Dr. Ope Banwo, the Founder and Gistmaster at GistHouse, the first Afrocentric audio, and video conversation platform has announced Micheal Collins Ajereh popular as Don Jazzy as the GistHouse African Icon for January 2023.

He announced this at a press conference held recently at the headquarters of GistHouse in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Speaking at the event, Dr. Banwo noted that as part of the organization’s vision to continuously celebrate the best of black Africa, and highlight the black African experience through global conversations, GistHouse Audio Platform was proud to honour the iconic music superstar Don Jazzy, as its Black African ICON-OF-THE-MONTH of January 2023.

Furthermore, he added that Don Jazzy was selected after a selection voting exercise by GistHouse users and management with consideration for the most outstanding black Africans.

He said; “We are most excited and privileged to announce Samuel Collins, also known as Don Jazzy, a colossus of music in Africa as the Afrocentric Icon for January 2023.

“Don Jazzy was chosen out of dozens of other worthy African Icons for his lifetime body of work in elevating the music industry globally in the context of the Afrocentric experience. He has not only excelled as a record producer, performer, and music executive, he pioneered a whole new genre of music and style of music performance with his iconic MoHits and Marvin Records labels.

“While Don Jazzy didn’t start international cross-over music in Africa, he brought a delightful new swagger, panache, and an amazing financially rewarding dimension into African music with his unforgettable partnership with the inimitable D’banj in MoHits Records, among others. After Mohits, he took his pioneering talent to a higher level with Marvin Records gave us instant superstars like the sultry Tiwa Savage, super crooner Wande Coal, Dr. Sid, and Korede Bello among others

“Beyond establishing himself as a superstar music producer and performer, Don Jazzy has also mentored and helped a whole generation of Africans to turn their talents as musicians into a full-time occupation and impactful vocation,” Dr. Banwo noted.

Don Jazzy will be celebrated by GistHouse in several ways in January 2023 and beyond.

According to Dr. Banwo, in addition to a long list of events to celebrate Don Jazzy, Friday 20th of January will be designated as the ICON CELEBRATION DAY with Don Jazzy on the GistHouse Platform with different special rooms dedicated to celebrating him and his body of work and also hosting him to a special conversation on the GistHouse platform.

GuestHouse, the first Afrocentric multimedia conversation platform that rewards users for having great conversations is a next-level platform that has successfully merged the best of audio apps like Clubhouse, Twitter spaces, Spotify green room, and Zoom apps into an integrated platform for people and businesses from all walks of life.

With its industry-leading features and benefits, the GistHouse platform provides a safe and rewarding environment for people of all colors to host different audio and video rooms on any topic, and provides advanced features for rewarding conversations on everything including business, politics, religion; personal development, self-development, dating; business meetings; networking, friends and family meetings, and others.

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