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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 Mo' Hits Records and current CEO of Mavin Records. Born in Umuahia in Abia state, Alongside his friend and partner they created the Mohits record label. 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, Emeka Infiniti, 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.〔http://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2011/10/12/the-40-most-powerful-celebrities-in-africa/〕 == Early life == Michael Collins Ajereh was born in Umuahia. His family moved to Ajegunle city in Lagos where he was raised, and graduated from Federal Government College Lagos.〔Federal Government College Lagos, Federal Government College Lagos.〕 He always had a flair for music, singing and playing the drums from the age of four. He developed a passion for the bass guitar at the age of 12, he went on study Business Management at the Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma in Edo state.〔Ambrose Alli University, Ambrose Alli University.〕 In 2000 he moved to London, UK after his Uncle invited him to come play the drums for the local Church. Various odd jobs followed including working at McDonalds and as a security guard. Already imbued with an intimate knowledge of traditional and percussion instruments, Don Jazzy further built on his musical knowledge during his UK stint. Finding kindred spirits in the likes of Solek, JJC, Kas, The 419 squad and D'Banj, the gang would spend unrelenting hours practicing, recording and performing different types of music. His appetite for a full-time career in music could no longer be satiated when, in 2004, he partnered with D'Banj to set up the Mo' Hits label. Within two years, the prolific producer had wrapped up two albums (No Long Thing and Rundown/Funk You Up) with his former partner and was working on a third, Curriculum Vitae. By this time, he had already started becoming a household name with the trademark intro – It's Don Jazzy Again! He also owes a lot of his production prowess to lectures from popular O'town big boy Emeka Infiniti who he worked with in mid 2000. In 2008 there were further production credits for the best selling album of that year, The Entertainer, Don Jazzy repeated the trick with Wande Coal's Mushin 2 MoHits, an album that was described as one of the best albums to ever come out of Nigeria.〔http://ynaija.com/wande-coal-wizkid-p-square-they-started-from-church/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Jazzy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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