Michael Collins Ajereh (born November 26, 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 founded in 2004 and current CEO of the Mavin Records. Born in Umuahia by Abia State Parents, who are from Isuikwuato L.G.A in Abia state.
His family moved to Ajegunle in Lagos state where he was raised, and graduated from Federal Government College Lagos. Michael always had a flair for music singing and playing the drums from the age of 4. He developed a passion for the bass guitar at the age of 12. He went on to study Business Management at the Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma in Edo state. He moved to London in the United Kingdom in 2000.
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 fellow kindred spirits in the likes of Solek, JJC, Kas, The 419 squad andD’Banj, the gang spent unrelenting hours practising, recording and performing different types of music.
Jazzy’s 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 Mo’ Hits 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!
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.
He recently was rated as the 36th. “Most powerful celebrity in Africa” according to Forbes list.

Below are some of the comments from Don Jazzy’s peers in the Nigerian Music/Entertainment industry.



200 words is too much sef. Three words…. SUPER TALENTED PRODUCER. A lot of producers in this part of the world are actually beat makers (very good ones admittedly). Jazzy though is a PROPER producer who as well as making beats for a song, works with the artistes strength in order to bring out the best in them on the produced song. READ more at http://www.davidchuks..com