Popular music producer and Mavins CEO, Micheal Collins Ajereh fondly called Don Jazzy, has shared that female artistes face more challenges than their male counterparts in the Nigerian music industry.
The music guru revealed this in a recent interview with BBC News Pidgin.
Speaking in a combination of Nigerian Pidgin and English, Don Jazzy said, “I have a record label, so I have male and female artistes. In the past, I had the opportunity to go through a female artiste’s phone and read conversations that the female artistes had had with a bunch of producers, TV people in the industry.. Everybody just wants sex. It’s tiring. I feel sorry for them.”
“We need to fix the system in general. We need to train the male child better,” he added..
Don Jazzy suggested that female artistes should openly expose music producers and media personalities who demand sex in exchange for a deserved favour.
“If these young ladies start calling them out, that’s a start. If a producer says he wants to sleep with you, call him out,” he said.
Don Jazzy is a singer, song writer and a producer. He is the founder and CEO of Mavins Records, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist.