Dija, the pretty Mavin Records Singer has been in the news for the past 4 weeks.
Reason?
She reportedly got married in Kaduna secretly a few weeks back, even though her manager denied it in a chat with Kemi Filani Blog.
Citypeople claims ‘She didn’t make noise about it. She called a few of her friends and her mum invited her friends as
well and traditional wedding took place in her compound in Kaduna.’
Well in this new interview, the Mavin star, Aphrodija talked about the first time she met Don Jazzy and more. Read the interesting excerpts from the interview below:
Meeting Don Jazzy, I felt like I was reborn. I met him through my
manager. He told we were going to see a producer, I didn’t know where we
were going so we ended up in Don Jazzy’s house. I didn’t even know
where I was. I ended up meeting Baby Fresh, Altims and a few others.
They started listening to songs that I had done before and I had this
nervousness in me. Not long after, I saw a shadow behind me and when I
turned around to see who it was at the door, it was Don Jazzy and I
almost fainted, I just told myself to stay composed. It even got worse
when Don Jazzy started listening to my songs, I just got so nervous. 1
thing I love about Don Jazzy is that he won’t promise you anything;
rather he would tell you that he would do his best. He told us he would
get back to us and the next day he pulled a call through and that was
it. We started recording and we recorded quite a few tracks. At that
time nobody was bothered about a contract or papers, we just wanted to
work. From there I met Reekado and then Korede Bello. We didn’t even
know there was a plan; we were just happy working and enjoying each
others company. We recorded for about 8 to 9 months at that time before
Don Jazzy even considered giving us a contract.
How did you choose your kind of music?
I didn’t, like I said I just became myself. I can write a song for 5
years. I still have songs that I haven’t finished writing since 2008.
This is because there’s just this thing about been yourself. They won’t
sound the same again. Some people kill themselves when they try to be
like someone else. Some artistes go to a producer and say I love that
Woju beat that Kiss Daniel sang on, I want something like that and then
they don’t make a hit out of it like Kiss Daniel did. This is because
you don’t know what mood Kiss Daniel was in when he was writing and
recording Woju. So why not just be yourself and write your songs as they
come from your heart. I like been crazy and I experiment my craziness
while recording. Sometimes I would be like Altims or BabyFresh please
commot that thing and they would be like they love it and I should do it
again. Sometimes I would beg them to take it off and when Don Jazzy
walks in I would be like a little disturbed and he would encourage me to
be crazy, be free and be myself, he would say be stupid, it is actually
trying to be stupid you find your smartest moment. Because it is during
that moment of been stupid you would realize something that would pay
off. I think Music comes with a form of madness. You just have to be
free, crazy, stupid and yourself. Don’t try to please everyone, please
yourself even if it takes you to be crazy.
How were you able to convince your parents on you doing music?
I never really did, I always got into trouble doing it and when I
went to school in Canada, I was doing it because I was far and my
brother would encourage me to keep doing it. One of my friends put me in
a competition, it was the Beat Music Award and we were about 200 that
put in for the award and that was my first time singing to a crowd
judging me. I know that I sang my best but it wasn’t my best that came
out. I think it was the passion and everything in me. I ended up winning
the competition to my surprise. From then on, this was in 2008, I
started letting my mom and dad know. At that point I started
understanding my dream. When I met Don Jazzy, I was at a point where I
almost felt like going back away from music. At that point, we didn’t
have a house in Lagos so I was staying with my aunt. Imagine waking up
and leaving the house at 4am in the morning and telling her that you are
going to the studio? She’ll be like, who does gospel music in the
studio at 4am? I explained to my aunt. At that time I had met my
manager, he even interviewed me and I was like “which one be this
again’. He really took his time and I’m grateful for that. If you are
really doing something you love, it might take a long time. Some people
think I just kind of popped out. My professional life started in 2008.