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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CEO of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy, has said he regrets not signing musicians like Falz, Simi, and Teni.<\/p>\n

Speaking during a Black Box Interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the record producer said things didn\u2019t work out between Falz and Mavin as the singer was affiliated with another manager.<\/p>\n

He also said that he lost Simi after the music cover contest he had staged to select new artistes didn\u2019t single her out as a winner.<\/p>\n

Don Jazzy further stated that he wished he signed Falz and Simi when the opportunity came regardless of what the situation was at that time.<\/p>\n

He, however, revealed that the only person he never wanted to manage was Davido.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say I turned them down. For Falz, the working situation wasn\u2019t just right. I run a firm that could handle almost everything he needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think he had like a management company set up already. It was like Tiwa Savage\u2019s but I had to grow into that kind of scenario where I had to handle someone that had a record label, some blueprint process.<\/p>\n

\u201cI equally didn\u2019t reject Simi. I did a Twitter contest for \u2018Journey of A Thousand Miles\u2019. I also loved her cover because she was one of the people that participated but she didn\u2019t win.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t pick the winners. I liked her but you can\u2019t sign anybody. That\u2019s one person I also regretted, I won\u2019t say regret. But I wish we worked on stuff together. The same thing with Teni. We used to check up on each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had not grown to the point that I would move you from Atlanta to Nigeria for work. Now I can and we work before deciding if we are going to sign. Before I knew what was happening, there were faster people.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe released records and I was like, \u2018okay, we lost that one\u2019. Three hot stars. The only person I didn\u2019t want to sign was Davido I didn\u2019t want to sign him but I knew he was going to be huge. They have money already now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. CEO of Mavin Records, Don Jazzy, has said he regrets not signing musicians like Falz, Simi, and Teni. Speaking during a Black Box Interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the record producer said things didn\u2019t work out between Falz and Mavin as the singer was affiliated with another manager. 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