Don Jazzy, a well-known music businessman, explains why he declined to sign Afrobeats artists Wizkid and Davido to his now-defunct record company, Mo’hits.
The disclosures were revealed by Don Jazzy while he was a guest on the Fisayo Fosudo-hosted Leaderboard podcast.
Wizkid couldn’t be signed, according to the CEO of Mavin Records, since Banky W, the CEO of EME Records, had already seized the chance to sign the Starboy.
Don Baba J said that he had the opportunity to sign Davido but declined because he thought Davido would succeed without the help of a record company.
Don Jazzy expressed sorrow for passing up the opportunity to sign talents like Simi and Teni. He said that Falz The Bahd Guy, a rapper, was a candidate for signing, but the transaction ultimately failed.
n his words, “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.”