I used to sell akara with my mum, hoping big men would give me money – Don Jazzy

I used to sell akara with my mum hoping big men would give me money – Don Jazzy

We love it when the tables turn in a positive light.

Don Jazzy has disclosed that his driving force is the memory of selling akara with his mother in Ajegunle, hoping the ‘big men’ would notice him and help him.

Speaking as a guest on the Zero Conditions podcast, the musical producer aired his opinion that he doesn’t believe that most people who say they suffered really did. He stated that his childhood experience of selling akara with his mother shaped him, especially because he used to pray to be noticed and given money.

Recalling his humble beginnings, he said, “I remember it like it was yesterday… I remember sitting down with my mum frying akara there, sitting on the bench there in Ajegunle, and any big man that passes by with their Peugeot 504 or Mercedes 230 or whatever and they come to buy akara. I also remember the thought in my head, ‘I wish this man would just look at me and go Young boy just take this, I know that you need it’ or something like that.”