I Discovered Wizkid Not Banky W, But I Don’t Want to Start Blowing My Trumpet – OJB Jezreel

So many people would actually think EME Record
boss, Banky W, discovered Wizkid, who became so
popular while he (Wizzy) was under Banky’s label.
But in a recent exclusive chat with Saturday Beats,
Producer, OJB Jezreel has decided to set the records
straight.
OJB said he hadn’t spoken about it before now
because he is too old to be blowing his own
trumpet at 50. The beat maker said that he went to
Wizkid’s family house to convince his parents to
allow him pursue his music career.
“To set the records, I discovered Wizkid’s talent.
We basically started his career and I remember
when we had to push Wizkid around and take him
for shows but nobody was ready to allow him to
perform because they were not ‘feeling’ him at that
point in time.
When he had the chance and said he wanted to
move on and try other things, we were behind him
then too. If we did not discover him, he would not
have been with us. I was the first person to go to
his family house to tell them that it would be a
nice idea if they allowed him to go into music. We
have been there from day one but not everybody
know this story, we don’t just make noise about it.
It is not Banky W that discovered him, I did. I
would soon be 50 years old and I think it would be
funny if I start blowing my trumpet,” he said.
OJB told Saturday Beats that he has no regrets
when it comes to Wizkid because he pushed his
career as far as he could.
“There are some artistes that if you spend millions
of naira on them, they would not be impactful
until they cross borders. Take Harrysongs for
example, millions was spent on him but nothing
happened till he crossed over to Five Star
Entertainment. There is no how Harrysongs would
say that Questionmark record label was not a
blessing to his life. Sometimes, these things happen
like that and I think it is destiny,” he said.