Today is the birthday of legendary Nigerian disc-jockey DJ Jimmy Jatt.
DJ Jimmy JATT is a year older
Jimmy Jatt is regarded as Nigeria’s biggest DJ with over twenty five years in the game.
DJ Jimmy Jatt is the ultimate disc jockey veteran.
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He born in Lagos Island, and grew up listening to various genres of music. In the ‘80s he started developing a fondness for hip-hop culture and rap music. He started collecting rap albums at this period.
He started off as a rapper known as Master J. After unsuccessfully searching for a record deal, he became a DJ with the aid of his brothers. The acronym JATT represents his brothers’ names Jimmy, Amu, Tunde, and Tayo.
DJ Jimmy Jatt in the 90’s quickly grew to become one of Nigeria’s hottest DJs, and it is because of his branding and packing efforts during this period that he is regarded as a pioneer. In this era he did a lot of street raves also.
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After establishing himself as Nigeria’s premier DJ, he entered the history books in 2007 when he became the first Nigerian DJ to release an album ‘’ under Storm Records.
DJ Jimmy Jatt has continued to blaze the trail in TV and live shows with his ‘Jump Off’ brand. In 2014 he became the first contemporary Nigerian music act to release his biography called .
Also in 2014 he released his second album called ‘’.
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