‘Baby genre,’ Don Jazzy analyses Afrobeats

Nigerian producer and music executive Michael Collins Ajereh, also known as Don Jazzy, has claimed that the Afrobeats genre is still a baby when compared with other genres of music.

While analysing the genre in a lengthy post on his X handle, the Mavins record boss explained that most big players in the Afrobeats music industry, are learning everyday.

Don Jazzy, further explained his point of calling Afrobeats a baby genre, urging people to learn from others who have succeeded in their own fields.

“This our beloved Afrobeats is still a baby genre in the grand scheme of things. We are all still learning everyday as the game is ever changing. If you told me just 6 years ago that an Afrobeats video could cost over 20m Naira I would say ahh that’s way too much o. But behold some of us have shot videos over 100k dollars. If Burna tells me what it takes to do multiple international stadium shows, I will take notes cos I never run am before. If Dangote tells me what it cost to build a refinery in Lagos I will learn from him. That said, my people if I tell you how to run a successful record label in Nigeria, I will advise you take notes even if na small note cos we no plenty wey don run am,” he stated.