"It's been years past now, E.M.E has been inactive. I missed those days of the baddest boy, with Wizkid and Skales by my side.
I remember Late OJB Jezreel telling me to bank on Wizkid because his future is very bright considering how he finished work with M.I on Fast money fast cars.
I took him in, gave him a home in EME because EME originated from Albany, and our mission was to take off talents from the projects and brand them into the American class.
Wizkid wanted to be an Afro version of Sean Kingston and a blend of Fela Kuti.
It wasn't an easy task on EME considering that we had a fight to first beat Kennis, Mo'Hits and Chocolate City who had the Industry Kings and other independent artists putting the work to have a space in the table.
Just imagine trying to bring a western concept into an Industry with Kings like; Terry G, Timaya, D'Banj, 2Baba, Wande Coal, Ice-Prince and M.I... A market where you just have to make what I call a "Melodious Noise" to be heard.
Strategically, I made my way through with Mo'Hits records who happened to be the Topdog of that era and I secured a collaboration with D'Prince and Wande Coal on Wizkid.
You see up till this day many people do not know, we (Don Jazzy) strategically had Wande Coal on hold for Wizkid to drop the Star Boy album as Wande Coal was just about to drop an album after Mushin to Mohitz. We did that because; at that point in time a Wizkid album cannot stand rivalry with a Wande album together in the market.
I made sure the three best producers the Industry had that time are included in the Wizkid's project.
I pushed the Wizkid first single in the 3 Major cities of Nigeria; Lagos, Port-Harcourt and Abuja. Paying almost all OAP's, DJ's and Radio Personalities in those cities to push the new sound into the ears of people who were used to sounds from Terry G and Timaya.
It wasn't an easy task as I almost went bankrupt. However, I made sure it was played on air at least 3x daily in each radio station
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