Don Jazzy Essentials
Apple Music
Don Jazzy is an elemental force within Nigerian popular music. Formerly CEO of the label Mo' Hits, he now presides over the Mavin imprint, but it's his production work that we're focusing on here. Not content with defining a sound for Africa's new generation of world-baiting stars (Tiwa Savage, D'Banj, Sauce Kid and others have all boasted Don Jazzy beats), 2013 saw his talents harnessed by Jay Z and Kanye West for a track from their gargantuan Watch the Throne LP. A true original—his sartorial style is legend—explore Don Jazzy's musical vision with this playlist.