Elijah Adebero
Big name record label owner, Don Jazzy, has shared with the public the list of big names in the industry he did not sign when he had the chance to and why.
While on the Fisayo Fosudo-hosted Leaderboard podcast, he revealed why he couldn’t sign Davido, Wizkid, Simi and Teni.
The CEO of Mavin Records explained that he was unable to sign Wizkid because Banky W, the CEO of EME Records had already seized the chance to sign the Starboy.
Don Baba J revealed that he had the opportunity to sign Davido but declined because he thought Davido would succeed without the help of a record label.
Don Jazzy also expressed regret for not signing Simi and Teni, adding that he went close to signing rapper Falz The Bahd Guy, but the deal fell through.
He said, “I like Simi, I didn’t sign her. I wish I did. I like Teni, but I didn’t sign her. I wish I did. I had the opportunity of signing Davido but I didn’t because I kind of figured that he would be fine. Wizkid, obviously, I couldn’t because Banky W got to him first. That would have been amazing.
Falz, I love his work. We almost had a deal.”
