Popular music producer, Don Jazzy has said that female artistes face more challenges than their male counterparts in the Nigerian music industry.
The revered beat-maker made this known in a recent interview with BBC News Pidgin, speaking in a combination of Nigerian Pidgin and English, Don Jazzy said, “I have a record label, so I have male and female artistes. In the past, maybe I had the opportunity to go through a female artiste’s phone and read conversations that the female artistes had had with a bunch of producers, TV people, people in the industry.. Everybody just wants sex. It’s tiring. I feel sorry for them.”
Don Jazzy also noted that he believes the society needs to raise the male child better.
He said, “We need to fix the system in general. We need to train the male child better.”
As an alternate solution, Don Jazzy suggested that female artistes should openly expose music producers and media personalities who demand sex in exchange for a deserved favour.
“If these young ladies start calling them out, that’s a start. If a producer says he wants to sleep with you, call him out!”