I sold akara growing up

Ademola Olonilua

Mavin boss, Don Jazzy, has given a peek into his childhood days. He revealed that he grew up in Ajegunle the place he helped his father do some farm work and in addition offered akara (bean desserts) for his mom.

The music producer spoke about his childhood days throughout a Black Field Interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. The beatmaker additional talked about that on the age of 11, they moved to Egbeda.

He mentioned, “My rising up was superb, lovely. I grew up in two locations, Ajegunle and Egbeda. First, Ajegunle, I used to be born in Ajegunle. I moved to Egbeda after I was about 11 years previous.

“My reminiscences of Ajegunle consists of 4 or 5 issues. Faculty, which was major college; come again house, observe my dad to the farm, which was in the back of the home, then come again within the night time, be a part of my mum who sells akara within the entrance of the home. Then within the morning my brother and I’ll stroll to go and carry agidi.

“We used to go and carry it from the lady that my mom ordered it from. They used to make it early within the morning; so, it’s sizzling and nonetheless like pap. We’ll deliver it again house earlier than it turns to agidi (like eko) then we go to high school.

“So, it was college, church, farm, and music.”

DonJazzy famous that his love for music grew within the church the place he at all times performed. He additionally talked about that his father left banking to grow to be an artiste supervisor.

“I’ll name it church not music as a result of I went to church and I liked taking part in music. My dad, as soon as upon a time, was a banker. At a degree, he determined he didn’t wish to do banking anymore so he turned an artiste supervisor.

“He had an artiste named Soiled Dusty. They used to go to studio and check out issues. They didn’t actually ‘blow blow’ like that, however my dad is somebody that in any group he’s in, they make him the chief as a result of he’s very outspoken and clever. He reads loads.

“So, from the financial institution, earlier than the artiste handle factor bloomed just a little bit, there was farming in between,” he mentioned.