coublon and the video shot on a location in Lagos as directed by Adasa Cookey.

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He dropped the remix of “Woju” featuring Mavins diva, Tiwa Savage and DMW boss, Davido.

In May 2015, Kiss Daniel drops his third single “Laye” along with a music video which features cameo appearance from label mate, Sugarboy, as directed by Ani James for AJE FILMWORKS.

Kiss Daniel parted ways with G-worldwide in November 2017 and floated his own record label, FLY BOY I.N.C.

He released his first song “No Do” under his new imprint in December 2017.

Awards & Nominations

Kizz Daniel has won numerous awards such as:

• Won Next rated artist of he year at the Extra awards.
• Won Revelation of the year at Maya awards.
• Won Best new act of the year at Nigeria Entertainment awards
• Won hip hop world revelation (2015) at Headies awards.
• Won best R&B/Pop album “New Era” at Headies awards.

He has also got nominations such as:

• Nominated for single of the year “Woju” at Nigeria entertainment awards.
• Nominated for most popular song “Woju” at City people entertainment awards.
• Nominated for next rated (2015) at Headies awards.
• Nominated for pop single of the year “Woju” (2015) at the headies awards.

Kizz Daniel Album

• No Bad Songz
• King of Love

Kizz Daniel Songs [DOWNLOAD]

• Jaho
• Pak n Go
• Fvck You
• Madu
• True Feat. Mayorkun
• Ello Baby Feat. Young John & Tiwa Savage
• Pah Poh
• Jore Feat. Adekunle Gold
• Somebody Feat. Skiibii
• Ada
• Boys Are Bad
• Aii
• Find A Bae
• We Wan Comot
• Need Somebody
• Chek
• One Day
• Tempted To Steal
• Padi

Innocent Ujah Idibia popualrly known as 2baba, is a Nigerian singer, song writer and entrepreneur born on 18th September, 1975 in Jos, Plateau State.

Tuface Idibia Profile

• Real Name:           Innocent Ujah Idibia
• Date of Birth:       18th September, 1975
• State of Origin:     Benue state
• Place of Birth:      Jos, Plateau state
• Nationality:          Nigeria
• Occupation:         Singer, songwriter, entrepreneur
• Genres:                R&B, Hip hop, reggae, Afrobeat
• Height:                6ft 8.5 inches

Personal Life & Marriage
Tuface personal life is something worth mentioning from escaping death from gunshots to heated contorversies about his releationshi with the ladies.

The talented singer has seven children from three different.

He has two sons; Zion and Nina from Sunbo Ajbawho, three kids with America based make-up artist, Pero Adeniyi and two children, Isabello and Olivia with his third baby mama and now wife, Annie Macaulay.

He dated Annie for 12years, proposed to her on valentine’s day at Jay Jay Okocha club and got married to her in a lavish ceremony in Dubai.

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Albums

• Face 2 Face (2004)
• Grass 2 Grace (2006)
• The Unstoppable (2008)
• The Unstoppable International Edition (2010)
• Away & Beyond (2012)
• The Ascension (2014)

Singles

• African Queen
• Enter the place
• Implication
• Only Me
• Mr Senator
• Gaga Shuffle

Awards & Nominations

2face who has is one of the most decorated artist in Africa, has received numerous awards including One MTV Europe Music awards, One World Music awards, Five Headies awards, Four Channel O Music Video awards, One Bet award, Four MTV Africa Music awards, One MOB award, One Kora award among many ther nominations.

Net Worth

The award winning and highly energetic singer is said to worth more than N4.5billion naira.

Social Media Profile

• Instagram: @official2baba
• Twitter: @official2baba

Eedris Turayo Abdulkareem Ajenifuja popularly known as Eedris Abdulkareem is a Nigerian hip hop artist, song writer and singer born to a polygamous family in Kano state.

Early Life & Background

Eeedris who was born in 1974 in Kano had adopted Kano state as his state of origin.His father was originally from Ilesha, Osun state and resides in Lagos while his mother is from Ogun state and had stayed in Kano.

He lost his father when he was 2 years old and had attended Army Day secondary school. He got married to his girlfriend, Yetunde.

Music Career

Eedris who started to rap while he was a student, came to limelight after being part of the group, Remedies which includes the likes of Tony Tetuilla and Eddy Montana before they finally went their separate ways with each taking up a solo career.

He released his first solo album, “Pass” in 2002 which was well received by music pundits. He followed it up with Mr Lecturer, which mainly focuses on the sexual harrassment in Universities.

He dropped another album “Jaga Jaga” in 2004 which was even more controversial than his previous ones. The song is centered on the corruption and suffering in Nigeria.

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However, the song was banned on radio and television stations by the then president, Olusegun Obasanjo.

In 2005, the rapper launched his own record label, Lakreem Music and released his 4th album “Letter to Mr President”, an album which addresses Obasanjo’s criticism’s on the song “Jaga Jaga”. It also featured “Flash up, Unu lighter” and a tribute to Obasanjo’s wife, Stella who dies after undergoing surgery and also to the victims of the Bellview Airlines crash.

The album cover which looks kind of unique was designed by Ghariokwu
lemi, the same person that designed most of Fela Kuti’s classic album
covers.

However, the hip hop legend and lyricist got on the
international scene when he had a quarrel with American rapper, 50cent
on board  an airplane at Murtala Mohammed internationl airport in Lagos.

According
to the whole story, it was said that Eeedris had occupied a seat meant
for 50cent and this led to a fight where one of Abdulkaremm’s associate
was injured.

Albums

• Pass – 2002
• Mr Lecturer – 2002
• Jaga Jaga – 2004
• Leter to Mr President – 2005
• King is back – 2007
• Unfinished business

Singles

• Jaga Jaga part2
• Sekere Ft Vector
• Fela ft Femi Kuti
• I Go Whoze You ft Vtek
• Trouble Dey sleep ft Konga

Gilbert Bani who is well known as A-Q, is a Nigerian rapper, dancer and performer born on August 1, 1986.

A-Q Profile (Key)

• Real Name:               Gilbert Bani
• Date of Birth:           August 1, 1986
• Stae of Origin:          Abia state
• Nationality:             Nigeria
• Occupation(s):           Rapper, dancer, record producer, entrepreneur

A-Q graduated and returned back fully to the entertainment industry and
this time, he launched his own record label, “HUSTLE INC”.

ALBUMS

• 2005 – Listen and Overstand
• 2006 – Maga Must Pay
• 2008 – Love and Money
• 2010 – The past present and future
• 2012 – Make your best rapper look stupid
• 2014 – Son Of John
• 2016 – Rose
• 2017 Blessed Forever Mixtape/EP

Singles

• Wrap Nigeria
• Make Money
• Names
• Champaign and Rum
• Why

Awards and Nominations

• Nominated for best rap artist for his song Agu Ndi Men at 2016 Headies
• Best Lyricist on the Roll at Headies awards

Sugarboy whose real name is Umoren Akanimoh Felix is a Nigerian Afrobeat, reggae-dancehall singer who rose to fame with the hit single “Holla Holla”.

Profile (Key)

• Real Name:          Umoren Akanimoh Felix
• Date of Birth:      April 15, 1992
• Origin:                Calabar, Nigeria
• Genres:                Reggae, RnB, Afrobeat

Early Life & Background

Sugarboy who is the first of three children was born in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. He is from Ikono local government area but grew up in Ajegunle area of Lagos state and Suleja, Niger state.

He attended University of Porthacourt where he beagn to pursue his music career.

Music Career

With musical influences from the likes of Bob Marley, Gregory Isaac and Majek Fashek, Sugarboy started having passion for music at the age of 14 while being supported by his father who had all the albums of the late 70’s and 90’s.

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He started music professionally in 2010 when he was first featured by the veteran hip hop frorce, Modenine in his hit single “BADMAN”.

In 2012, he came across the CEO of G-Worldwide entertainment, Emperor Geezy but was officially signed to the label in 2015 after which he was featured in DJ Shabsy’s collaboration with Kiss Daniel on the single “RABA”.

The song which was produced by DJ Coublon was given a visual treatment
which gave the song more life and soon became a street anthem and
favourite among fans.

Sugarboy was well known when he released a party cracker “Holla Holla” and then followed it up with another party starter “Legalize” and a mid tempo tune “Double”.

He dropped his official album “Believe” under the imprint in 2017 and released a video to one of the favourite track in the album titled “Jofunmi”.

SONGS

• Holla Holla
• Double
• Legalize
• Molu ft. Kiss Daniel
• Dada Omo
• Kilamiti ft. Kiss Daniel
• Jofunmi
• Chop Ft. Ycee

Social Media Profile

• Instagram: @Sugarboygww
• Twitter: @SugarboyGWW

YBNL which is an abbreviation for Yahoo Boy No Laptop, is the name of Olamide’s second studio album which was released on November 12, 2012.

The album which is a follow up to his Rhapsodi album, features Nigerian music starts like Kayswitch, Tiwa Savage, Dammy Krane, Reminisce, Base One, Buckwyla and Minus 2.

The album also gives credit to top producers including Pheelz, 2Kriss, Samklef, I.D Cabasa and Tyronne and was also backed up by four singles such as “Ilefo Illuminati”, “First of all”, “Stupid love” and “Voice of the stret”.

YBNL Origin

Yahoo Boy No Laptop popualrly known as YBNL came up as a record label after being used as the name of Olamide’s second official album. We also witnessed the same with Lil Kesh who named his record label “YAGI” after his first official album.

YBNL Record Label Members/Crew
Current Members

• Olamide
• Temmie Ovwasa
• Davolee
• Pheelz
• Young John
• Lyta
• Limerick
• Picazo Rhap
• Yomi Blaze

• Adekunle Gold
• Lil Kesh
• Viktoh
• Chinko Ekun

How To Join YBNL

If you feel you’ve got the talent to showcase in the Nigerian music industry, here’s a simple way to join the label

• Create a cool song
• Send it to info@praisemama.com
• Then it will undergo a special routine check by the  website admin

Searches Related to How to join YBNL

• YBNL office address
• YBNL record label contact
• YBNL nation pictures
• YBNL members

Temmie Ovwasa who is popularly known as YBNL Princess, is a Nigerian singer, song writer and guitarist born on 29th November, 1996.

Temmie Ovwasa Profile (Key)

• Real Name:          Temmie Ovwasa
• Nick Name:          YBNL Princess
• Date of Birth:      29 November, 1996
• Place of Birth:     Ilorin
• State of Origin:    Imo state, Ilorin
• Occupation(s):      Singer, Song writer
• Genres:                 RnB, Afropop
• Instrument:         Guitar, Keyboard, Drum
• Relationship:       Single

Here are 10 other things about her:

1. She hals from Imo state part of Nigeria
2. She started singing in her family church choir.
3. She wrote her first song at the age of 8 years
4. She got her first guitar at the age of 12 years
5. She started out professionally in 2016 after being signed to Olamide’s YBNL Nation record label.
6. She is the first lady of YBNL Nation record label, hence the name YBNL Princess.

7. She plays all kinds of instruments including guitar, Keyboard and drum.
8. She attended Ladoke Akintola University, Oyo state where she studied Medical Anatomy.
9. She rose to fame with the hit single “Jabole”, which is her first song under the YBNL imprint.
10. She revealed she has recorded over 300 songs.

 Songs

• Jabole
• Afefe
• Bamidele

• Artiste of the year at Top Naija Musi award

• Olamide
• DJ Enimoney
• Chinko Ekun
• Lil Kesh
• Adekunle Gold